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From 'America’s Got Talent' to Burning Man: Ashlee Montague’s Epic Champagne Bottle Balance!

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Around 30 people watched the first burning of the Burning Man statue on Baker Beach in San Francisco in 1986. 🔥

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From San Francisco Sands to Nevada’s Vast Desert: The Spectacular Rise of Burning Man!

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Burning Man festival September 5, 2015 in Black Rock City, Nevada.

When Burning Man was first held in 1986 on Baker Beach in San Francisco, one of the onlooking women held the burning Burning Man statue by the hand.

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Black Rock City - A city That is Newly Created Each Year and Exists Only for a Short While

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Black Rock City during the Burning Man festival.

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A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, unicyclists, as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists. The term 'circus' also describes the performance which has followed various formats through its 250-year modern history. Philip Astley is credited with being the 'father' of the modern circus when he opened the first circus in 1768 in England. A skilled equestrian, Astley demonstrated trick riding, riding in a circle rather than a straight line as his rivals did, and thus chanced on the format which was later named a 'circus'. In 1770 he hired acrobats, tightrope walkers, jugglers and a clown to fill in the pauses between acts. Performances developed significantly through the next fifty years, with large-scale theatrical battle reenactments becoming a significant feature. The 'traditional' format, whereby a ringmaster introduces a varied selection of acts that mostly perform choreographed acts to traditional music, developed in the latter part of the 19th century and continued almost universally to be the main style of circus up until the 1970s.

From 'America’s Got Talent' to Burning Man: Ashlee Montague’s Epic Champagne Bottle Balance!

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