Press Release N° 14 – Wednesday July 13th 2011
Russia continues to enrich the cast of the Festival
Exactly three months from the opening of its 13th edition, the International Circus Festival “City of Latina” adds two new acrobatic numbers to the programme, both hailing from Russia.
Judging by the countries of origin of the over 400 entries that have hereto reached the production offices of the International Circus Festival “City of Latina”, Russia continues to be one of the countries in which the tradition of Circus arts is the most manifest: all of the performers to be officially added today to the competition are Russian. Representing the prestigious Moscow State Circus “Bolshoi”, the Troupe Vavilov will be presenting two separate acrobatic numbers at Latina. The inaugural evening of the thirteenth Festival will take place in exactly three months’ time, on Thursday, October 13th at 9pm, in the Festival complex which will be set up in the usual location in via Rossetti.
The number performed by the Troupe Vavilov is entitled “Vaulting Acrobats”. The six performers from Russia are taking part in the festival as representatives of the prestigious Moscow State Circus “Bolshoi”. Led by Vladimir Vavilov, an artist who has been recognized by the Russian Ministry of Culture for his artistic merits, the Troupe Vavilov performs a “banquine” number, which is an acrobatic discipline. The skill of the artists and the spectacular nature of their performance are enhanced by the partnership created for the occasion between the Russian acrobats and a group of six dancers from the “Bolshoi Circus”.
“Acrobats on a swinging platform” is the title of the second performance of the Troupe Vavilov, an “aerial acrobatics” number. Ruslan, Andrei, Vladimir E. and Alexey all have a strong athletic background: all of Vladimir Vavilov’s performers took up artistic careers after training in gymnastic disciplines and sports, which some of them perfected whilst serving in the Russian Armed Forces. A swinging platform at the centre of the circus ring provides an extra dynamic to this energetic performance.
