Evelyn Darnel, 'Eve-lynn', Bournemouth Winter Garden Circus, Christmas 1973. Evelyn Darnel appears as Columbin, the ballerina on horseback, but wears a Harlequin costume as she says that she was too tall to wear a tutu. She received no formal ballet education but was taught by her mother, Clara Paulo, who performed this act before her. Clara, or 'Clarinda', is the grand-daughter of Madame Paulo, who was a famous circus proprietor. Evelyn, her husband and her mother and father all performed together in a troupe riding act called 'The Mohawks', and Evelyn teaches 'High School' riding (dressage) to circus horses.
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