Taras Bulba (From Henry Penndorf)

Taras Bulba.1, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Taras Bulba's appearance on "Circus" was about ten years before I purchased my first VCR, otherwise I might have a video of Taras Bulba's performance to share. I thank Bill Strong, Erik Jaeger, Marco, Sue Lenz and Raffaelle DeRittis for the new information and their comments. The information provided by Mr. DeRittis was very helpful. It proved that both Sue Lenz and Bill Strong where correct with their information. Taras Bulba is Alfedo Beautour's brother, Emilien, and the young Alfredo Beautour's father. Some of the confusion may be due in part to the fact that both of the Beautour brothers were performing at the same time and used several different names. They also performed on the many of the same circuses. I found this additional information on a French web site describing the Beautour family. The entire Beautour family is well rooted in Circus tradition. Here is a paragraph from that web site that mentions both Alfred! o and Emilien Beautour... "De cette famille, plusieurs sont devenus des artistes parfois, internationaux de renom, en particulier: - Henri, en plus de sa charge d’ Administrateur, présentait sa cavalerie et parfois ses éléphants. Ses fils :- Emilien qui présentait un numéro de fauves sous le nom de Willy Marc, puis sous le nom de Taras-Boulba dans la présentation d’un numéro de tigres. - Alfred dit Frédo ou encore Fred Jackson, Jalson, voir Tarzan. Il est équilibriste, trapéziste, sauteur, puis pour finir dresseur de fauves, et tout particulièrement de panthères". The translation of the French text... "Of this family, several became artists sometimes, international of reputation, in particular: - Henri, in more of his load of Administrator, ! presented his cavalry and sometimes his elephants. Its sons: - Emilien which presented a number of deer under the name of Willy Marc, then under the name of Tared-Boulba in the presentation of a number of tigers. - Alfred says Frédo or Fred Jackson, Jalson, to see Tarzan. He is equilibrist, trapezist, jumper, then to finish adjuster of deer, and particularly of panthers". I found these four new pictures of Alfredo and Emilien (Taras Bulba) Beautour on a European web site, Las Galerias del Circo. (www.amigosdelcirco.com/coppermine/). From what I have learned, the gentleman in the Tarzan loin cloth would most probably be the the senior A! lfredo Beautour. The next two pictures are of Emilien Beautour a s Taras Bulba. The two pictures of Alfredo Beautour are imprinted with a name "Villar". Could that be the name of a circus, or maybe the photographer? The color picture of Alfredo Beautour previously posted as "Alfredo Beautour #2" (on June 13), had a caption of "Papa Beautour". The picture's caption also contained the words "Circus Frankrijk". Is anyone familiar with a Circus Frankrijk? On the BurgusCircus web site I was able to find a promotional picture (attached) from Circus Britanic featuring a Willy Marc. In the above passage about the Beautour family, it mentions that Emilien also performed under the n! ame "Willy Marc". Could this be the same Willy Marc? From what I have read, I think the Circus Britanic was either owned or operated by the Beautour family. From information that I found on the Internet, and from the comments posted by Bill Strong and Erik Jaeger the young Alfredo Beautour is a multi-talented and gifted trainer. Besides his tiger presentation, Alfredo Beautor has trained and presented horses, elephants and exotics. From previous comments posted to your Blog, Alfredo Beautour also helped create a dramatic elephant and tiger presentation. The last that I read about Alfredo Beautour, he was scheduled to appear with the Welteihnacths Circus - Stutgart earlier this year. On the Weltweihnacts Circus website they described Alfredo Beautor as "the gentlemant of the cage". They went on t! o say that he is an animal friendly trainer controlling his animals wi th only his voice. The web site characterized Alfredo Beautour's performance as stylish. Bill Strong's post that Alfredo Beautour by far was the best tiger act that he and Trudy saw in their six years in Europe, is high praise. If anyone knows where Alfredo Beautour is currently performing, has any additional information, or pictures to share of Taras Bulba, both Alfredo Beautours, or Sandor Komlos I would appreciate it. Some Other Circus News items... The reputation of "Buckles Blog" has gone international. A German circus web site is featuring a link to "Buckles Blog" in their list of circus web pages.