By 1885 El Pericon was left behind and forgotten. In late 1889, Jose Podesta’s circus which had settled in Montevideo, announced the spoken version of Juan Moreira. This was during the circus. In the circus, el gato (the cat) was danced but at the end of one of the circus nights, Dr. Elias Regules suggested to Podesta that instead of dancing el gato, they should perform El Pericon. Regules told Podesta that he would teach it to the actors. The next morning Regules, with a group of eastern guitarists, taught the actors the dance. When they performed it that night, it is a huge success. That is also when they decided that blue and white scarves should be used to form the figure of the Uruguayan flag. This resurfaced El Pericon and the Podesta circus company took charge of spreading El Pericon to Argentina, Italy, and Spain.
