These Graduates Throw Themselves, Not Caps, in the Air
Valentina Savina, the school’s director and author of a textbook about teaching the circus arts, summed up the power of the big top: "If ballet, music
and theater require age in order understand their philosophy, circus is understandable to everyone, from young to old." Sergey Kerdivarov, 66, a former trapeze artist, taught in Sweden before returning to Russia to instruct students at the Moscow Circus School.
21, 2017
MOSCOW — Ringling Brothers has shut down in the United States,
but the big top lives on in Russia, which carries on a deeply-rooted circus tradition that soars above today’s geopolitical conflicts.
The hall was packed with family members and talent scouts, including Edgard Zapashny, director of the Moscow State Circus.
Rumyantsev State School of Circus and Variety Arts — a four-year program with 180 students
who attend free of charge — bills itself as the world’s first full-fledged circus college.
" said Ms. Belova, who started out at the age of 8. that I came to a performance, saw it and wanted to do it,
" he said. that The circus is like one family — everyone helps each other,