Technology in the Circus: there will be a high-tech “Laser Show” at the “International Circus Festival – City of Latina”.
New numbers are still being added to the competition at Latina’s “Special Anniversary Edition” of the Festival: the cast continues to grow, and the Production team of the Festival announces three new numbers that have been added today, to further enrich the cast list of the shows that will take place from October 17th to 21st: the most technological number, the “Laser Show”, will be presented by Spanish Xtreme Laser, the most complicated and difficult discipline of all, the Russian Bar, will be presented by the Troupe Stynko, and the youngest soloist in this year’s cast, 15-year-old Tetyana Byelova, will perform a hand balance number.
A long, strong, flexible bar, the strength of the two men who bear it on their shoulders, an artiste who executes somersaults whilst using the bar as a kind of trampoline: these are the prerequisites for a Russian Bar number which, in the opinion of experts, is one of the most challenging and dangerous disciplines in the Circus. The Russian bar number being presented by the Troupe Stynko is nothing short of breathtaking: these young Russian performers, who are representing the Russian State Circus Rosgoscirk, give a performance that will amaze even the most conversant of Circus watchers. Their two bars are initially used whimsically as slides, platforms, benches and even as skipping ropes in a choreographic presentation before going on to be used as trampolines: the flyer performs double somersaults and a triple backwards somersault, followed by two spectacular feats: a quadruple backwards somersault and triple somersaults in rapid succession.Tetyana Byelova is the youngest solo performer at this year’s Festival. Although only 15, she has already performed in the world’s most famous Circus ring, at Monte-Carlo, where she appeared in the special “New Generation” event in 2013, winning the second prize. Tetyana Byelova, from the Ukraine, is presenting an elegant ‘hand balance’ number which is the result of years of training, and shows off her incredible flexibility and balancing skills, whilst at the same time displaying the freshness and charm of this youthful performer. On a technical note, the rotation of the structure on which Tetyana performs her hand balances is actuated by the artiste, not by an engine. The performance is set to the powerful and touching lyrical song “Caruso”, which was written by the late and much-loved Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla, to whom this performance is also dedicated.
