Het begon gisteren en duurt t/m 17 januari: het 14e Int, Circusfestival in het Hongaarse Budapest.
Hier leest u er meer over:
https://hungarytoday.hu/14th-internatio ... ontinents/14th Intl Circus Festival to Feature a Hundred Artists from Four Continents
The 14th International Circus Festival that began in Budapest on Tuesday will feature around a hundred artists from four continents until January 17, Péter Fekete, the state secretary for culture, said at the event’s opening.
The festival opened with the first ever international academic conference entitled Circus Buildings in Europe which focuses on the establishment, survival, transformation, functional change, destruction and renewal of European circus buildings.
At the conference, French, British, Bulgarian, Monegasque, Canadian and Hungarian experts review every major circus building, still operating or demolished, in Europe, explore the history of the Capital Circus of Budapest and discuss new architectural trends and technologies, Fekete said.
“The circus has over the past centuries evolved from a form of entertainment into a profession of art while preserving its traditions.
But in order to be able to complete this mission, circuses need a space, a solid building to present their performance, many of which do not exist in Europe anymore.
What would be highly welcome is to have those temples of culture be built back up again,” said Fekete.
Alain Frere, the founder and artistic director of the Monte- Carlo International Circus Festival, welcomed the Budapest festival as an opportunity for representatives of the world’s circuses to meet.
On January 12 the festival will feature a Red Carpet Show, a parade of participating artists beginning at 5pm in the square in front of the Capital Circus in City Park.
The Newcomer Show presenting young Hungarian artist talents will take place on Friday and the festival will close with a grand gala and award ceremony on January 17.
For details on the festival visit https://www.budapestcircusfestival.huZoals u kunt lezen begon het festival met een grote internationale conferentie over circusgebouwen.
Verdwenen of nog bestaand. En voor zover ze weg zijn zouden deze 'cultuurtempels' weer opgebouwd moeten gaan worden, aldus Péter Fekete, de Hongaarse Staatssecretaris van Cultuur.
Een gelieerd artikel brengt het nieuws over een verbetering van het Guinness Book Record op een unieke fiets:
https://hungarytoday.hu/budapest-14th-i ... a-bertini/Guinness Record Broken in Budapest Circus
A Czech performer has broken the unicycling height record at the Budapest National Circus.Pavel Valla Bertini set a new world record as a participant of the 14th International Circus Festival in Budapest in the run-up to the event.
The unicycle acrobat rode around the ring of the Budapest Circus on a total of 17 wheels stacked on top of each other, 9.08 meters high, covering a distance of 20.3 meters.
The previous unicycle height record-holder was the American, Wesley Williams, who set the world record on March 11, 2020, at the Girona International Circus Festival with his 8.87-meter high unicycle.
As the current record attempt was successful, the artist received the record certificate from István Sebestyén, the president of the Hungarian Record Association.Pavel Valla Bertini comes from a Czech circus dynasty and already represents the fifth generation of performers.
He has a daughter who according to the website of the Budapest circus, is also already performing.Nog enkele van de deelnemende artiesten:
Duo Devlikamovs - Rusland - Chinese pole
Duo Kyrioz - Mexico - Balance on balls
Valeriya Sheshukova - Rusland - Trapeze
Hassak Troupe - Kazakhstan - Ladder Perche
Demeter Anna - Hongarije - Cloudswing
Alexandra Levitskaya-Spiridonova - Rusland - Aerial Hula Hoop
Shatirov - Rusland - Russian Bar
Anikó Gyarmati & László Takács - Hongarije - Clowns
Mikhail Nikolayevich Ermakov - Rusland - Honden
Duo Stauberti (Dimitr und Nancy Stauberti) - Tsjechië - PercheOpvallend: de sterke afname van het aantal dieren.
Waar ze met een spectaculaire foto van een paardenact publiek proberen te werven moeten we het nu doen met een paar honden.....