At age 15, Gisela Brož got to know a circus performer of what nationality?
John Madigan (ringmaster) John Adalbert Madigan, (12 August 1850 - 23 August 1897) was an American circus performer and ringmaster, during the later years of his life he worked in Scandinavia. He was raised in an American circus family of Irish background. He is known for his work in U.S circus scenes between 1866 and 1869, but from 1872 he worked at Cirkus Myers in Central Europe. To this circus, the Swedish-Norwegian circus artist Eleonora Olsen, later known as Laura Madigan (mother of Elvira Madigan) came to work in 1875, the two became a couple.
Jay Gilligan Jay Gilligan is a professional juggler and performer from Arcadia, Ohio currently performing and living in Europe. Jay is a teacher of juggling and works at many circus schools overseas. He has been called one of the best living jugglers by writers at the usenet group rec.juggling. He has performed in many European countries and every state in America. Jay toured American cities in the summer 2006 and summer 2007 with the Shoebox Tour. Jay is also the main teacher of juggling and creator of the juggling program at the University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm, Sweden.