Festival Report フェスティバル レポート 2012

Powerful but graceful rollerskating acrobatics /SKATING PILAR

This is really something you definitely do not want to miss at DAIDOGEI WORLD CUP in Shizuoka this year!!
The show is held by two beautiful siblings in gorgeous blue and white cpostumes!
The show consists of acrobatics and rollerskating.
You can see the pictures avobe but I really recommend you should wathch it with your own eyes.
They do series of spectacular tricks on a too small circular stage for rollerskating.
It is just 2meters in diameter.
Yet their show is amazingly powerful ,thrilling but the every movement is amazingly graceful!

No wonder Jonathan and Solenn, these two siblings from France won bronze crown at Monte Carlo international circus festival in 2012,
which is called "the Olympic Games of Circus acts".

They grew up in a circus family and now they are the 5th generation.
Having started skating at the age of 5, both of them have been doing this acrobatic rollerskating show for 5years.
The highlight of the show is almost every second!!

I truly believe that they will receive the DAIDOGEI World Cup Champion this year in 2012.
(Uluru's mummy)

Watch out the hula-hoop lady!!/Becky Hoops

Becky Hoops who is dancing with music performs various kinds of arts, of course with enjoying together.
After changing costumes, she expresses water by hoops, inducing audiences into encantment.
At the beginning of the show, they are a little bit shy but gradually rise up into becky's original fantasy show in which they move a big hoops together in round motion with Becky, who is catching many hoops at the same time.
In case of some audience engaged who is not following her intension and causing laughter, she recognised of it as one-part of show. At last, she caught all of hula-hoops and hooped them.
Since she likes performancing and practicing so much, she feel no stress at all when she fail. She said, "I can't imagine doing other thing". She loves street performance so much.
"I came to Japan for the first time. Audience in Shizuoka are so nice that I spoke a lot than usual". For your information, she speaks Japanese in her performance time. Besides her wonderful performance, her wonderful smile and consideration also made us happy. (雪/Kana)

Gentlemen VS a tent, a fierce battle begins!?/ Petit Monsieur

photo by AS



When is the last time you have fought a tent for your life?
Well, ask Petit Monsieur, who is an expert at
battling against a tent.

With his excellent skills in pantomime, you can clearly see
that he is fighting to get his tent to stay obedient. The tent
fights back, refusing to obey orders. With his life at stake,
Petit becomes increasingly desperate to win the fight.

Contrary from the image of Petit fighting fiercely in his performance,
he is very calm, friendly, and has a good sense of humor.

We asked if the tent was strong, and he laughed and told us that
“it is very strong. In fact, it is specially customized so that
it doesn't break on the stage.”

Come and watch the show for yourselves, you will be
blown away with laughter from the creative performance
that Petit Monsieur has put together.

This may be your only chance to see a battle between
a gentleman and a camping equipment!

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David Ramsay/ Experience the comedy of the showbiz city of New York!

Magic, juggling, comedy, unicycle riding, and much more!

With many tricks up his sleeves, David Ramsay is back in
Shizuoka to facinate us all with his talent.

David saw his first performance in New York at the age of
seven, and became totally in love with street performance.
From then, he practiced hard to master his skills in performing
to entertain the audience. With many years of experience
and a good sense of humor, David has been able to brush
up his skills that will make you cry out loud in laughter.

Come and watch David, as you will surely become in love
with his performance!

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Even accidents become laughter/Bello Nock

Bello Nock who has broom-like hairstyle came to Japan for the first time. He said "I'm happy to be here, DAIDOGEI
with great stage and lots of audience."

I was surprised when I found out he started performing at 6 which is such a young age. His ancestors have been performing for 7 generations in the circus, and
he has kept the family tradition. Nobody can forget his unique hairstyle, which is the reason why he likes that style.
It's because when he was little, he was really short, and decided to make him look taller with his broom-like hairstyle.
Even if he gets on the trampoline, his hair didn't get messy. I could also say that it's his original hair.
Bello always keeps a smile on his face. I asked him "Are you afraid to fall when you are performing?" Then he said "No, it is fun!"

Performing with trampoline and balloon makes the audience smile, and even if an accident happens, he changes it into laughter! You cannot miss his performance!!

(aico)

Street performance representing Japan to the World./ Thank You Tezuka

For the 17th time, Thank You Tezuka has come once again
to Shizuoka to make us laugh with his shower of pantomime!
This year, he has picked up scenes from movies such as
Titanic, Umizaru, and Jaws, and weaved them together to
create a hilarious plot.

We asked him where he gets his ideas, and he has told
us he loves watching movies, picking his favorite scenes
for his show.

As we watched the show, Thank You Tezuka asked an
audience to pantomime with him in his performance.

Don't sit down and get comfortable, because you may
become part of the show!

Come and watch, you will be bursting out with laughter!

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