Friday, December 29, 2006

Fumagalli



Fumagalli was born Natalino Huesca in Genoa to a large circus family with four brothers and sisters. His father, Fumagalli, was a clown who appeared in Frederico Fellini's film “The Clowns”. His mother was a trapeze artist.

Natalino began his circus career at 10 years old, first with rope dancing and trapeze, touring with his family throughout Europe.

He has appeared in pantomime and played at the great houses of the world: Getty Theatre in Dublin, Palladium in London and Royal Alexander in Toronto.

It was while with Circus Roncalli that Huesca developed the costume, makeup and distinctive hairstyle of his auguste character that has also become known as "Fumagalli". He has appeared all over the world with the best international circuses and is soon to come to America with the Big Apple Circus.

Fumagalli is married and has three sons. His two oldest, Nino and Nico have already developed their own act.



Click the title of this post for more information from the Huesca family's website.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Patrick,

Do you know what role Fumagalli's father played in Fellini's Clowns?
I'm a big fan of that movie and would like to pick him out.
Thanks!

Anonymous said...

And here's me thinking he's actually Giani - which is why he's known as "Johnny".
He's at Cirque D'Hiver in Paris, France until the start of March, as are his sons, who have a risley act, and have been known to assist their Dad.
"Mrs Fumagalli" is Irish, being a member of the Fossett family.

John.