Regardless of the turmoil at house, for these Ukrainian circus performers, the present should go on.
After months of uncertainty, they're again on stage, getting one final apply in earlier than the Edinburgh Fringe Pageant, which opens this week in Scotland.
The troupe is becoming a member of Czech performers for a brand new present known as Increase by the Prague-based circus group, Cirk La Putyka.
Its director, Rosta Novak, stated it had been a tricky time for Ukrainian artists.
"They're alone, with out their mother and father, in Prague for nearly half a yr. The second day after the struggle began, the supply of assist was made to the Kyiv Circus Academy by a Czech circus, and we unfold the 240 college students round Europe."
A serving to hand
Greater than 200 performing artists have fled Ukraine. Firstly of the struggle, circus firms round Europe opened their doorways for acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and different artists. Many needed to depart their households behind, and it is their story that has impressed this new present.
"It is a true story about our relationships, about our era, about what connects us. It is a circus, it is our era and it is struggle," stated Ukrainian performer, Kayta Smirnova.
The present is about younger folks between the ages of 14 and 32. It explores how good expertise has modified a era and questions if younger folks can dwell with out it. It additionally reveals how expertise has helped convey folks collectively in the course of the battle.
Edinburgh Fringe, the world's largest arts pageant, opens on Friday and runs till 29 August.
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