Circus on Ice, skating popular at water fest
Lily B. Libo-on
From: Khaleej Times Online
17 December 2011
Thousands of visitors are trooping in daily to Al Majaz Park to watch the world famous ‘Circus on Ice’, hosted for the first time in the region.
Thousands of visitors are trooping in daily to Al Majaz Park to watch the world famous ‘Circus on Ice’, hosted for the first time in the region.
A unique presentation invented in Russia, the show offers all the fun of regular circus with the added excitement of impossible performances taking place on ice.Performed by a team of 35 artists, Circus on Ice, which is being featured at the Sharjah Water Festival 2011 has received world-wide acclaim. the circus is performed daily from 8.30pm to 10pm.Mohammed Ali Al Noman, Director-General of Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), said that Sharjah has been keen to add new shows and features to the water festival every year.
“And the chief attraction and crowd-puller this year clearly is the ‘Circus on Ice’ that runs up to December 23,” he said.Yana Schevchenko, Director of the Circus on Ice, said that the show has some very complicated combinations of acrobatic jumps over the skipping rope, jugglers with Indian clubs, illusionists, equilibrists on unicycles, aerial gymnasts and choreographic compositions.Skating on ice with special light-and-sound effects mixed with colours and smoke, two performers skating on ice as they change more than 10 dresses within minutes accompanied by foot-tapping music and the performance using fire rings have amazed kids and families alike.
Al Noman said that the Sharjah Water Festival opens daily at 4pm at Al Majaz Park and runs until midnight. More than 20 shows are on offer, including an Irish Dance Show, Yo Yo People, The Colourful Boxes show, Pets Magic and Skating on Ice.
Thousands of visitors are trooping in daily to Al Majaz Park to watch the world famous ‘Circus on Ice’, hosted for the first time in the region.
A unique presentation invented in Russia, the show offers all the fun of regular circus with the added excitement of impossible performances taking place on ice.Performed by a team of 35 artists, Circus on Ice, which is being featured at the Sharjah Water Festival 2011 has received world-wide acclaim. the circus is performed daily from 8.30pm to 10pm.Mohammed Ali Al Noman, Director-General of Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), said that Sharjah has been keen to add new shows and features to the water festival every year.
“And the chief attraction and crowd-puller this year clearly is the ‘Circus on Ice’ that runs up to December 23,” he said.Yana Schevchenko, Director of the Circus on Ice, said that the show has some very complicated combinations of acrobatic jumps over the skipping rope, jugglers with Indian clubs, illusionists, equilibrists on unicycles, aerial gymnasts and choreographic compositions.Skating on ice with special light-and-sound effects mixed with colours and smoke, two performers skating on ice as they change more than 10 dresses within minutes accompanied by foot-tapping music and the performance using fire rings have amazed kids and families alike.
Al Noman said that the Sharjah Water Festival opens daily at 4pm at Al Majaz Park and runs until midnight. More than 20 shows are on offer, including an Irish Dance Show, Yo Yo People, The Colourful Boxes show, Pets Magic and Skating on Ice.
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