Circus Girls in Sarasota, Florida, 1949

Sarasota has been the winter headquarters for a number of circuses, most notably the Ringling Brothers Circus (there is of course, their legacy: Ringling Museum, Ringling School of Art and Design, for example). 

Here from the pages of LIFE magazine are some day-in-the-life photos of the circus girls in Sarasota in and around 1949. 

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Astounding Feather Balancing

Rigolo Swiss Nouveau Cirque artist Maedir Eugster creates this astounding 14 stick balance from the feather down.

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