Photo credit: Women teeterboard act/Zaripov Aleksey / youtube.com
Russian circus performers have managed to win all the major awards at the international festival in Budapest, Hungary. It ended the day before, on January 17, TASS reports. The audience saw the performances from four continents.
The ''Echo of a Dream'' flip-board act members under the direction of Alexei Zaripov received the main award of the festival. The professional jury called the act "unique, and the performance is impeccable." The audience gave them a standing ovation. Acrobats on flip boards Richter Kevin Group from Hungary shared the 1st place with Russian performers.
According to the head of the Russian State Circus, Sergei Belyakov, the festival has become another proof that the Russian circus is rightly considered one of the strongest in the world.
Belt gymnasts Ekaterina Zapashnaya and Konstantin Rastegaev, tightrope walkers Andranik and Gevorg Vardanyan became second. They were joined by the Russian-Ukrainian duo of trapeze artists Alexei Grigorov and Marina Glavatskikh, who also received a special award from the Russian State Circus Company.
Top three was closed by acrobats on a Russian stick under the leadership of Arkady Shatirov, dog trainer Mikhail Ermakov, gymnasts Marat and Olga Devlikamov.
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