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 ignora Bella, the Great Italian Equilibrist, has entertained audiences of all ages since her arrival on the eastern seaboard ten years ago. She has performed on the streets of Williamsburg, Mount Vernon (home of the first President of the United States) and at Poplar Forest, retreat home of our third President Thomas Jefferson. With great zest Signora Bella brings to life the tradition of the traveling performers of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. His excellency, George Washington, who enjoyed theatrical diversions, once wrote of seeing a slackrope walker in Philadelphia at Rickett's Circus.
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her roots to the Italian theatrical style of Commedia Dell'Arte,
Signora Bella has stunned the masses with her feats of balance
and amazed audiences with her juggling of sharp Turkish swords and
flaming torches. Her high energy performances encourage audience
participation creating a unique performance every time –
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TRULY A CELEBRATION
OF THE EPHEMERAL DELIGHT OF LIVE PERFORMANCE.
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 ny event would be
incomplete without the celebrated
Signora Bella,
"the Jewel of
the Italian Theatre". George Washington
may have missed her but you don't
have to!
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