Sergei Ignatov - Revision history

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	* Video: [[Sergei_Ignatov_Video_(1983)\|Sergei Ignatov, juggling act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1983)		* Video: [[Sergei_Ignatov_Video_(1983)\|Sergei Ignatov, juggling act]], at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo (1983)
		+	* Video: [[Ignatov_Video_(1984)\|Sergei Ignatov, juggling act]], at the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard in Moscow (1984)

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 ===An Exceptional Technician===
-[[File:Sergei_Ignatov_c.1985.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sergei Ignatov (c.1985)]]This technical juggling is what Sergei is known for today. Ask any juggler: "Who is Sergei Ignatov?" and they will tell you about his technical abilities. This is likely due to the amount of people to whom Ignatov has taught his technique over the years, from Yuriy Pozdnyakov in Ukraine, to Thomas Duerrfelt in Germany, or Marco Paoletti in Argentina&mdash;all celebrated juggling teachers today.
+This technical juggling is what Sergei is known for today. Ask any juggler: "Who is Sergei Ignatov?" and they will tell you about his technical abilities. This is likely due to the amount of people to whom Ignatov has taught his technique over the years, from Yuriy Pozdnyakov in Ukraine, to Thomas Duerrfelt in Germany, or Marco Paoletti in Argentina&mdash;all celebrated juggling teachers today.
-Sergei Ignatov had a very disciplined training regimen: First an hour of yoga to get into the right mindset, then two-ball juggling and very basic tricks before allowing himself to move on to the harder stuff. This way he could correct his body posture, alignment, and hand position. He strongly believed that perfect technique was essential for a good juggler.
+[[File:Sergei_Ignatov_c.1985.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sergei Ignatov (c.1985)]]Sergei Ignatov had a very disciplined training regimen: First an hour of yoga to get into the right mindset, then two-ball juggling and very basic tricks before allowing himself to move on to the harder stuff. This way he could correct his body posture, alignment, and hand position. He strongly believed that perfect technique was essential for a good juggler.
 Another aspect of Ignatov's fame as a performer was his choice of music. He has been called a "poet" among jugglers for synchronizing his act to the music of Chopin. Ball, club, and ring routines, each had their own musical piece, and music became a core element of his performance rather than a mere background or, worse, an afterthought. Visually too, paintings such as works from Van Gogh and Dürer inspired his presentation.

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 ===Apprenticeship===
-[[File:Sergei_Ignatov_and_Violetta_Kiss.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Sergei Ignatov & Violetta Kiss (1967)]]Sergei joined the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] (the "Moscow Circus School") at age fifteen in 1965. After only one year, he had to give up acrobatics due to knee problems and he specialized as a juggler. His teacher was the legendary [[Violetta Kiss]], an amazing juggler and hand-balancer who was, with her brother Aleksandr, a major star of the Soviet circus in the 1950's and 1960's.
+[[File:Sergei_Ignatov_and_Violetta_Kiss.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Sergei Ignatov & Violetta Kiss (1967)]]Sergei joined the [[State College for Circus and Variety Arts]] (the "Moscow Circus School") at age fifteen in 1965. After only one year, he had to give up acrobatics due to knee problems and he specialized as a juggler. His teacher was the legendary [[Violetta Kiss]], an amazing juggler and hand-balancer who was, with her brother Aleksandr, a major star of the Soviet circus in the 1950's and 1960's.
 In just two years time, training eight hours a day, Sergei became a very proficient juggler with rings, large balls, and clubs. He created new tricks, such as the "pancake throw" with rings, and a special kick-up from four to five clubs. Both tricks are still performed by jugglers today. The juggling technique that Violetta Kiss taught him became the firm foundation of Ignatov’s subsequent twenty years of creative work. At the Moscow circus college's graduation show in 1968, he was an unmitigated success. The audience present was well aware of his exceptional talent, and knew that Sergei’s performance was only the harbinger of things to come.

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 == Suggested Reading==
-Karl-Heinz Ziethen, ''Enrico Rastelli und die besten Jongleure der Welt: Francis Brunn, Sergei Ignatow, Anthony Gatto'' (Berlin: Die Jonglerie Lueft KG, 1996) &mdash; ISBN 3-9801140-9-0
+Karl-Heinz Ziethen, ''Enrico Rastelli und die besten Jongleure der Welt: Francis Brunn, Sergei Ignatow, Anthony Gatto'' (Berlin: Die Jonglerie Lüft KG, 1996) &mdash; ISBN 3-9801140-9-0
 ==See Also==

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 File:Sergei_Ignatov_c1990.jpg|Sergei Ignatov (c.1990)
 File:Sergei_Ignatov_2001.jpg|Sergei Ignatov (2001)
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 [[Category:Artists and Acts|Ignatov, Sergei]][[Category:Jugglers|Ignatov, Sergei]]