Walking the Cold War Tightrope
Walking the Cold War TightropeNew York TimesI first met Ravil Biktagirov, a Russian highwire walker, in 1990, when he was touring with the Moscow Circus. It was a special tour, he told me then. For most of the previous decade the Moscow Circus had been banned from performing in the United States ...
Cirque de la Symphonie blends music, acrobatics
Cirque de la Symphonie blends music, acrobaticsEast Valley TribuneInspired by the extensive Russian travels of executive director and producer Bill Allen, the Cirque de la Symphonie is a marriage of Allen's entertainment background and his close interaction with the Streltsov family of the Moscow Circus in the late ...
Moscow sit-in: Real opposition or political circus? (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Moscow sit-in: Real opposition or political circus? (PHOTOS, VIDEO)RTMoscow's “popular promenades” have entered their sixth day. They have now turned into a peaceful sit-in and lie-in demo, attended by hundreds of protesters, including unusual guests such as a cow, a clown and a rock band. The protest is fully focused ...In Moscow, a Poetic Occupy ProtestThe Nonprofit Quarterlyall 1,428 news articles »
Babushkin Sekret – The Moscow State Circus (Preston Park, Brighton)
Babushkin Sekret – The Moscow State Circus (Preston Park, Brighton)WhatsOnStage.comCircus has changed massively since the last time I stepped through the canvas doorway and entered the magical, mystical world of the big top. The wild animals and the ringmaster are gone and, replacing them in the 21 st century circus, ...
Russian Defector (and Circus Performer) Opens New Restaurant in Northborough
Russian Defector (and Circus Performer) Opens New Restaurant in NorthboroughPatch.comAs a hand-balancer in the Moscow Circus, Krasnov was a longtime circus performer, and defected to the US in 1986. According to an AP story in the New York Times, Krasnov and his wife Luba Pisarenkova, in 1987, "gave their first circus performances at ...