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Anton & Viktor Franke

CLOWN - RUSSIA

Anton & Viktor Franke are a multi-festival prize-winning, world-famous clown duo. The artists of the Kazakh State Circus have traveled all over the world, performed in Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Italy, Ukraine, China and Monaco, and won prestigious awards at many international circus festivals. In 2011, Anton became the Clown of the Year in Russia.

De Tru (Do Ahn Quy, Hoang Le Phoung, Nguyen Duy Son, Nguyen Van Phu, Tran Thi Thao Van, Truong Ba Thang)

PERCHE – VIETNAM

The impressive perche act of the De TRU group brings the harmony and peace of the Far East to the circus stage, in which extraordinary concentration is combined with an amazing sense of balance. In 2022, the performance won the Silver Medal at the International Circus Festival in Hanoi.

Group Tightroupe Walkers Antik

HIGH-WIRE – RUSSIA

The breathtaking high-wire production of the group, led by Honored Artist of Russia Mikhail Dneprovskii, has been presented for 3 generations. During this time, they took part in many prestigious circus festivals, appeared in world-renowned circuses, toured Europe, performed in China, Japan, Turkey, Malaysia, Georgia. They won the Silver Lion award at the Wuqiao International Circus Festival in China and the Silver Elephant award at the festival of Nikulin Circus in Moscow.

Ethio Brothers

ICARIAN GAMES – ETHIOPIA

The young Ethiopians met 5 years ago in Addis Ababa, at the Ethiopian Circus, and since then they have been working and practicing tirelessly to make their dreams come true. Because the maneze is the miracle stage of dreams coming true! The audience of the Capital Circus of Budapest can now be a part of this miracle, and they are guaranteed to be enchanted by the young people’s strumming rhythm performance.

Shu Takada

YO-YO – JAPAN

For the first time in Hungary, we are attempting to introduce a genre that is hardly seen in circuses, yo-yo, by Japanese artist Shu Takada, six-time yo-yo world champion. Shu started yo-yoing at the age of 6. He rose to great popularity in 2012 with highly choreographed 2A routines, often incorporating signature dance moves and acrobatic stunts. His performances are extremely spectacular, his special, unique art style is captivating.

Evgenia Zavadskaya

AREIAL ROPE – RUSSIA

Although the young girl recently finished her studies at the State School of Circus and Variety Arts, she already has many awards and recognitions. In 2022, she was awarded the Bronze Crown at the Circus Princess circus festival, and in 2023 she won the circus arts category at the Young talents of Russia. In her graceful lyrical aerial rope act, she presents her sophisticated movement culture to the audience in addition to her technical knowledge.

Duo Antresol

AERIAL HOOP – RUSSIA

Amazing professional preparation and spectacular tricks characterize the two young girls, who have already been recognized by numerous children’s and youth circus festivals. Power pervades their show, the interplay of mutually reinforcing energies lends the performance a special dynamic.

Vardanyan Brothers

HAND TO HAND - RUSSIA | ARMAENIA
Silver Award

(GEVORG VARDANYAN AND ANDRANIK VARDANYAN) The Armenian born brothers’ training was started at three years old by their uncle, a skilled balance artist.

From the age of nine, they performed in various circuses. Their performance was inspirated by a balancing show with daggers that they saw in Iran. They have only performed across Europe, in the United Arab Emirates and in China, but they have participated in various international circus festivals as well.

Hassak Troupe

LADDER PERCHE - KAZAKHSTAN

(Adlet Tikanov, Kamila Kurkembayeva, Makhmud Almas, Dastan Bakytuly, Zhalgas Kainarbay, Adilet Dungenbay, Zharkyn Borazdayev) The production of artists belonging to the Kazgoscirk company takes us to the ancient land of Kazakhstan, which has a rich history, with legends coming to life.

The production, spiced with heavy tricks, was successful at several circus festivals: They won gold awards at the International Circus Festival Echo of Asia, bronze awards at the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoi Boulevard and at the Minsk International Circus Festival, and several special awards.

Ekaterina Zapashnaya -
Konstantin Rastegaev

AERIAL STRAPS - Russia
Silver award

The members of the Rosgoscirk Troupe, Ekaterina Zapashnaya and Konstantin Rastegaev, perform a graceful and dainty aerial show.

The production is spiced up with thrilling tricks and takes us to Ekaterina’s dream where fantasy becomes a reality.

Garcia Brothers

HANDSTAND DUO - IRELAND

The surprisingly young brothers came from Ireland to the 14th Budapest International Circus Festival.

They manifest their marvellous sense of balance, flexibility and stamina in their handstand performance.

Demeter Anna

Cloudswing - HUNGARY

Anna Demeter’s Cloudswing act «AngelHeart» was first presented in Budapest at the Capital Circus in the summer of 2021. Olga Simet (aerial specialist and coach of the Baross Imre Circus school) took Anna under her wings and introduced her to this high impact genre. The act was directed by Kristian Kristof using a unique and original motorized prop, which gave more freedom to the performance: connecting the choreography on the floor to the one in the air.

The performance starts with the picture of an angel descending from heaven, rescuing a glowing heart left on earth (the soul of Freddy Mercury) and flying it back to heaven. A combination of lyrical and dynamic movements, to the notes of the Bohemian Rhapsody, first singed by a young lady Angelina Jordan, then by the epic Queen. An angelic performance of a girl who wants to liberate a dying soul.

Novakovics Noémi

ROPE - HUNGARY
Newcomer Show’s Bronze Award

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Varga Huan

JUGGLER - HUNGARY
Newcomer Show’s Bronze Award

The 17-year-old Varga's Huan is a descendant of multi-generation artiste dynasty - Reisner, Féder, Varga, Adam. He first performed in front of the audience at the age of seven as a participant in a clown performance at the Americano Vargas Circus, which is still owned by his family. Later on, he favoured the juggler genre which he has been practicing since 2016.

He has been performing his juggling show in front of an audience since 2017. His master was Lajos Nagy “Nereus”, who gave him a lot of professional and technical advice. In 2018, he also demonstrated his skills on an elephant.

ALEXANDRA LEVITSKAYA-SPIRIDONOVA

AERIAL HULA HOOP - RUSSIA

Alexandra Levitskaya-Spiridonova presents a period after a painful breakup in her stunningly impressive aerial performance combining two main genres: the aerial straps and the hula-hoop.

Her show was composed for the World Festival of Circus Art IDOL – 2015 where two main prizes were awarded to her. Afterwards she achieved outstanding success in four other international circus festivals too.

BARTIGERZZ GROUP

BAR ACT - FRANCE

The Bartigerzz established in 2011 has been performing in circuses and theaters around the world for nearly ten years with their modern world show. Bartigerzz is a young and dynamic group; their performance is dominated by strength, discipline and spectacular tricks.

The group was a finalist in France Got Talent and Arabs Got Talent television talent shows, as well as semi-finalist in Britains Got Talent and Das Super Talent shows.

ROMERO TROUPE

TRAMPOLINE, SITZ - CUBA

(JUAN CARLOS MONDUY CABRERA, RAMIRO MORA ROMERO, DAYREL KESSELL FIGUEROA, JORGE CARLOS HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ, LAZARO YOEL ALMIRALL IGLESIAS, OSMAIDI AGUILAR DELIS, DAYANA RODRIGUEZ LEON, RAIZA ARIAS FONSECA) The members of the acrobat group of Cuban youngsters are skilled in several genres of circus arts, such as aerial trapeze, aerial rope and aerial pole.

The audience of Central-Europe’s only stone-built circus will be mesmerized by their breathtaking somersaults and jumps in the Budapest International Circus Festival, whilst cheerful and hot Cuban vibes will be brought into the chilly winter. During the Romero Troupe’s career, they have performed in the leading circuses of Europe and the United Kingdom.

AFRICA TRIO BALANCE

HAND TO HAND - ETHIOPIA

The members of the trio began their artistic preparation at the Addis Africa Circus at the age of 13. During their six-year training they mastered the elements of rolla bolla, air rope, juggling, fire juggling and acrobatics.

Throughout their careers, they have performed in Japan, the Netherlands, France, England, and on the MSC Orchestra cruise ship.

ZARIPOV'S GROUP

„ECHO OF DREAMS” TEETERBOARD - RUSSIA
Golden award

The board production Echo of Dreams was created in 2021 by Aleksey Zaripov, and was directed by Vitaly Logvinenko. One of the specialties of the Zaripov Group’s production is that since board performances are generally considered a male circus genre, in this case they are still performed by airy ladies.

The artists are among the international masters of the sport: they perform triple and quartet somersaults in their production. Zaripov Group belonging to the Rosgoscirk company won a silver award in October 2021 at the Saratov International Circus Festival.

Alice Casaglia

HANDSTAND - ITALY

Alice Casaglia came from the Artist School of Verona. The young Italian talent amuses the audience at the Newcomer Show with an imaginative handstand performance.

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Áron Zsálek

JUGGLER - HUNGARY

Áron Zsálek has been completely amazed by the circus world since he was a child; he often attended circus performances. In 2010, he first saw Lajos Nereus in his performance “The Clown on his way” in the Capital Circus of Budapest, and his tricks and effortless performance completely amazed him. This production made him decide that he also would be a juggler. He first started practicing independently, in a self-taught way, and then in order to develop, he applied for the adult training of the Baross Imre Circus School in 2018, where my former role model taught him as a professional teacher with whom they created his production.

In Áron’s juggling performance, we can see an airport scene in which the suitcases, which are essential parts of the performance, play a prominent role. The production is about the character arriving at the airport with suitcases and since his flight is delayed, he starts to entertain himself - and of course the spectators - with juggling tricks in the airport lounge. In his performance, modern technique is combined with classic juggling elements. In June 2021, he passed the artiste exam in juggler specialization in the Capital Circus of Budapest, and in August and September, thanks to his first foreign contract, he was able to work with the Cirque Berserk (Zippos Circus) company in London at the Garrick Theatre in the West End.

Christopher Eötvös Dobritch

Illusion - HUNGARY

Eötvös Dobritch Christopher is the eighth generation member of the world-famous Eötvös circus dynasty from his mother’s side, and is from the Dobritch family, the most famous circus family in Bulgaria from his father’s side. He first performed in front of an audience at the age of twelve with a rider juggling production.

Originally, he was preparing for an equestrian productions, then he amused the audience with a ball-balancing number. With his illusion performance, has been enchanting audiences for three years. Christopher’s exciting illusion performance will certainly amaze the audience.

ANDREY AVERYUSHKIN

CLOWN - RUSSIA

Andrey’s production spreads joy and humour in the manege, while also demonstrating his virtuosic sense of rhythm, unique talent for juggling and magician skills in addition to his charming comic, alongside his funny assistants.

His performances built on situation comedy captivate people all over the world while working up their diaphragms as well.

ARTEM AVERYUSHKIN

UNICYCLE - RUSSIA

Artem Averyushkin emerges on the stage of the Capital Circus of Budapest as a real wheel-charmer. With a touch of humour in his performance he proves that he can tame any kind of wheels, no matter the size or height, he can ride all of them.

The artist who cannot be thrown out of balance spice up his performance with a cup-balancing show while riding three wheels.

RICHTER KEVIN TROUPE

TEETERBOARD - HUNGARY
gold special award of the jury of Hungarian Circus Directors
Golden award

(RICHTER KEVIN, RICHTER ANGELINA, CSIBRÁK BRIGITTA, BERKES ISTVÁN, FEHÉR MÁRK, EVGENY NEKH, VASILY HAVADZIN, SAVA MOSIN, MARTON MARIUS ÉS OLEKSANDR ABAKUMOV, LILLI KÖNYÖT(SINGER))

The special feature of the rock and roll performance of the group led by Richter Kevin, member of the world-famous Richter circus dynasty as well as Young Star of the Stage Award winner and Guinness Recorder, is that it mixes the Russian board performance with the Hungarian springboard show. In 2021, the group won the Golden Elephant Award at the Girona International Circus Festival in Spain and the silver award at the Latin International Circus Festival.

OLEKSII GRIGOROV and MARINA GLAVATSKIKH

„SECRET OF MY SOUL” - AERIAL HOOP - RUSSIA – UKRAINE
Silver award

Oleksii Grigorov’s career has started in 1996 with a duo trapeze show then entertained the audience with his solo wheel gymnastics (röhnrad) performance. After he met his future wife, they made their old dream come true and created their romantic, lyrical aerial hoop performance which they presented in the world’s most famous circuses, shows and variety shows.

The performance performed without a safety rope and combined with difficult tricks, explores the secrets of the soul, the unbreakable relationship between man and woman based on trust, balance, equality and love. The performance Secret of my Soul has been awarded at several circus festivals: in Kyiv, Moscow, Massy with a gold award, in Zhuhai and Minsk with a silver award, and in Latina with a bronze award.

SHATIROV

RUSSIAN BAR - RUSSIA
Bronze award

(Nikita Akimenko, Daniyar Baidauletov, Aliaksei Dzenisevich, Mariia Eremina, Arkadii Shatirov, Ekaterina Shustikova, Nikolai Trufanov, Mariya Seryshava, Vladimir Shatirov, Sabrina Shatirova, Dmitrii Shustikov, Valerii Spitsin, Aleksandr Zaitsev)

The unconditional trust for each other, the amazing sense of balance and strength combine in the Russian bar show of the Russian group. Incredible tricks and the miracle of human willpower can be seen on the stage of the Capital Circus of Budapest!

BUTTERFLY SARYCHEVS

DOUBLE SITZ - RUSSIA

The Butterfly Sarychevs arrived at Central Europe’s one and only, all year round open stone-built circus with a magnificent double sitz show.

The Russian aerial artists will soar in the air just like butterflies.

MISHA USOV

CLOWN - USA

Misha has been entertaining audiences since 1983. He studied at the prestigious Moscow clown school in Izmaylovo. Shortly after graduation, he become the co-founder of MIKOS which received a silver award at the 1st International Clown Festival in Moscow. He has performed with MIKOS in Russia and Europe for fourteen years as a creator and lead performer. In 2009, he joined Cirque du Soleil.

For their play Totem he formed the character of Fisher, with which he performed in the company for ten years. In addition, he was also successful in Europe’s well-known circuses and television shows. Misha has been given considerable professional recognitions.

LKHAGVA OCHIR

CHAIR BALANCING - MONGOLIA
special award of the Budapest Prix

The Mongolian circus artist performs tricks on an ever growing tower built of chairs.

For this, advanced sense of balance, flexibility and great physical condition are required.

DUO DONNERT

ROLLER SKATE - HUNGARY

Ryan Donnert is a graduate student of the Baross Imre Circus School and Secondary Vocational Grammar School, where in addition to acrobatics, he also became an expert of roller skating. With the latter, he fascinates the audience of the Capital Circus of Budapest with his partner, Anna Szécsényi, who is also a student of the circus school.

Their dynamic, fast performance is quite dangerous, as they spin on a small table in one place while presenting various acrobatic elements. Ryan was two years old when he performed for the first time in front of an audience on the roller skate performance of his parents - Károly Donnert and Ildikó Donnert. The Donnert family has been doing circus art for more than 125 years.

ANIKÓ GYARMATI and LÁSZLÓ TAKÁCS

CLOWNS - HUNGARY

Anikó Gyarmati and László Takács graduated this year in the clown class of the Imre Baross Circus School.

At the Newcomer Show of the Budapest International Circus Festival, they use magic techniques in their joint clown show.

DÁVID HERCZEG

ROLLA BOLLA - HUNGARY

The 24-year-old Dávid Herczeg graduated from the Imre Baross Artist Training Institute in 2017. His father worked as a tent master at the Hungarian Circus and Variety Company decades ago, so as a result of his stories, Dávid decided as a child to become an artist.

After graduating as an Artist Trainer, she has performed in circuses and theaters, including the Metropolitan Grand Circus, England, France, Switzerland, Belgium, and the World’s Fair in Kazakhstan.

RENÁTA SZAKÁLAS

CAERIAL HOOP - HUNGARY

Renáta Szakálas graduated as a dancer from the Secondary Grammar School of Art of Pécs. After having spent some years as a dancer, while searching for new challenges, she found circus art, and within that, the genre of aerial hoop.

She achieved a podium finish at several renowned aerial acrobatics competitions and received a special prize in artistry. She is currently enrolled in the adult training of the Baross Imre Circus School and Secondary Vocational Grammar School, where she is studying various genres.

BERNÁT CSANÁDY

AERIAL STRAPS - HUNGARY

Bernát Csanády studied several genres of circus art as a student of the Imre Baross Art Training Institute.

In the Newcomer show he perform wonderful aeiral straps act, which requires an advanced sense of balance, flexibility and good physical condition.

JUDIT HORVÁTH

TRAPEZE - HUNGARY

Judit Horváth studied at the Imre Baross Artist Training Institute.

In her airy trapeze, she portrays a full-blooded woman who passionately performs her stunning tricks high up.

FLYING CABALLERO

FLIEGENDE - MEXICO – USA – RUSSIA

A real world attraction on the stage of the Capital Circus of Budapest! The Flying Caballero is a group of young artists comprising family members. The Caballero family passed down its fliegende knowledge to younger members from generation to generation.

Their swinging trapeze performance is extraordinary, as their performance is full of difficult and magnificent tricks: twisted somersaults, as well as double and triple somersaults. In addition, they also present a real curiosity, the tetra somersaults! It is the first time in the Capital Circus of Budapest that the audience can see a tetra somersault.

MIHAIL NYIKOLAJEVICS ERMAKOV

DOG ACT – RUSSIA
Bronze special award of the jury of Hungarian Circus Directors
Bronze Award

Mikhail Nikolayevich Ermakov is a member of a hundred-year-old Russian circus dynasty founded by his grandfather, Nikolai Andreevich Ermakov, who became world-famous as an animal trainer with his Dog School performance.

Following his grandfather and father, Mikhail also performs with his smart dogs in the Capital Circus of Budapest. In the funny and cute performance, the emphasis will be on the playfulness which holds a lot of fun not only for them but also for the audience.

JUDIT HORVÁTH

TRAPEZE - HUNGARY

Judit Horváth studied at the Imre Baross Artist Training Institute.

In her airy trapeze, she portrays a full-blooded woman who passionately performs her stunning tricks high up.

RCC ARUBA

TEETERBOARD – COLUMBIA
Bronze Award

The Rcc Aruba Springboard Group presents amazingly spectacular somersaults. They don’t relax for a moment during their production, they perform their amazing tricks on two boards.

Cleverness, teamwork, perseverance and excitement characterise the worldwide successful performance.

SERGEI EFTODE,
ANASTASIA SARYCHEVA,
VALERY KRUGLOV

ON THE PEAK” – PERCHE – MOLDOVA – RUSSIA

Sergei Eftode created their exciting perche performance in 2016 by order of the European State Circus Association in the Moscow State Circus show “7 ZHELANIY”. Sergei has performed in many countries with his wife, Anastasia Sarycheva, who specialises in rhythmic gymnastics, and Valery Kruglov, who is an expert in acrobatics.

Now they will amaze the audience in the Capital Circus of Budapest: Sergei holds a seven-meter-high metal bar in the air, on top of which his female colleagues perform breath-taking tricks up above.

GABRIEL GRANDPIERRE

HANDSTAND – HUNGARY
Newcomer Show’s Golden Award

Gabriel Grandpierre perform handstand act mixed with caoutchouc in 14th Budapest Circus Festival.

Now they will amaze the audience in the Capital Circus of Budapest: Sergei holds a seven-meter-high metal bar in the air, on top of which his female colleagues perform breath-taking tricks up above.

AandO (Anna Kodák & Olivér Zsilák)

HAND TO HAND – HUNGARY

The Porond Young Star Award-winning Olivér Zsilák family is a third-generation juggler. His parents, the world-famous duo Fudi and Susan, traveled the world with great success, so Oliver saw the world as a child.

He started juggling at the age of seven with his father, György Zsilák, and his first performance took place at the age of ten. In 2008, he met his wife, Anna, a lawyer, with whom he has been entertaining the audience of ocean-going ships and circuses with shared songs and special all-night shows since 2014.

Husain Gulyamov (Artist from the Kyiv Academy of Circus and Variety Arts)

HULAHOOP – UKRAINE

He is the third generation circus performer in the Husain Gulyamov family. Husain had already begun rehearsals for the hulahopp genre at the age of three. By the time he was six, he had appeared in audiences in Denmark, Norway, France, England and Monaco.

In Kiev, he received the "Contribution to the Development of Circus Art" award in 2008 and the Golden Clown Award in 2010 at the International Clown Festival in Monte-Carlo. He is currently a student at the Kiev Academy of Circus and Arts.

Duo Stauberti (Dimitr und Nancy Stauberti)

PERCHE – CZECH REPUBLIC
Silver special prize of the jury of Hungarian Circus Direct
Bronze Award

For the perche act of Prague artists Dimitr and Nancy Stauberti trust in each other, perfect sense of balance and excellent physical fitness are indispensable. The Duo Stauberti won a silver prize at the Warsaw International Circus Festival, bronze prize at the International Circus Festival of Italy, and Silver Clown award at the 2018 Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival.