This 55-minute video is of a production called, “Moscow Circus: Relay Race of Generations” performed on Tsvetnoy Boulevard as part of the Moscow Stars Arts Festival in 1964. The production features artists from circus dynasties.
0:00 – Prologue parade. Introductory remarks by Lyudmila Kanagina.
2:55 -“Teeterboard acrobats” under the direction of Yuri Kanagin. Consisting of: Yuri Kanagin, Valentin Deyev, Valery Shugalsky, Vladislav Biryukov, Anatoly Khabarov, Mikhail Semin, Vyacheslav Malashkevich (“elephant”) and Galina Gavryushina.
8:16 – “Okroshka” in jumps is performed by Vladimir Kondratov from the clown group “Jokes aside”.
9:10 – Clowns Vladimir Kondratov (in the image of a man offended by his short stature) and Valery Matorin performing the number, “Rope-skipping rope”.
11:31 – Juggler and acrobat Yuri Evgenievich Biryukov. He later became a horse trainer with a stable of 18 horses.
17:15 – Clowns Yuri Aleksandrovich Karashkevich and Aleksey Noskov,perform the number “Acrobatic eccentricity on the table”.
19 minutes – Parterre flight “Flying acrobats” under the direction of Semyon Ivanovich Arnautov. At different times, the leaders were: Semyon Ivanovich Arnautov (until 1975), Alexander Semyonovich Arnautov (until 1990). The act existed from 1936 to 1990.
24:43 – Juggler and equilibrist Nikolai Pavlovich Stolyarov. Original juggling, unicycle, balance.
33:10 – Aerial gymnast on trapeze, Lyudmila Alekseyevna Kanagina. 39:40 – Attraction, “Among Predators” (lion, tigers, panthers) under the direction of Walter Mikhailovich Zapashny.
Ringmaster – Mikhail Semyonovich Moskvin.
For those of you who know who he is, apparently the juggler, Evgeny Vasilyevich Khromov participated in the production, but is not shown in the film.
Enjoy!
