Rui Bartholo
Santa Ernestina, São Paulo, Brazil, 1940
Acrobat, hand-balancer, equilibrist, trapezist, clown, roller skater. Rui is part of the second generation of the Bartholo family. His parents are José Bartholo and Antencina Bartholo. He made a debut when he was seven in the rola bola. Later in his life he ran Circo Bartholo. Rui married Loriete Bartholo. Their four children became circus artists.
