The circus is loved by all children and many adults without exception. Only boring people who have lost their childish perception of the world, which testifies, first of all, to the youth of the soul, are indifferent to him.
Gymnasts - Brothers Danil and Kirill Kalutsky
Brothers Danil and Kirill Kalutskikh are 4-time Guinness World Record holders, multiple world record holders.
Participation in a television project on the first channel "Minute of Glory" brought them fame. In the first season, the brothers reached the final, and in 2010 they won the international "Minute of Glory" in Russia. The Kalutsky brothers won the Grand Prix of the Bravo-Bravisimo festival in Italy. They also took part in filming on German, Italian, Spanish and Chilean television and in the most prestigious circus of the world "du Soleil" (Du Soleil).
Show program: The performance of the Kalutsky brothers lasts from 10 to 40 minutes.
The program includes:
Incendiary, dance-acrobatic number;
The most complex acrobatic elements with a professional production, which combines the genres of balance, klisnik, rubber, yoga, ground power acrobatics;
Exclusive interactive with the participation of the viewer, where one of the brothers inflates and bursts a heating pad as an apotheosis, and the other shows the most difficult push-up imaginable;
Demonstration of unique memory;
Demonstration of tricks listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
This oldest art originates in ancient square performances and theatrical sports competitions. After many centuries, there have been fundamental changes in acrobatic numbers, the complexity of the elements has also changed, and today acrobats perform the most difficult tricks even on roller skates!
Do you want to show a really spectacular number at your holiday? Then order the circus number "Rubber". Your guests will remember the flexibility of circus performers and their fantastic abilities for a lifetime.
Funny clowns, which involve everyone present in their action, create a truly festive mood for both adults and children. It is especially pleasant for kids to feel like full-fledged active participants in the process, and not passive spectators.
As in ancient times, jugglers, acrobats, gymnasts, clowns, trainers perform in the circus arena today, demonstrating amazing, almost limitless human capabilities. But it is fakirs and yogis who leave the viewer with a unique feeling of touching something secret, unknown, so mysterious and alluring.
If you want to bring joy to your child on some important day for him and, of course, for you, invite circus artists - acrobats and jugglers to the holiday. Believe me, all the guests will remember this celebration for a long time, especially if the Imperia Show entertainment agency will organize the circus performance.
What could be more interesting than circus animals? These charming dogs, monkeys, cats, horses and elephants are real artists who love the audience and applause. Invite them to your holiday, and you will get a huge charge of positive emotions.
The Moscow Show agency has accumulated vast experience in organizing fun performances for both adults and children. Moreover, we are equally successful in holidays for children of different ages, no one is bored. The circus performers with whom we cooperate know how to find a common language with everyone and be interesting to everyone.
Spectators imagine the circus arena as a place of entertainment, where gymnasts, clowns and trainers, replacing each other, give out a bright show. However, for workers in this field, creating beautiful performances is a deadly job that often leads to tragedies. "Gazeta.Ru" compiled a list of 10 cases when the circus was not funny.
Many have been fond of going to the circus since childhood: to admire the performances of trained animals, to laugh at the tricks of mischievous clowns, or to hold their breath while looking at complex acrobatic numbers. But behind the wonderfully played numbers are not only years of work and rehearsals, but also real human tragedies, the cause of which is someone's mistake, an absurd accident or animal instincts.
Death under the hooves
On August 30, 2015, circus rider Anastasia Maksimova and her group participated in a performance at the sports complex in the village of Abrau-Dyurso near Novorossiysk.
Performing an acrobatic stunt, the 24-year-old girl fell out of the saddle, catching her foot in the stirrup, after which the horse dragged her around the arena several times. Then the horse jumped out onto the podium.
They were able to stop the frightened animal only after a couple of minutes, but during this time Maksimova received several strong blows with hooves and on the head. She died in the ambulance from her injuries.
During the investigation, it turned out that Maksimova was far from a novice in equestrian sports: she had been doing it for six years and had numerous awards for sports horse riding. At the 2012 World Championships in this discipline, she received a silver medal. Some experts then put forward a version that the cause of the incident was a violation of safety precautions during horse riding: the second leg of the girl, contrary to all the rules, was rigidly fixed in a canvas loop. This was probably done in order to make it easier to perform the trick. But it is precisely because of the fixation of the leg that the athlete cannot jump off the horse in time.
Last straw"
In the spring of 2013, the circus on Vernadsky Avenue hosted the number "Drop". According to the scenario, a group of acrobats had to jump from 30 meters (which corresponds to the eighth floor of the building) straight to the arena upside down. In flight, they managed to perform complex acrobatic figures. The number was performed by a group of athletes from Kenya. According to the author's idea, the first to land was 23-year-old Caro-Christopher Kazungu.
Everything went well, the audience, including numerous relatives of the acrobat, who specially arrived from Africa, were delighted. But the falling Kenyan was not held up by a safety net or cable, as they should have been, and he collapsed into the arena. The acrobat was urgently taken to the nearest First City Hospital, doctors diagnosed him with a concussion, a comminuted fracture of the first spine and a number of other injuries. Kazungu miraculously survived.
The State Labor Inspectorate found out that, firstly, the victim was not a professional acrobat, but at home, together with a group of colleagues, he was engaged in dancing. Secondly, he jumped without a safety rope.
In the circus itself, what happened with the low qualifications of the gymnast is not connected: supposedly no one performed better than Kazunga “Drop”. Everything was supposedly in order with the net before the performance of the Kenyan, and the meaning of the act, according to Vladimir Doveiko, head of the aerial acrobats at the circus on Vernadsky Avenue, was just to jump without insurance. As a result, the defective mesh was recognized as the official cause of the emergency, and the circus management paid for the artist's subsequent treatment.
Fall on ice
The performance of Yulia and Alexander Volkov, who performed at the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard in Moscow, ended in an accident. In 2009, they rehearsed the number "Aerialists on canvases", it lasts 5.5 minutes and is performed without insurance. Julia was sitting in a twine, her legs were fixed with rings of canvases, she held onto the fabric with her hands, and belts were fastened to her waist, which Alexander held on to. But at some point, the artist's leg slipped out of the ring, and the acrobats fell onto artificial ice (an ice performance was also held at the circus at that time): Alexander from six meters, Yulia from eight. The couple survived, but received numerous injuries. After a long rehabilitation, the artists returned to the arena.
"Flight" completed
In the same 2009, a gymnast from the Moscow circus "Sea Stars" crashed in Khabarovsk. The 26-year-old acrobat was rehearsing the "Flight" number.
For some reason, his colleagues did not have time to catch the gymnast flying under the dome, and he, working without a safety lounge, fell onto the net.
He fell so badly that he got a dislocation of the cervical vertebrae and damage to the spinal cord - but he survived.
Tiger tiger, burning fear
In 2006, during a performance at the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, trainer Artur Bagdasarov wanted to push one of the tigers towards the rest of the animals with a stick, but approached him too quickly. As a result, when the man raised his hand, the tiger raised his paw on him, and then pulled Arthur under him and squeezed his head with his teeth. They tried to drive away the predator with whips, but he only reacted to a few shots from a pistol into the air. Doctors put about a hundred stitches on the trainer's head alone. By the way, the tiger, who even refused to eat for a while due to stress, was not punished: they decided that Bagdasarov himself had violated safety regulations.
Lions on the hunt
Trainer Alexander Shatirov was attacked by two lions during a performance at the Ufa circus in 2005. One of the animals tore the man's leg, the second threw him into the arena. The assistants tried to drive the predators away with cold water from a hose, but they didn't manage to do it right away.
It is noteworthy that Shatirov, on principle, did not give his pets special sedatives, although this practice is often used in many circuses: he believed that this reflects badly on the abilities of lions.
I came, I saw, I bit
On March 8, 2004, in the Moscow circus on Vernadsky Avenue, the tiger Caesar, whom everyone considered harmless (by predatory standards, of course), suddenly attacked the pregnant trainer Svetlana Sobenko. The woman was taken to intensive care with serious wounds and fractures, there was even a threat of miscarriage, but the child, fortunately, was born healthy.
Dodon attacks
In December 2003, a bear named Dodon attacked three people. The tragedy occurred in the "Durov's Corner", in the room where the animals are kept, when the trainer's assistant Umar Zakirov was going to feed the pet. Somehow, Dodon got out of the cage, killed Zakirov, and then attacked two trainers - Timur Shchedov and Vladimir Soshin, who tried to stop the bear and save their colleague. Zakirov died on the spot, Shchedov was seriously wounded, Soshin was wounded in his right hand.
Trampled by elephants
One of the most tragic cases occurred on February 22, 2001, in the same Durov Corner. Animal trainer Alexander Terekhov rehearsed with two elephants - Dasha and Masha. When he tried to put a harness on Dasha, for which, apparently, he stood on a certain step. It is still unknown whether he himself fell off her, losing his balance, or the elephant accidentally threw him off with her trunk, but in addition, Dasha stepped on Terekhov several more times. The ambulance was unable to save the artist.
"The old woman on the lampshade"
Tragedies also happened in Soviet times. A terrible incident was the death of the clowness Irina Asmus, known for her role as Butterscotch in the television program "ABVGDeyka". Asmus was born in April 1941, she miraculously survived the blockade of Leningrad. For some time after graduation, she was an acrobat, but after an injury, she moved to the V. F. Komissarzhevskaya Theater, where she played Cinderella, Juliet and other roles. Then Irina Asmus returned to the circus, but already as a clown: she performed in solo numbers under the stage name Iriska.
The tragedy that ended the life of Iriska occurred in 1986 in the circus of the Belarusian Gomel. 44-year-old Asmus had a spectacular trick "The Old Lady on the Lampshade": she rotated around her axis under the very dome.
But when the clowness spun upside down, threading her leg through the loop and unfastening the insurance so that the cable did not interfere with her movements, she broke loose. The body fell like a stone from a height of 12 meters. The artist died from numerous fractures and internal hemorrhage. Later it turned out that the spinning machine broke down: after the death of the circus performer, these types of mechanisms were banned.
Nikulin's Circus... There is a building on Tsvetnoy Boulevard where children's joy knows no bounds. Exotic animals, funny clowns - anyone who has ever seen this extravaganza is unlikely to forget it.
general information
One of the oldest is Nikulin's circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. A photo of the man it is named after hangs in the lobby and in his dressing room. The building itself was built over a hundred years ago. It was specially created by order of the merchant Danilov for Albert Salamonsky, whose big top was already very popular at the end of the nineteenth century. In October 1880, the circus received its first visitors. They say that Salamonsky put his first ruble, received from the sale of tickets, into a frame and hung it at the box office. This is today the Nikulin circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, the layout of the hall with seats in which helps to navigate with the purchase of tickets, can take up to two thousand spectators. And then, at the end of the nineteenth century, it had only five rows of chairs, two boxes, a mezzanine, secondary places - wooden unnumbered benches - and a gallery for standing visitors. Then this building was rebuilt more than once, additional areas were added and completed. And today, as then, the laughter and applause of those who come to the Nikulin circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard can be heard here.
How to get there
You can get to it by metro. Heading from the center, it is better to take the first car, get off at the station of the same name and go right for only two hundred meters. For convenience, there are many signs in the metro showing how to get to the Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. The address of this entertainment venue is indicated not only on tickets, but also on posters. It is easy to guess that it is located on the street of the same name - Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 13. You can enter the circus in the center of the building, going up several steps, and the ticket offices are located on the sides.
A bit of history
A lot of pets went out from here to different arenas of the country. These are Romanov and Kotov, Kukso and Popov, the head of the "choir" of dogs Bouslaev ... It was the Nikulin circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard that became the place where he shone with his talent. However, the most famous clowns were the studio members from his second release - Nikulin and Shuidin.
The Durovs and Lazarenko, Truzzi with a troupe of their well-trained horses, jumpers Sosina, dancer Sur ... Koch tightrope walkers, Okeanos acrobats, and finally, the famous Kyo - this list can be continued for a long time.
In 1983, Yuri Nikulin was entrusted to run the circus. In 1985, the last performance took place at its already outdated arena. It, according to many, has become a grandiose event for all spectators. And then the old building was demolished, and two years later the foundation stone of the new modern circus was laid on this site. The capsule was even bricked up. And two years later, a new building was already rising on this site.
And in December 1996, it was decided to rename it the Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. After Yury Vladimirovich passed away, his son Maxim Yuryevich became the director and continuer of the ideas.
Poster
Each program presented by the Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard is a unique show that impresses the audience with spectacular effects, a wealth of props and mesmerizing sound and musical accompaniment. Recently, one of the main arenas of the country presented a new performance. "Royal Circus" - this is the name of the program, which consists of numbers dedicated to exotic themes.
Acrobats take part in them, gymnasts fly under the dome, jigits amaze with complex tricks, and a girl wearing several dozen hula-hoops will take the audience on a mirror ball to a fairy-tale world.
Fans of rooms with animals will love trained bears and yaks, peacocks and raccoons, and of course dogs and pigeons. But the apogee of this new performance is the program, the theme of which is the world of the jungle. People and animals - trainers, lions and tigers - in one cage demonstrate not only the fearlessness and will of a person, but also the possibility of his coexistence with wild animals.
Incendiary music, costumed ballet - all this accompanies each performance, creating an unforgettable impression and emotions for the audience - all that is why Muscovites and guests of the capital come to the Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
Hall scheme
In order to navigate when buying tickets, you need to clearly understand the internal plan of the circus - how the seats are arranged around the arena. This is especially true for those who are going to visit it first, as well as for those who book tickets online. Their cost depends on the chosen place. For example, the first two rows - chairs directly at the arena - cost three and a half thousand rubles, the third fourth - three. Armchairs in the amphitheater will cost a thousand rubles, and on both sides of the forgang - the exit of artists - four hundred, five hundred and six hundred rubles from top to bottom, respectively. In total, the Nikulin circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard can simultaneously accommodate up to two thousand people.
Troupe
Artists of the Nikulin Circus are laureates or prize-winners of many international festivals. They are well known in Paris, Budapest, Monte Carlo. The performances of the troupe and its skill were highly appreciated in Japan and Korea, China and France, England and Australia. The circus organizes performances on any stage, traveling not only in Russia, but all over the planet.
Its troupe includes famous trainers Bagdasarovs, equilibrists, who are trained by Alikhanov, aerial gymnasts Volkovs, Aziz Askaryan - the head of the monkey show, S. Bogdanov with his air flight show "Heros" and many other talented circus artists.
Ticket booking
The circus box offices are open daily, seven days a week, from 11 pm to 7 pm. Booking tickets by phone in the circus is not provided. For those who, for some reason, cannot personally go to the cashier, it will be convenient to reserve via the Internet by filling out a special form on the website. There you can also preview the layout of the hall, get acquainted with the prices.
Rules
The Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard is equipped with everything necessary so that children and adults with disabilities can visit it. For such spectators, an elevator is provided, to which you can go through the ticket office.
The duration of the performances is one hundred and forty minutes, including intermission. Children under the age of six can travel with an accompanying adult on one ticket, but must sit on their laps. If parents want their child to sit separately, they will have to buy a separate seat for the child at full price.
In addition to programs at the stationary arena, the Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard gives performances in two of its own big tops. In addition, he organizes performances at any other stage venues. The list of services offered by the circus also includes the possibility of participation of its artists in birthdays and fun children's parties, corporate parties and New Year's performances.
Exotic Show by Dmitry Nikolaou
from 8 000 rub.
circus performer
original genre
The entire program of the Exotic Show, a journey through countries and continents, lasts from 1 hour 10 minutes, this is not only a visual program, but also an educational one. The whole program is built in such a way that together with children and adults, we travel across countries and continents. In my arsenal I have 4 or more performances united by one theme - EXOTIC SHOW: South America, Fairy East, Africa, Papua New Guinea, Russia. The first trip, we are going to the island of Papua New Guinea - this is an extreme show, I work in the image of a Papuan native (the room has fire, knives, sabers, nails, glass, sticking of metal objects, hypnosis, etc.) a lot of humor, interactive and laughter. The duration of the number is from 15 minutes. The second journey, we are going to the fabulous East, where a guest from the east not only dances oriental dances, but also tames a large tiger python. Duration from 10 minutes. The third trip, we go to South America, which symbolizes this region of the Indian population. As well as the sacred animal lama. The first part of the presentation is training, then interactive on the topic where these animals live, where they live, the closest relatives of these animals, etc. Whoever guesses the riddles rides and communicates with the lama. Also, the birthday boy makes a circle of honor, and then, together with the children, the national dances of the Indians. The duration of the number is from 15 minutes. The fourth trip is Russia, an illusion attraction (macromagic) - I work with a partner, the ballet part, sawing, disappearing, etc. The birthday man himself takes part in the room, where he himself cuts. Duration from 10 minutes. The fifth trip is Africa, a master class of Latin dances, along with a monkey (life-size puppet). Throughout the program, children take part in numbers, and there is also a photo session with animals. If you wish, you can choose the whole program or individual numbers. Transport costs and delivery included up to 40 km. from MKAD. For more information, please call tel. 8-916-686-53-53. www.nikolaudmitriy.ru
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Work for circus performers
You have to organize a festive event, and you want to make it truly original and unforgettable, invite circus performers, and you will be surprised at how they cheer up your guests. After all, the main task of circus artists is to surprise and amaze the audience with their talents. For circus artists of the highest category, there is nothing easier than to delight your audience. If you invite circus performers to your party, you can count on the success of the event. If the holiday is for children, then the invited circus artists will be the key to not just a successful holiday, but bright and colorful impressions for a very long time. Perhaps it is the performance of circus artists that will become the element of the holiday that children will remember for a long time. After all, professional circus artists are a real gem of a children's holiday, which amazes and surprises with its unusualness. Invite a juggler or an acrobat, an illusionist or a rider, a trainer or an equilibrist - everyone will demonstrate a magnificent performance that will become a real highlight of the holiday.
If you are a circus performer and want to take part in show programs of festive entertainment events, register on the Internet portal Artist.ru, and the questionnaire with your personal data will become available to your potential employer. A job that interests you will not keep you waiting long.
Every child knows what a circus is - it's laughter, fun, clowns, smart animals, magicians and dexterous acrobats. But rarely any of the adults can explain what are the features of the circus as an art form. After all, we most often present it as a fascinating spectacle, a show. But in fact, circus artists spend their whole lives mastering not only skill, but also art - the ability to convey emotion and evoke aesthetic feelings in the audience.
The appearance of the circus
The name "circus" comes from the Roman oval platforms, where various folk holidays, competitions were held, and shows were shown. In those days, the Romans loved to watch people competing in strength, dexterity, and various skills. And so a special kind of spectacle appeared, which today is called the circus. But the way we know and love him, he became only in the 18th century. In Paris, a special round building was built to show the art of horse riding and acrobatic studies. Later, the Italians picked up on this idea and added numbers with animals and mimes to the program. What is a circus, in Russia they will learn at the end of the 18th century. In 1764, an English equestrian visited Moscow on tour, and this show marked the beginning of the opening of several stationary circuses at once. By the middle of the 19th century, such sites were built in many Russian cities. Gradually, the scope of the show expanded, traditional programs were formed and circus professions were formed. The modern circus is a complex synthesis of the entertainment industry, art, management and technology.
Circus as an art form
Researchers see the origins of the circus in ancient competitions in strength and dexterity. It was formed as a way to demonstrate special skills that often had no practical application. Specialists who characterize the circus as an art, first of all, pay attention to the lack of any effectiveness in the actions of the artists. They do not compete, winning prizes, but they allow you to see the possibilities of a person and experience aesthetic pleasure at the same time. The main expressive means of circus art is a trick, it is designed to evoke emotions in the audience: laughter, surprise, fear, delight. All this makes the circus related to other types of performing arts: theater, cinema. In the arena, a person shows the ability of nature to metamorphosis, only the object of these transformations is not stone, clay or paint, but the person himself. He creates according to the laws of eccentrics, demonstrating the highest. The main circus arts are: reprise, trick, number, super-task, eccentricity.
Circus device
Special art requires a special space. The circus is not just a round building, but a complex structure with numerous possibilities. The circus arena is the heart of the venue. Traditionally, it is round in shape, about 13 meters in diameter. The seats of the spectators rise from the stage like an amphitheater. In modern, stationary circuses, there are often several arenas for different types of performances: equestrian, illusion, light, ice, water. But the arena is only the visible part of the circus. Behind the scenes there are many office spaces: dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms, places for keeping animals, dressing rooms. Technical services also play an important role in the design of the theater: lighting, equipment fixing, decorations, curtains - all this serves to ensure that the viewer sees an unusual and complex performance.
Circus professions
Hearing the question “what is a circus”, we remember people of different professions. Each of them requires special skills from the artist and is a special art, with its own laws, secrets and traditions. The classical circus program includes performances by various artists, they can be classified according to the main expressive means and materials. So, there are people working with animals - these are trainers, with a human body - jugglers, tightrope walkers, gymnasts, tightrope walkers. There are also special professions that are at the intersection of skill and technology - these are illusionists. The highest level in the circus professional hierarchy is occupied by clowns, who combine acting, pantomime, buffoonery. But circus performers cannot work without theater workers who take on the provision of various services and assistants.
jugglers
As the name of the profession already implies, jugglers first appeared in France. This word literally means "joker". Initially, people of this profession sang songs, danced in market squares and fairs. But as an activity, juggling appeared in ancient Egypt. Deft manipulations with many objects fascinated the audience, causing surprise and admiration. Today, a rare circus performance does without these artists, their performances have become an indispensable element of circus art. In their numbers, jugglers surprise the audience by throwing many different objects into the air, and also use balancing act, comic and acrobatic elements to complicate the trick. Juggling can be paired and solo, artists not only throw and catch objects, they can rotate them at the same time, alternate rhythmically, throwing them to a partner. The juggling rhythm makes the spectators keep their eyes on the flying objects, and the dexterity of the artist makes them feel delighted.
tightrope walkers
Another artist, without whom it is impossible to imagine a circus performance, is a tightrope walker. This genre of circus art is built on the ability of a person to maintain balance on unstable surfaces. Traditionally, tightrope walkers performed various body movements on ropes, balls, and cylinders. Often the artist combines the ability to keep balance with acrobatic, comic actions, as well as juggling. Even in ancient China, tightrope walkers' performances were very popular. In many cultures of the world, folk amusements were often accompanied by tightrope walkers. There are such variants of this genre as performances on a ball, on a wire, on reels, on stairs, on a trapeze (matte-trape), on unicycles.
Illusionists
Magicians or illusionists are representatives of a profession that has glorified circus art. The basis of the genre was sleight of hand. Artists who knew how to perform magical manipulations with various objects, such as cards, were obligatory participants in medieval fairs. Modern illusionists, in addition to the ability to make amazing movements with their hands, use various technical tricks to mislead the audience. Among the magicians there are real world celebrities whose names are passed down from generation to generation. Such illusionists include Harry Houdini, Alessandro Cagliostro, the Keo family, Uri Geller,
Clownery
Ask any child what a circus is and you will get the answer: they are clowns. The masters working in this role have become a real symbol of the circus, performances are impossible without them. The beginning of the profession was laid in the institution of buffoonery, because jesters were at the court of all royal persons. Their task was not only to amuse, but also to ridicule vices, while the jester, the clown, could tell the truth to anyone. The art of the clown is often built not on humor, but on irony, buffoonery and the grotesque. The exaggerated manner of playing goes back to the traditions of farce performances at fairs. The clown should not only laugh, but also mock, but at the same time his performance should not be cruel or offensive. Often clowns perform in pairs, where the roles are clearly distributed. In the Italian theater, these roles were assigned to Pierrot and Harlequin, in the Russian tradition they are Red (cunning and rogue) and White (important prim gentleman) clowns. Conflicts constantly occur between them, which are funny scenes that fill the pauses in the performance. In the circus world, it is believed that clowns are the artistic elite. Often they include in their performances elements of juggling, acrobatics, animal training, pantomime. Among them are the real, the greatest actors. The most famous clowns are M. N. Rumyantsev (Pencil), V. Polunin, Yu. Nikulin and M. Shuidin, who worked in pairs, L. Engibarov, O. Popov. Any circus show can be saved by a clown who appears in the arena whenever there is a pause in the program.
