As of: March 23, 2024, 7:09 p.m
By: Marcus Giebel
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It's not just part of the repertoire of the Alessio Circus: The Wheel of Death found its way to Germany from the USA.
(Symbolic photo) © IMAGO / Hubert Jelinek
In the middle of a circus performance, the lights suddenly go out.
That's why an artist falls off a wheel of death.
His wife talks about the special drama and looks ahead to future performances.
Munich – The Wheel of Death inspires awe with its name alone.
Anyone who dares to climb this steel construction needs strong nerves.
Because any carelessness can have dire consequences.
André Kaiser must have felt at home on the device from the USA, in which two or four wheels the size of a wheel turn around a central axis.
Now the artist of the circus Alessio, which is primarily active in southern Germany, was apparently doomed by his last appearance on the wheel of death.
Circus artist falls from death wheel: lost orientation after lights out
As the Esslinger Zeitung
reports, among others
, the 36-year-old fell during a show in the Swabian town of Denkendorf, where the circus had been staying since the end of October, and apparently injured his leg.
A fracture was therefore suspected.
Particularly tragic: Kaiser was apparently not to blame for the accident.
According to initial findings, he lost his orientation after the light suddenly went out for reasons that were initially unknown.
He then fell from a height of several meters.
As the Reutlingen police announced, Kaiser received initial care on site, was responsive and was taken to a clinic.
The day after the incident, his wife Tina Kaiser, who runs the circus with the victim, explained the drama in the
Esslinger Zeitung
: “André actually wanted to stop using the wheel of death completely after this performance.” The fall was all the more bitter after the generator failed be.
After a circus artist suffered a serious fall: he was supposed to present animal dressage at the Christmas performances
According to Tina Kaiser, it is suspected that the unit was drawing air, because a short time later it started up again without any problems: "This has actually never happened before." Because of the fall, the onward journey was delayed - originally it was supposed to go to Aalen on Tuesday afternoon, where The most profitable time of the year is supposed to begin with the Christmas circus.
But cancellation is out of the question: “It has to happen.
Everything is already paid for.
Especially after Corona, we still have a small barrel of debt anyway.
It would be bad if something else came on top of that.” Her husband wanted to present animal training as part of the Christmas circus.
If it becomes necessary, she will take over the part.
On Facebook, Circus Alessio advertises “the most animal-rich circus show of the year”.
You can see camels, zebras, llamas, horses, bulls, donkeys, a bison and a kangaroo.
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Circus Alessio and trouble about the animals: antelopes escape during a stopover
As mentioned in the report, there is also another incident surrounding the circus.
There was also an article in the
Esslinger Zeitung
about an escape by two antelopes, which are said to have damaged several vehicles.
Tina Kaiser emphasized that these were not animals from her population: “We only helped to catch them again.”
The two antelopes were delivered in the same transport as their kangaroo ram, but were on the way to an animal park.
However, when they were supposed to be fed before continuing their journey, they left.
The veterinary office contacted the report because the circus animals had not been registered for the operation.
Animal rights activists would also quickly respond to these reports.
Around a year ago, the circus was criticized by Peta because it kept a single zebra.
There are now at least two examples of the black and white striped horse species at home in the circus.
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