AR-News: (US CA) Moscow stars carry on 200-year circus tradition

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Alameda Times-Star
Thursday, May 13, 2004 
By STAFF REPORTS 
FAST-PACED, high-energy and animal-free, the Stars of the Moscow State Circus 
swings into town for two performances May 21 at Oakland's Kaiser Convention 
Center. 
People entertaining people is the theme of this new-age circus, which 
features feats by daredevils from the former communist country -- with nary an 
elephant, lion, tiger or other animal in sight. 
Instead, the center ring boasts 
European-flavored performances with world-class acrobats, clowns, jugglers, 
aerialists and trapeze artists whose common goal is to elevate the artistry and 
theater of the circus. 
Drawing on the dramatic and theatrical, the Stars of the Moscow State Circus 
eschews the gaudiness of mainstream circuses and uses lighting, a single 
center ring and intimate seating to focus attention on the artists, circus 
officials say. 


full story:
http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1549~2145676,00.html 

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