Index – Domestic – The Yaskrava Arena Dnipra international children’s circus festival will be held in Budapest
The festival was launched in 2010 by the Ukrainian NGO Bright Country. The event was held every year in December, on the eve of Christmas, at the Dnipro State Circus, read on MTI.
In recent years, thousands of student artists from all regions of Ukraine and from Lithuania, Hungary, Germany, Moldova and Poland have participated in the festival. The jury was always led by Lyudmila Shevchenko, director of the Ukrainian National Circus. The Great Circus of the Capital now rushed to the aid of the festival, which was in trouble due to the war, Péter Fekete, the general director, said:
Charity, looking out for each other, and helping each other are among the basic messages of circus art. It is important that this can be measured not only in words, but also in actions, which is why we offer a helping hand even now. The staff got together, and although we are living through a very eventful period, we decided not to turn our backs on those in need of help.
According to the information, the winners of the Yaskrava Arena Dnipro festivals regularly advance to prestigious international festivals in France, Spain and Italy.
It has been part of the festival program for two years now Night at the circus circus-theatre show, which presents the experimental performances of young artists. Olga Oblasova, the director of the festival, said she was grateful to the Great Circus, because the war made the Ukrainian arrangement impossible but the desires of children, teachers and artists are still there.
This year, students from circus schools in the regions of Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odessa, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya, three productions of the Baross Imre Artist Training Academy (BIAK) from Hungary, and student artists from Switzerland, Italy and Mexico will participate in the competition.
BIAK students will perform four productions at the Fényes Porond festival: Anna Usakova and Levente Hellenpárt with a wire act, Olivér Buti and András Jagudits with a board act, Dienes Kinga with a foot juggler production, and Koncz Fanni with a swinging wire. The Capital Circus Which of the 9? The young artists featured in his play – Ádám Rudolf, Medel Family, Ádám Henrik – will also participate in the competition.
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