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You are a helpful AI assistant.
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¿Cuál es la historia del circo contemporáneo?<end_of_turn>
<start_of_turn>model
We can date the birth of the contemporary circus to 1871, the year when the American Barnum founded the World's Fair, a gigantic traveling circus that his associate William C. Coup (1837-1895) transformed a few years later into the Greatest Show on Earth. With its giant marquee, its cavalcades of hundreds of animals, its international influence supported by the press and posters, its more authentic stars (Buffalo Bill) or less (the black nanny from Washington), the Greatest Show (disappeared in 1956 ) marked the advent of a new type of circus, rationalized and supported by enormous financial resources.
From 1900, the traditional circus, whose decadence was already noticeable in France and England, struggled painfully against competition from the music hall, which deprived it of audiences and artists. Since 1920, the formula of large traveling tents has particularly developed, such as that of the German Sarrasani (1873-1934), the Amar, Bouglione and Pinder circuses. During the 20th century, the circus became a large industrial enterprise and the small artisanal circuses have now almost all disappeared.

In the current circus, the equestrian arts, which are nevertheless at the origin of this activity, play a lesser part (even if certain circuses, like the one run in France by the Zingaro [Bartabas] troupe, only dedicate themselves to to equestrian arts). Many circuses give shows that resemble music hall revues. However, at no time in its history has the circus offered such a profusion and diversity of acts, as evidenced by the Monte-Carlo World Festival, a major annual event for the profession. Artists there frequently accomplish feats that their predecessors would never have believed possible: American trapeze artist Don Martinez, for example, routinely performed a triple and a half somersault with his partner; the famous Knie Circus in Switzerland featured a tiger trained to ride a rhino, and a giraffe and a hippopotamus performed in acts. The 1980s were marked by multiple experiences of renewal, such as those of Archaos and the Cirque Plume in France, or the Cirque du Soleil in Canada. In 1990, the World Federation of Circus Schools was created in Montreal, Canada. Since then, the circus has continued to diversify and, in a breath of freedom, has opened up to other arts.<end_of_turn><eos>