Silvio Gelli
São Caetano, São Paulo, Brazil, 1959
Equilibrist, trapezist, wire walker, cyclist, actor. He is the son of Hugo Gelli and Silvia Souza Gelli. He finished high school, learned circus arts from his uncle Gildo Gelli, and then made his debut at nine as a mounter on perch acts. He performed at circuses Bartholo, Vostok, Charles Barry and Romano Garcia, and owned Circo Gelli. Silvio married Alzira de Campos Gelli.