Russia’s famed circus arrives with brand new spectacular
Valeriy Shcherbakov, Valery Kashkin, Olga Alexabderova, Minkail Matushin, and front Valentina Rumyantseva.from: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/
Published on Tuesday 6 September 2011
RUSSIA’S top performers are rolling in to Ripley with the Moscow State Circus coming to town.The legendary circus troupe will be performing a series of shows in the grounds of Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, this week.
The newly devised production, called Babushkin Secret, is inspired by a Russian fable.
The show is set under Soviet rule in 1927 when a group of Bolsheviks try to track down lost family jewellery which has been hidden in a chair forming part of a dining room set.
It will be housed in a specially designed big top to accommodate the complex rigging for the aerial acts, while being supported by only four ‘king’ poles.
The show’s producers have promised a revolving aerial chandelier.
The production also features human pyramids stretching 30ft in the air, and acrobats catapulting themselves across the big top at breakneck speed.
One circus spokesman said: “This show takes us on an incredible journey in the company of the greatest circus performers on earth.
“It features a mammoth cast of Russia’s most talented circus artists, many of which have never performed in Britain, and combines contemporary and classical circus in a way never before witnessed.”
The production runs from tomorrow (weds) until Sunday.
RUSSIA’S top performers are rolling in to Ripley with the Moscow State Circus coming to town.The legendary circus troupe will be performing a series of shows in the grounds of Ripley Castle, near Harrogate, this week.
The newly devised production, called Babushkin Secret, is inspired by a Russian fable.
The show is set under Soviet rule in 1927 when a group of Bolsheviks try to track down lost family jewellery which has been hidden in a chair forming part of a dining room set.
It will be housed in a specially designed big top to accommodate the complex rigging for the aerial acts, while being supported by only four ‘king’ poles.
The show’s producers have promised a revolving aerial chandelier.
The production also features human pyramids stretching 30ft in the air, and acrobats catapulting themselves across the big top at breakneck speed.
One circus spokesman said: “This show takes us on an incredible journey in the company of the greatest circus performers on earth.
“It features a mammoth cast of Russia’s most talented circus artists, many of which have never performed in Britain, and combines contemporary and classical circus in a way never before witnessed.”
The production runs from tomorrow (weds) until Sunday.
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