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In the late 1980s, National Geographic used its considerable clout to slip behind the scenes at the venerable Soviet Circus, whose performances have been treated in their home country as an art form on par with the symphonies of Tchaikovsky or the plays of Chekhov. The resulting video is a documentary delight. We are treated to scenes of "classwork," the elite school that aspiring performers must attend, where they are taught a complement of ballet, acrobatics, rope-walking, and clowning. Their graduation ceremony is a spectacular performance in front of a full audience. We also meet some of the singular individual performers: the legendary clown Popov, who says Chaplin inspired his sweet simpleton persona, and who continues to be a juggling and slack-wire master more than 40 years into his career; a big-cat trainer who decides to allow his eager 9-year-old son into the ring for the first time to learn his father's skills; and the acrobatic troupe the Cranes, whose three-dimensional trapeze work evokes the birds of their name--and whose grace seems on par with nothing short of the Bolshoi. --Anne Hurley
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1988 |
| MANUFACTURER: | National Geographic |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Documentary |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 727994513728 |