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Flights of Fancy
Fashion and Function in Circus Performance
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Setting the Stage
Leotard's Legacy
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Spectacular Storytelling
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Exoticism and Exploitation
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Jules Léotard, Back View
Jules Léotard, Back View
Description:
Jules Léotard, inventor of the leotard and the flying trapeze. Caption reads "Léotard du Cirque", or Léotard of the Circus.
Attribution:
Public Domain, by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri of Paris