FESTIVAL DE LATINA: COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE N°4!

Press release n°  4  – July 9th, 2013
The “International Circus Festival – City of Latina” releases the first set of names of performers who will be part of the cast of this year’s “Special Anniversary Edition”.
Starting today, the production team of the “International Circus Festival – City of Latina” will be gradually releasing the names of the cast of the upcoming 15th edition. Photos and biographical notes of these performers can be found on the page “Cast 2013” of our website at www.festivalcircolatina.com
The selection of artists forming the cast of this year’s edition, made by the “International Examining Committee”, is a difficult task, involving over 500 applications that have arrived from artists all over the world. Each number is studied with care, taking into consideration technical and artistic merit as well as the chosen discipline and geographical origin of the artistes. Amongst the first group of performers to be selected is the famous Hungarian juggler Kristian Kristof, Cuban tightrope performer Yosvani Rodriguez, Italian Guinness Record-holding skaters Duo Triberti, and Russian trapezist Kristina Bautina.

Duo Triberti began their artistic careers in 1985. Partners in real life as well in their art, Carlo and Nancy, both Italian, belong to one of Italy’s traditional Circus families: the Triberti family. The discipline that has brought them public renown is acrobatic skating. Carlo and Nancy expertly execute risky spins on a small circular platform with diameter of only 1.65 metres. Nancy and Carlo create a thrilling atmosphere as she leaves the ground, seeming to fly free from her partner. The Tribertis have already achieved important recognition, including an entry in the “Guinness Book of Records”, in 2010.

Kristian Kristof represents the fourth generation of one of the most noted Circus families of Hungary. Growing up in close contact with the Circus ring, he went on to gain the diploma of the Hungarian State Circus Academy. Since 1984 his performing image has been that of the “Gentleman Juggler”: in his numbers Kristian combines his notable technical skills with careful attention to detail in the costumes and accessories that create the particularly refined atmosphere of his act. Kristian Kristof has already won numerous titles and awards during his career. Amongst these are: an inclusion in the “Guinness Book of Records” for his performance with three cigar boxes; the directorship of the International Circus Festival of Budapest (1996-2012); the artistic directorship of the Hungarian State Circus (2008-2011). He was also the founder and artistic director of “Maciva Master Studio (2008-2012).

Yosvani Rodriguez is a young performer from Cuba: he initially trained as a gymnast (1985-1993) and immediately afterwards as a skater (1993-1996). In 1996 he started training at the National Circus School of Cuba, where he also gained his diploma. A versatile performer who has already worked in many of the major circuses of the world, presenting tightrope, Russian bar and aerial straps numbers, Yosvani will perform a tightrope number at the Festival, containing difficult elements such as the forwards somersault, presented with choreography of a Latin-American flavour.

Kristina Bautina was born in Moscow in 1984. She started training in Circus disciplines at the “Circus Arts Centre” in Moscow at the age of fifteen, and started her artistic career in 2002. Since last year, under the artistic direction of Alexander Grimailo, Kristina has been performing her new trapeze number, “Kristi Wave”: she works at a height of 8 metres, without a safety wire, for seven minutes. The modern jazz style of the choreography and the technical skill of the artiste work perfectly together to create an atmosphere of great pathos