Raphaëlle Boitel
Forging a New Path
A Circus Star is Born
A
t just 32, cirque nouveau star Raphaëlle Boitel is considered circus
royalty, touring the world from an early age with James Thiérrée
(son of legendary founders of Cirque Imaginaire and Cirque Invisible,
Victoria Chaplin and Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée, grandson of Charlie Chaplin,
great-grandson of Eugene O'Neill) and training with one of the most famous
French clowns of all time, Annie Fratellini, descended from the great Fratellini
circus dynasty.
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Raphaëlle Boitel
The Forgotten/L'Oublié(e)
Photo: Vincent Beaume
