Posted 6/27/2008 9:34:27 AM by Editor
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Friday, June 27, 2008 - Bucharest, Romania
From June 17 to 29, the Romanian Circ & Varieté Globus organized the first “Festivalul International de Arta a Circului“ in Bucharest, at five different sites, mostly in public parks.
On the photo (f.l.t.r.): Urs Pilz, Laura van der Meer, Brinduºa Novac and Arie Oudenes.
The concept was unique because no individual acts were judged, but complete circuses. The Hungarian National Circus (Richter, Hungary), Circus Nikulin (Russia), Circus Medrano (Italy), Circus Busch-Roland (Germany) and Circ & Varieté Globus each presented a complete circus programme. These shows were judged by a media jury, a youth jury, a jury of politicians and a professional jury. Besides a high number of special prizes, e.g. for the best music choice, the nicest costumes and the best staging, three Lions were awarded. The Golden Lion was given to Circ & Varieté Globus, the Silver Lion to Circus Medrano-Casartelli and the Bronze Lion to Nikulin‘s Circus on Ice. As the festival took place during the summer break of a lot of circuses, many directors and proprietors were able to attend.
The European Circus Association used the occasion to organize an informative meeting. In cooperation with the Globus organization, it ended with a press conference announcing that Circ & Varieté Globus had become ECA board member. Another piece of news was that during a meeting with members of the European Parliament in Brussels on June 11, it was announced that next year again, the European Parliament would offer its due attention to the circus.
The stimulating engine behind the organization of this festival was directress Brinduºa Novac. For all her efforts, she received an ECA Award and another award was given to Sorin Oprescu, Lord Mayor of Bucharest. This festival was made possible by public subsidies and a lot of sponsors.
The European Circus Association represents the European circuses to authorities and the general public. The ECA wants to promote circus art and culture and to protect this important part of our common cultural heritage. ECA chairman Urs Pilz is vice president and artistic director of the International Circus Festival in Monte-Carlo. Nearly all renowned European circuses are members of the ECA. For more information: a.oudenes@europeancircus.info
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