Quand elle était petite, la Petite Sirène n'était pas un canon de beauté. Son absence de dents ne compensait pas son léger strabisme. D'ailleurs, tout le monde le disait: "Hooo, ho ho hooooo, comme elle est joollliiiie !", ou "Haaaa, ha bah ça, c'est un beau bébé, oh oui alors !", ou encore "Mais c'est qui cette jolie petite sardi... heu sirène ? Hein c'est qui ?". Bref total flop, ses parents ont hésité à la vendre à un cirque ambulant.
#dessin #drawing #art #fediart #encre #ink #watercolor #aquarelle #sirene #beaute #beauty #poisson #fish #cirque #circus

Winter storm hits Greensboro but Ringling Bros. has circus today anyway to avoid ticket refunds.

Ticketmaster. Yuck. I've been ripped off by Ticketmaster before, but this is the first time for Ringling.

#ringling #circus #ticketmaster

Some #lyra noodling from the other day #circus

Miss La La

Born in 1858 in Szczecin, Poland (then Germany) to a White German mother + a Black father, Olga Brown was an aerialist # muse to Edgar Degas featured in his painting
'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando'. From the age of 9 she performed in many acts, most notably with Theophila Szterker (Kaira La Blanche) as Olga & Kaira, "Black & White Butterflies" (Les Deux Papillons). Olga quit performing after Kaira tragically fell to her death in 1888. Olga married American contortionist Emmanuel Woodman + the 2 had 3 daughters

#misslala #edgardegas #aerialist #circusperformer #misslalaatthecirquefernando #kairalablanche #lesdeuxpapillons #blackandwhitebutterflies #rememberlegends #circus #circusact #olgaandkaira #olgabrown

Miss La La

Born in 1858 in Szczecin, Poland (then Germany) to a White German mother + a Black father, Olga Brown was an aerialist # muse to Edgar Degas featured in his painting
'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando'. From the age of 9 she performed in many acts, most notably with Theophila Szterker (Kaira La Blanche) as Olga & Kaira, "Black & White Butterflies" (Les Deux Papillons). Olga quit performing after Kaira tragically fell to her death in 1888. Olga married American contortionist Emmanuel Woodman + the 2 had 3 daughters

#misslala #edgardegas #aerialist #circusperformer #misslalaatthecirquefernando #kairalablanche #lesdeuxpapillons #blackandwhitebutterflies #rememberlegends #circus #circusact #olgaandkaira #olgabrown

Miss La La

Born in 1858 in Szczecin, Poland (then Germany) to a White German mother + a Black father, Olga Brown was an aerialist # muse to Edgar Degas featured in his painting
'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando'. From the age of 9 she performed in many acts, most notably with Theophila Szterker (Kaira La Blanche) as Olga & Kaira, "Black & White Butterflies" (Les Deux Papillons). Olga quit performing after Kaira tragically fell to her death in 1888. Olga married American contortionist Emmanuel Woodman + the 2 had 3 daughters

#misslala #edgardegas #aerialist #circusperformer #misslalaatthecirquefernando #kairalablanche #lesdeuxpapillons #blackandwhitebutterflies #rememberlegends #circus #circusact #olgaandkaira #olgabrown

We went to see Cirque Alice at the Canberra Theatre last night.
A great show, first time for a while my expectations have been really exceeded.
#circus

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