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the the circus is an amazing world full of laughter, fun and excitement. and it's a whole lot more generations of circus artist to keep the art of life moving forward and preserving traditions at the same time. this is one of the oldest circuses in russia, the moscow circus on. yep. north boulevard. some of the greatest acts in the business. and some of the most rest taking action happens right here. the, to learn more about the philosophy of the circus and the rules that they live by. we're going to speak to maxime, the coolant. these are the director of the machine,

and thanks for taking the time to meet with us today. it's been impressive. seeing what you do here at the surface. so i have to ask, is the circus more entertainment, or is it an art form in of itself the printer? so it just goes to, i see it as an art form for sure. so the same holds true for everyone who works or is involved in the circus, or will know if it's a mystery to me why people consider the circus a form of entertainment or professor. so i don't think that's fair. what historically, really, that's been the attitude towards this age. this was, it was, there's no doubt in my mind however, that it's an art form, the one which can easily compare with the performances at the bolshoi over in ski theaters, furthest, scala, oper, house, and the alarm for the beijing circus. these things are considered. this was how long this film existed as an art form driscoll could have. and what about the circus school? can i think that answers your question, what does it personally?

so you just mentioned film a 2nd ago, which is a type of technology. um, which makes me ask, has technology changed how the circus operates and if so, how so? oh yeah, according was as with any card form, there has to be a balance there. we use, we want new technologies, new tools, and new techniques to enhance with circuits, experience and we have to let not replace or are you sometimes behind all the sets and props are scenes and equipment, soft lights and sounds so you can lose sight of the surface itself and all of the performers, and there are so you have to look and the performers are at the heart and soul of any circus lovers live. so that's why i'm not a big fan of say the circ to. so they like to me, it feels like they're impersonating a real circus. me unless you could argue that it's a circus like show. it's not the real deal, but i mean, it's not in the classical sense. it was a new substance in which the surface it's one of the oldest in russia, and it's also now named after using the cooling your father,

which makes you part of a dynasty. talk to me more about what that means and why are there so many circus dynasties in the business? it's very so it's so that depends that argument, if you compare modern circuits with the 19 sixty's who used to be a whole lot different facts that are people, the people who are born into the circus, or as we like to say born and saw the us and brother, this, what do they hardly ever had a chance to make anything else of their lives? and those 2 of them are, you would see a boy or a girl learn to walk on their hands before actually walking, you know, for, for it. and you know, immediately what their life was going to look like. well, to families was moved from place to place. always on the road was put to a meeting. there was no proper school education or warner. so these young men and women would stay in the circus, i think, and that was their whole life of eustace. no trouble nowadays are a lot more opportunities for, and my young performers are already gearing themselves up for their future life outside the circus was more than a student. they prepared themselves to the reality that the professional life of an

acrobat, a gymnast, or an airy list which is rather short, which of people come to work for 35 years or so, and then you retire almost. so not only that you often retire with a disability revenue, some of you to tory meniscus will you for ruptures. achilles tendon isn't always right damaged, find the shift. that's the price you pay what you want to sleep. she want to do this. i still don't get why people choose that sort of like, i'm not a performer myself so, so it's all very confusing to me. personally, i can't understand what drives that person. situation matters to pay. you need to risk their life several times a day every day. because the they climb, they fall, they break their bodies and he doesn't play your things and doctors put them back together. but just as soon as they've recovered, they go back like, that's how circus performers are. so one thing about this, i guess this is often associated with farse or before me, i don't wanna say a negative connotation, but there is an idea about the surface. is there any truth behind that,

or is there more to it? to me at the master's of this notion bothers me a lot due to it and you're calling someone a clown used to be an insult system. okay. so when my mother told her parents she didn't address performer and wanted to introduce him to the family, they said to her forehead, which theater does he perform? work was? she said he was a circus clown. but despite her mother was so shocked she fainted. hello, it turned out for the last time sheets you the clown was before the revolution at a circus showing serrato and the clown was drunk with red hair and kept holler. and yet it says the time to change you because of everything changes in life varies with, with some of these outdated perceptions and obsolete attitudes. unfortunately, persistence goes just like it's still part of the language to stop clowning around, it cetera. so there's a nice area, it really is a problem for us as showing it. because when you start explaining this to people who, because of their busy lives, haven't been to the surface in

a long time. they go to started, we had no idea what the surfaces actually like today. they thought it was the same as when they were kids different, but it really has changed to all things change. so we're living in a different world now we have the was, this is the surface of the other planet for you. and what i mean by that is i've heard you say that children have to grow up fast here. people take care of each other. um, talk to me a little bit more about that culture for you. uh well, that doesn't mean that it is your point. there was an amazing friend surface promoter, you know, the friend of mine pharaoh be done. so let me see if there's any, said fleming. if i wanted to make people understand if we live on to planets where one is the normal planet for people, you know, i don't, and the other is our own little circus search, the traditional and the big planet. there's all kinds of crazy stuff happening. all the time the wars went, murders, cheating, floods, well, earthquakes, and armies. people die there. you know,

the film on the small circus planet use. there's none of that from now. this is not to romanticize the circus. it's easy. that's just how it is given to the circus. you can have conflicts based on the city, your nationality. there's only one nationality here, still some of the performers. so all that matters is what you're worth as a performer, which you do, you won't be judge by the color of your skin or your religion. the only god here's the read are still most of the reading is the god you pray to the new reading your left or in a circus. you will hardly ever see a drug addict or an alcohol or towards that lifestyle is simply incompatible with a profession within your because you won't be able to work with you. and that's it . just one of those relationships between people are different here. when you grow up in the circus environment, the circus becomes part of your life, and you have to follow certain unwritten rules. so those rules that have emerge spontaneously, naturally one of those left which to and then there's honesty. there's no lips

thinking, no special effects, and no 3 d graphically assistance. you can't fake tightrope walking or doing somersaults in the air. it seems to be the. everything is real popular of everything's in plain sight, but reality of it all is palpable. suggesting certainly you can feel the performer giving is all in front of you. it's to doing it for you. it's giving up everything go to the way we lacked that sense of honesty in everyday life, which is very little love is lo. she is just like with love loyalty and other things that are always in short supply. you can see perfect. thank you for the taking the time. it's been incredible a pleasure talking to you an interesting conversation that you opened up from the start as well. but donald is a one of a kind area list. he created his own flying trapeze act when he was just 18. coming from a family of circus artists, he grew up in the arena. now he has a team called the flying heroes. we decided to ask him,

what drives them the thank you very much for taking the time to show us what you do. it's incredibly interesting. every single show, every single practice. you're putting your life on the line. it's dangerous. um, what's in it for you as the artist? put something last night and then what do we do is more like a life style is something we do all the time. say it's not a hobby. so if it's both a job and a lifestyle, and i'm with the i've been doing this since my early childhood, which i was born into a circus family, real estate. my dad was involved when i was still a child and i knew what i wanted to do when i grew up of the most that so it was more than worth to because it was a way of life and the not show. so there's a sense of danger and what you do, we know that you put your life on the line. what is, what's in it for the audience? what does the audience get? is it a sense of adrenalin that keeps them coming to watch a show?

and was me typically people come to the surface to see danger and tricks. our job is to give them emotions as a transition, feel satisfied, and emotional level magento and comes into it. well, that's what our main goal is, to blend athletic routines and wrapped them into this statics of the performance is we need to pull this, make sure it's not just an adrenalin bias here, but also a way to discover something in this genre that matters. and if it's a couple of seconds now, no one else can do it. you do a triple wide trap is act on how do you face the fear in doing this in the world? we mean everyone is afraid. this with no fear is impossible, but we managed by focusing on our work, what's to say there's a trick he must perform to obtain a little bit of a general and helps keep fear down mutually as during rehearsal. so if there's more time to think about these things and maybe fear begins to bubble up, if you do something so many times you get used to it as to the soap, the fear society, it's actually, it's still there because accidents can happen. what's the physical? it's impossible for each performance to be identical. it's me in terms of how we

link hands. sometimes you do with too much force or not enough eating dash, but or you can break something if you're positioning that's wrong with that stuff. so you feel some anxiety every day before work? are they doing it every day? bring something new? no, it's not like you just keep doing the same thing over and over again. you know, every day before we go on stage is what we focus and prepare ourselves mentally for something new. and you never know how it's going to end this time. or if it's us, when we go to work, we don't know if we'll be able to link our hands name up. i guess the catch will go right. see any bizarre every day. igs id or stress in the and but you get used to it somewhat. okay. the stress and pleasure at the same time stressed pleasure with the results. what's good that's i was to pull shirts. you mentioned this just briefly right now about what you have to really work together to make sure that um you get rid of that fear element. but there's a lot of trust that is needed in what you do. how long do you, how, how do you build that trust with the people you're working with?

now, what's your trust is really key? such a person in the air has to have absolute confidence in the capture, which is what can you trust them with your life as the price of your safety depends on the person who catches you have to go over it. and if they catch you and they let go, but you can break some things, the catcher must be a professional by what you will if you see that there are professional and just you trust the more it's a cause. if you've worked with them for a long time, still he trusts not a little bit longer with, but it takes time after a new person joins our team, which you get used to them. we'll say we get used to how they grip your hands before they catch you. so it's a process the longer you've worked together, the better those mistakes happen. it doesn't matter how careful you are. it doesn't matter how much practice you've done. what goes to your mind when you've missed a catch or you know, you start to fall so that how, how do you deal with that as an artist to you some good in virginia. 3rd, different kinds of falls summer extreme work. but you know, when you're spinning but not knowing which way you're going and my name, in this case all you're thinking about is landing safely in that. so conversely,

ideally you want to land in your back, but it is very dangerous to land on your head with less people. so, so you're thinking about how to avoid landing on your neck. there's 4 feet. i really wish you don't know where you are. and then you're focused on turning in time for a safe landing. in other words, it's not really thinking it's more of an instinct with a link or it can be a simpler case equipment. say if you weren't caught during the show, then you dropped into the net. in this case, you're a little frustrated because you're spectators would like to see an immaculate performance successful. so it does happen that you fall during a shell of 6 always a little frustrating effect. i mean, i know that in theater, is there a lot of superstitions are there any superstitions in the circus about good luck or bad luck? things that you have to do to have a good show and do you believe any of them or follow any of them? well, cool. i can't say our team has any specific superstitions, either more general circus superstitions looking, for instance, you to, you can't sit with your back to the arena, then what,

what that's common for everyone is they say it's a bad luck if someone crosses your path when you're going on stage, if you'll let these things are mostly remnants of earlier era semester, keep them in the modern worlds. no, we don't think about these things so much. but we do observe those older rituals, like you don't whistle in the circus stuff, something that don't sit with your back to the arena, etc. museum. but it's not because we think too deeply about these things with them . it's just like a unwritten rules. but i love wish that's good. do you love what you do? i mean, what isn't it? what is it about the circus? what is it about flying through the air? the drives you to come and do this every day? no, no, no. because it's, i've got to deal with 1st and foremost, this is my job and it takes to for the people who've been part of the circus for a long time. and so if this is more than just weren't category, it's a way of life. and as i said, when we have an unusually long break, when we're eager to get back to trainings and you might, if you've been away for too long, do you feel the physical urge to go back to your routine settings? you want to do this all the time. that's of what the key even after an injury did you,

people want to recover and get back even though they realize the dangers 0. so this is more than just work. and if it's up the stairs love for what you do, so they say the circus pulls you in and doesn't let you go. it's hard to leave. there's a lot of stress, it's not always pleasant when we do and for the still people keep coming back with you to is the performances of course, are rewarding and people are clapping and they see their reactions. and they have this lift to up and makes all the work you've put in worthwhile, the stick, a threat. and i thought, but i think it's very interesting what you do flying through the air. thank you for sharing this time. for me. appreciate the animal artist are part of the circus here in moscow, called a tutor and clean up on the side of our brother and sister who carried on the tradition their father passed on to them and became tiger trainers. first of all, thank you for bringing us here to be re not. this is pretty intense. so have you

become an animal trainer? it's not something you go to school for learned. is this something passed down from generation to generation? no, no, right there. there are no schools for animal train is anywhere in the world. the most old usually it's something that's passed down from the father to son support. after a fitness days, do you nice to me? the current, many, such as soon as these literacy croft is passed down through generations. colinas look, i mean, yeah, and i was less all about 6 years old to believe you have yet to trace me. my, my travel with my dad is of cooperate. it was all ready to take a train or what the time going to be. i decided i wanted to become an animal train of you put to work with big hats. so slowly i began to learn the ropes. well. so for the animals, they don't come from the wilds. do they come to you at a very young age? how do you train the circus animal? are they also part of the circus legacy? shown up solo player. yeah. my was showing you are absolutely right off mile inquiry. you'll see a baby tiny game, usa mamma,

she's only 3 months old. those are both her mother and father are here to see stuff to there's a dentist do you have that because todd, i guess i'm gonna throw in a wild tag as happy as lymphoma. yep. i can. now i have to ask, there's a lot of controversy surrounding animals in the circus. um, what kind of a job is this for a tiger? what do they feel when they come out? they are they to go against their instincts, your firm standing. you put the last thing is they've done suppressed their instincts that push them get that off. you notice for example, that to hear you to is always rolling, nobody else their instincts, as mentioned to my nissan north wild animals, their 3rd or 4th generation circus animals or what my father used to be pretty. we should have a hustle, like the one we had right now, the maybe if it's a work out for them. so we like going to the gym level of what my cousin, ymca fitness group. they run the jump here, good through exercises and so on. so brushing yeah. what, what in the during the show they play that part. gotcha. like into santa what?

the x. oh, not smoked. he's match up all along. is the tough guy. yeah. phenomenon. this lady . there was a sleepy head. it's obvious that they say if we tiger was a unique pop to play or for compelling, each one has their own skills that they show of it on a slip. it shows them the book of i'd store and you mobile jones. mm hm. do you feel attachment to these animals? does they feel attachment to you? do they recognize you as a trainer or the has the pack or something along those lines? if the boys should got them all like cats like a cat, they don't feel the kind of attachment dogs don't go, somebody can to get the keys near that printer. so the bathroom. so idea that not attached to a human to tool nearby loop, they're not gonna rush to protect anyone. like in that cartoon when jasmine had a, have you try, go, go to protect it. hash. i think that but he's not, this is a present to hold on. we don't need to be capped at a certain distance. i came across that with that with those give me that. i'm gonna let you come. just woke up to a competitor, even though you've said well with them. the animal is a predator. um,

do you ever feel afraid? is there fear at all in your work? no. okay, yes. and uh sure, yes, find the best choice. huge type that the 5 liter capacity. what about the, what i'm going to put that on and head to work schedule is that i sure am said yes, of course. and you smart them up even though the circus animals they still have coolest you. they have long shell tc. they're massive, but i never know how your show is going into english at the show. if you recall the story of siegfried and roy, they were working in las vegas with those nice white, i guess the thing that i've seemed to come animals, but then something happened between these are what it's like, a busy me in the neck. you all know the same here, so it doesn't really have to be a lot of people stay on the floor was standing here, karina's inside the reno. you sound like you're just nice. you know, if she leaves, they'll be, may have been like, oh, i can never turn your back on or tell you i wish to, to, i've never shown on. well, if you sleep by that, if i turn my back on him now, did you see that?

did you see how he looked at me? yeah, it's instinct. there's didn't even a baby tiger know that his mom and dad never lived in the world knows from the earliest age of mashed on that it should jump to you from behind to gives you in your neck. interesting. because it doesn't matter how safe you are. accidents happen um 1st of all, how do you deal with that? and has anything ever happened to you? the slowing in the soul and i mean you on the policy good. there was a kelly's. he attacked me during the show and it all could suggest. no, no, it was. seems that huh. he was lying down there with that, but it says it just happened during the show. so what's the issue is that guys that you'll never fully protected and thanks to my, it's a dangerous job. we never know how the next performance is marital good, how it will end, or when they come out here right now, there's no one out here in the audience, but for a show, this place is packed with kids and all sorts of distractions. how does an animal

fight its natural instincts to go against these distractions? total summer a human child is no different to a tiny good job. i didn't catch your eye of ski. we know these tigers from a very young age. and so from that to the age, they get used to the life of style noises and you know, to special effects to be applause and so on. who came to see it? at some point during rehearsal, of course, the invite kids to sit in the front rows and clearly we see that our animals can get used to that as well. so now as you can see, the sleeping color when an animal sleeping mask like this one here. okay, do it, that means it's completely reassured about what's going on in the room, the

furnace, thank you for taking the time to speak with us. this is fantastic. and so i have to ask, how are you perceived by the animals when you come out as a trained, are you the boss, are you the, how does it pack, how does they look at you got a minute. i need a post, as you've noticed. no, they receive us differently this and you, they see me as a calmer and soft or kind of personally when i'm in the arena with them there realize that they have a lot of pointe ours are approaches to because they turn more aggressive and more actively ma'am so we have different roles that create isley roland. so when an animal obeys at your command, it's not about the strength because clearly the tiger is stronger than you are. is it about psychology? is it about trust? how do you get them to do what they do? what you want, and they'll, there's a long and for through the process of getting used to each other allows you to be building a relationship. well, just some building trust that we're doing. and of course, there's love that knows no bounds. the thing you know, if you don't love this job,

if you don't love the animals or feel never succeed, which will not good. what we do is the 1st one of us these cops play. i mean, we observe them playing, assist and see what qualities they have. we need some are better jumpers. if you guys, i'm can do a beautiful turn. good. others. so we just look splendid. one sitting or lying down . i see was 1st and this continues until we are 2 years old in 2 years to think about it. okay, that's how long it takes for a tiger. to turn into an artist your what assess the training. the dog would be much quicker, so on. but it's different with the type varies to sit out and when they reach in hubert e at around 3 years of age. and they may refuse to do what they have been doing before. what the last thing is we have a tigris, unless it's very well, is it? look, she's lying over there on all the other tigers are in the arena clear, but she won't go let's step through because she could perform anything until she was 3 blends. and then all of a sudden she went prima done on us and me and said, i'm done. she won't, i don't want to, that's it. i can warn you that you can't do anything about her. you can't force her

to work. it's only when she feels like it isn't what level used to me. it is great if an animal likes a good meal that such animals are a breeze to trade, that some animals don't care about the food that much i need. so i use different tactics of what i have this wrong brush, and i use it like with the cat cause you they could acute each was good to edit hops along the following. the brush can make this routine sick, like awesome to be trading the animal when it's young. they are from of course this is in their head. so in their muscle memory on you, and that's what makes them professional artist news. then those are percent and that's just kind of weird question, but do you speak tiger, how do you communicate with them? uh, do you have your own language with them or was that you know, there's, this is a special kind of snort arthur showed you and you what that when they're snorting like this, which just means they're happy to see that. so they are really fond of yours, polezza. sometimes you see them flattening their ears. they've come jerking their tails. i'm but raising their hackles much and i, that's

a sure sign to leave them alone or send you, but they're angry right now and don't want to do what you want them to do it, can you? and surely, you know, after all these years for fresh and we've been doing this for 35 years now, is this better? yeah, that's most of our lives. no, get a boy when you have been around animals for so long, you understand them. so if you feel them to dump some magical, subconscious level, feel that you know what they want. torched me. these animals are majestic, their grands, very dignified. they even have taken deal 5 names. can you tell me about the animals just for the i mean i'm with you're right. we always choose beautiful names . i mean it's, and we have tigers called a more cock overall. and by co, i'll named us there is the great depression, rivers, the and the great lake was it on them? as of now, should i see if there might empower are reflected in these names. yes. and i think we have hector, you know, the great where you're not used to have accurately. sonya said that, but we also have boots. i have no idea why he is called that way. and this is the

only silly name we have card. we have a car, so it's a very the tigris searching car, so you wouldn't call them fluffy or a total would you make a sided? because um do you love what you do that what you for? yes. very much so. yeah, i love it. very much. is to 1000 and let me tell you that name is sandra. when i'm in there with the tigers, i feel more at ease than with people. that's true for subjects even what i am not feeling well. we're in a bad mood. i walk into their enclosures and i'm in good spirits again. you know me, i feel restored. i'm fine again. there are moving source of positive energy like people and can you, tigers don't have and be or hatred yet. they don't feel guilty this. they don't have the negative qualities. we have got that as a result. and the other energy is pure. so it's, i mean you, when you're close to the store of this energy loss, and you feel great said the dcf. curtis, thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us

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