Festival Report フェスティバル レポート 2008

Everything is difficult !? / Rokashkov Trupe

Everything is difficult !? / Rokashkov Trupe

Although the group was officially founded in 2001, each member has 18 years of experience in sports and gymnastics. The theme of their act is friendship.

We asked, "What is the most difficult thing to do in the show?"
The answer, "Everything!!", surprised us very much.
"Also performing the show several times a day is hard. This is usually only a once a day thing for us.". One member of the group showed us a blister on his hand.

"You may think that as we get olderit becomes harder to do this show. But that is not the case for me", a woman in the show told us while showing us her thin but hard biceps.
"I have been developing my muscles by doing this for many years. It sounds strange but actually it's easier for me to do the show now."

Two of the members are married and have a 9 year old daughter named Natalia.
We asked the mother, "Do you want her to follow in your footsteps?"
"No, my daughter prefers to sing. What we do is also too dangerous for a little girl", she replied showing her maternal instincts.
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She told us that, "I want to be someone unique. I want to the one and the only woman who does the horizontal bar show in the world."

For those thinking of trying the horizontal bar, she has the following advice: "Make sure to be safe!!. Her father also chimed in and said, "Be strong and never get scared!!"

I was given the opportunity to go up on the horizontal bar, and IT WAS SCARY!!! The horizontal bar is suspended 280 centimeters in the air. How could anybody not be scared?

Risa&Shizuru