Antonio Bartolomeo Spinacuta

Antonio Bartolomeo Spinacuta was an Italian (Venetian) tightrope walker, acrobat, singer, and dancer. He is often referred to as Spinacuta. He was married to the Swedish actress Helena Pettersson. He toured Sweden in 1784–1787, where he had a remarkable success and aroused considerable fame. In 1786, he released the first hot air balloons in Sweden.[1] In 1795, he was noted to be active at the Rickett company circus in Philadelphia in US.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Flodmark, Johan: Stenborgska skådebanorna. Bidrag till Stockholms teaterhistoria. Stockholm. Norstedt & söner.
  2. ↑ William L. Slout (2005). "Olympians of the Sawdust Circle: A biographical dictionary of the ninteenth [sic] century American circus". Compiled and Edited by William L. Slout.

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