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Mark Steiger and his parrots |
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Mark Steiger and his parrots |
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More than thirty years separate these two photos, which witness from long love for parrots. But this passion began already much earlier:
At the age of about six years Mark Steiger got his first bird, a Canary named “Pibs”. Mark Steiger’s father bred canaries.
Pibs could successfully unpack a hidden grain from a small silk paper ball.
It could also remain sitting on a small electric train, which rolled on an oval. Each time when the train drove under a tunnel made of a shoe box, Pibs jumped and passed over. It hopped on the tunnel’s other side on the driving train.
Because of this bird Mark Steiger carried the surname “Pibs” during many years.
About eight years old a budgerigar flew into Mark Steiger’s room. Since nobody required it, he had kept this little bird “In the beginning it was an extremely shy bird, but by chance I discovered a method, which permitted it to me, to win very fast its confidence and to get him tame. Since that time I can deal well with birds, but all days I understand more about them.”
During twenty years Mark Steiger toured all over the world as a professional juggler. What has this juggler career to do with parrot training?
“You need a lot of patience to become a good juggler. Large patience is indispensable to train birds, too.
My long juggler career helps me also to perform with my parrots in front of public:
The parrots know no hierarchy and hardly obey for this reason; they only do what they like. Their behaviour and reactions on stage are often unforeseeable!
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Theatres, night-clubs, cabarets, casinos, circusses, cruise-ships:Casino LOEWS, Monte Carlo; HANSA-THEATER, Hamburg; GOOD OLD DAYS VARIETY, Leeds; FRIEDRICHSTADTPALAST, Berlin; Casino du CAP VERT, Dakkar; FOLIES BERGERES, Paris; NOVEMBER CLUB, Tel Aviv; AMADIL, Agadir; WILLIAMS CLUB, Milan; MAXIM'S, Geneva; COPACABANA, Athens; GOP, Hannover; Casino RUHL, Nice; URANIA, Berlin; Casino de POVOA DE VARZIM, Portugal; SOUTH SIDNEY JUNIORS CLUB, Sidney; PALM BEACH, Cannes, OESTERREICHISCHER NATIONALZIRKUS (Saison 1987), SUN LINE CRUISES, COSTA MARINA, ACHILLE LAURO.............and a hundred more! TV-shows, films: |
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Information: Mark Steiger Villa "Le Tour du Monde" 9, rue de Cannes 06150 Cannes (FRANCE)
Phone: 0033-(0)4 93 47 59 07 Mobile: 0033-(0)6 09 84 05 07
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