balancing, etc.-and of course, unicycle.Īround 1980, Emil Faltynek, who was destined to succeed his parents, decided instead to build a unicycle act with his siblings and try his chance at outside engagements, notably abroad. The Faltynkovi children were trained and worked within the family circus, and performed a variety of acts, such as knife throwing, juggling, rola bola, hand-to-hand An acrobatic act in which one or more acrobats do hand-balancing in the hands of an under-stander. Yet, under the communist regime that existed in the country at that time, it was not possible for private circuses to perform outside the borders, and opportunities for growth were therefore very limited: Chances of survival were thin for private circuses. Vaclav & Anita RychterCirkus Rozkvet blossomed in the 1960s and 1970s In Czechoslovakia. At Cirkus Rozkvet, he worked as a clown and put together a comedy unicycle act with Marie.įrantisek and Marie eventually owned and managed Cirkus Rozkvet (which means "blossom" in Czech), and together they had seven children: Emil (born Novemin Znojmo, South Moravia), Marie (born September 15, 1958), Frantisek, Jr. Young Frantisek left the Army and returned to the circus. Yet one day, he visited Cirkus Rozkvet, owned by Jan Novotny and Marie Dvorakova, and he fell in love with their beautiful daughter, Marie Novotna (born May 1st, 1934)-a contortionist and a wire dancer. Thence Frantisek went to school like any other kid of his age, and eventually joined the Army. Their second son, Frantisek (November 15, 1931-November 7, 2003), originated the present Faltynek (Faltyny) circus line.įrantisek’s parents retired from performing and put an end to their travels when their son was a teenager. Vojtěch and Fanny had eight children, four boys and four girls. They had their own small traveling outfit with which they performed outdoors, touring Moravia and Slovakia. The Faltynkovi had a son, Vojtěch (1904-1988), who became a foot juggler in time, Vojtěch married another circus performer, Fanny Kockova. act, with which she captured the heart of the miller’s son: Faltynek left his village and his family, and joined the troupe, married Miss Flaks, and eventually developed his own tight wire A tight, light metallic cable, placed between two platforms not very far from the ground, on which a wire dancer perform dance steps, and acrobatic exercises such as somersaults. The lovely Miss Flaks had a slack wire A Tight Wire, or Low Wire, kept slack, and generally used for juggling or balancing tricks. The Flakses were traveling entertainers who performed outdoors on village squares and at local fairs.
Frantisek & Marie Faltynkovi (c.1955)Young Faltynek had fallen in love with the daughter of an acrobat named Flaks, who had visited the village with his family’s acrobatic troupe.
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