In time, Louis Beert would perform the same equestrian repertoire as his father’s, but after a bad fall in 1865 in which he suffered a broken leg and a broken arm, Louis was forced to abandon bareback riding.
Ferdinand Beert, who was a very versatile all-around performer, remained with Dejean for ten consecutive years, appearing in a wide variety of acts, on horseback and on the ground, as well as in clown entrées and in pantomimes. For his first appearance with Dejean, Ferdinand presented an acrobatic duet on horseback with his partner, Armand, and performed a barrel-vaulting act. Beert performed for the first time in the French capital at Dejean’s Cirque Napoléon (today’s Cirque d’Hiver), and then, for the summer season, at his Cirque de l’Impératrice on the Champs-Elysées. The Cirque de l'Impératrice on the Champs-ÉlyséesIn 1861, Ferdinand Beert was hired by Louis Dejean (1786-1879), the famous French circus entrepreneur, for his Parisian resident company. During this time, Louis was being trained as an equestrian-against his will, it must be said. The Beerts toured with the Cirque Gauthier in Belgium, Holland, Germany, and England. Louis-Charles (the future Louis Fernando, 1851-1917) was then six years old, just fifteen years younger than his new stepfather. Ferdinand was twenty-two Maria Theresia already had a son, Ludovicus Carolus (Louis Charles), born in Bruges on July 26, 1851, probably out of wedlock, whom Ferdinand adopted. who, like him, was not born in the circus: Her father, Pieter, was a bargeman. On April 17, 1857, Ferdinand Beert married in Bruges Maria Theresia De Seck, a Belgian equestrienne A female equestrian, or horse trainer, horse presenter, or acrobat on horseback. Yet, how Ferdinand’s career actually evolved after his auspicious flight from home remains conjectural, but he did actually work for Gauthiez. There, as the story goes, Ferdinand trained with an acrobat and worked as a groom, learning the basics of horsemanship on the job. As legend has it, at age eleven Ferdinand "ran away and joined the circus"-in this case the Cirque Gauthiez, which was touring in Belgium. Ferdinand Constantin Beert (1835-1902) was born Jin Courtrai, Belgium, to Auguste Jean Beert, a butcher, and Delphine Beert, née Steinbrouk. This most Parisian of circuses was actually built by a Belgian circus entrepreneur.
Sometimes referred to as "The Temple of Clowns," it has featured many of the world’s greatest clowns, from Geronimo Medrano to Buster Keaton, and launched the extraordinary career of the Fratellinis. Its history is also closely intertwined with the life of its three historic directors: Louis Fernando, Geronimo Medrano, and Jérôme Medrano. It has been celebrated in paintings, novels, movies, and even popular songs. From its beginnings as Cirque Fernando, in 1873, until the end of Jérôme Medrano’s management in 1962, it was tightly woven into the artistic life of the French capital, not only as a popular place of entertainment, but also for its long association with artists, writers, journalists, and Paris’s intelligentsia in general. Paris’s legendary Cirque Medrano holds a singular place in the Parisian cultural fabric (See: Tissu) and in circus history.
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