acrobatics on Ed Sullivan

FLASHBACK – – Rare Video of World Acrobatics Society Founder, Bob Bollinger performing with his partner Antony Napier, on the Ed Sullivan Show (circa 1956).

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Bob first got interested in acrobatics in 1937 Shanghai, China, during the Sino-Japanese War.

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Cirque du Soleil NEWS

The world’s biggest employer of acrobats is back to business as usual.

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Sadly, Franco Dragone, founder and artistic director of Dragone, a competitor to Cirque du Soleil, died in 2022. His company has yet to reopen any shows following the pandemic.

R.I.P Franco Dragon

Dragone died from a heart attack in Cairo, Egypt, on 30 September 2022 at the age of 69.


Dragone started with Cirque du Soleil, then founded Dragone. For me the best of his shows was The House of Dancing Water at City of DreamsMacau.