Zé Linguiça
Aberaldo Costa Martinelli
Minas Gerais, 1942
Actor, contortionist, equilibrist, hand-balancer and clown Zé Linguiça. He is the son of the actor and singer Moacir Costa and of Maria de Lourdes Costa. He and his mother lived in the circus of Laura Martinelli, who was the teacher of various circus artists. There he learned dandis and fire eating. Zé Linguiça also taught at National Circus School in Rio de Janeiro.
