Coracy Alciati
Coracy Alciati Casarin
Morrinhos, Goiás, 1907 - Rio de Janeiro, 2002
Acrobat, ballerina, handstander, and trapezist. Daughter of Carlos Alciati and Alzira Nilo Figueiredo de oliveira Alciati, Coracy belongs to the second generation of the Alciati family. She debuted at age seven, while she was still in elementary school, performing contortion. She was the highlight flyer in the double trapeze with her husband, Arthur Casarin. Both worked for the businessman, Adelino Motta, and afterwards performed in the circuses Chicharrão, Circo-Teatro Irmãos Alciati (family circus), Hispano-Americano, Garcia, Pavilhão de Alumínio and Tihany until 1974. She was very involved in the professionalization of circus artists in unions. Her two children, Jofre and Arthur Casarin, were artists only during their childhood.