Who are the balancers? They are circus performers

What is balancing, who are the balancers? This you will learn by reading the article.

Let's look at the terminology

The statement that the equilibrists are those who are engaged in equilibrating sounds logical. There are no mistakes in this statement, but it does not explain anything at all. Therefore, to begin with, we learn what balancing is.

It is a genre of circus art, the actors of which perform, keeping the balance of the body in the most difficult positions and on the most unstable objects, for example, on a ball, wire or rope, bottles, a pyramid of chairs, a pole, a vertical ladder without fastenings, a bicycle and other things. The genre is combined with juggling and acrobatics.

History

Equilibrists are an ancient profession, as evidenced by the drawings of rope walkers on the stones that have survived to modern times from primitive China. It is known that the Chinese artisans, who wove jute ropes for sale , checked their strength in a special way. They stretched the product between the trees, and then stood on it, strolled along it, holding on to a long stick. Gradually, these rope walkers developed a sense of balance, self-confidence developed. The most adroit already jumped on the rope and walked on it without a stick, some even learned to run and jump on it without insurance, which was very spectacular. Later in China, a competition emerged, during which rope walkers competed among themselves: who will stay longer, who will jump higher or make the most difficult trick on the rope.

From China, this art has spread to other Asian countries, and then to European countries. There, strolling artists at festive games, fairs and sporting attractions, except walking on the rope, showed another remarkable number: they kept a long stick on their feet, in the hands, in their mouths or on their heads, on which the girl or boy was balancing. Nowadays, in many circus rooms, there is a pole of the balancing actor called Persh.

And what surprised the world of Russian balancers? They are real virtuosos who demonstrated incredible abilities.

Milayev Evgeny Timofeevich

He is a famous Soviet balancer. He created a unique number: he balanced the ladder with his feet, on top of which lay his partner and balanced his legs with the second ladder, on which the third artist performed complex figures. Eugene Milyaev himself also performed dizzy and very complex gymnastic tricks. Together with the group, he toured extensively abroad.

Pavlov Sergey Alexandrovich

Many people remembered him in the image of a cheerful clown of Lalakin. This actor in 1984 presented a trick of the highest complexity, which no one had ever performed before, moreover, it was believed that the trick was impossible to complete at all. Pavlov revolutionized the circus genre, rehearsing jumping rope on the wire. First he performed three jumps, then four, his record - seven jumps in a row at a fast pace through a rope on the wire.

Slavsky Rudolph Evgenevich

He is a talented Soviet artist. The first began to perform the plot circus numbers, paving the way for a new genre. In 1934, together with Alexandra Vorontsova, prepared an equilibristic lyric number with a comic tinge "A Date at the Yacht Club." Then he put the skits "In the Morning", "Moryachka" and others, which looked easy, but were technically very complicated.

Molodtsov Fedor Fedorovich

Russian rope-walker, the peak of his career came at the end of the 19th century. He performed very complicated tricks: he walked along the rope on stilts, skates, weighting in his hands, blindfolded, danced on the wire lezginka and mistress, while accompanying himself on a balalaika, stood on his head, sitting on the back of a chair. His number "Fiery Knight" so far no one could repeat. He toured extensively, abroad he was nicknamed "Russian miracle".