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| + | Muky & Alex—whose full stage names were Muky Mukyon & Alex Alizon (roughly translating to Muky Clown & Alex Cheerful), were Israel's [[The Ziratron]]'s beloved house clowns. Alex (1919-1991) was born Akiva Rokenstein in Chernivtsi, Romania (today Ukraine) to a family of carpenters. From a young age he was funny and excelled at balancing tricks and was spotted by a professional clown from the Chernivtsi Circus who was so impressed by Alex that he invited him to become his assistant. | ||
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| + | Alex was only fifteen years old at the time, and he left his home to join the circus. Later he became a soldier in the Red Army and was captured during WWII and sent to a concentration camp in Transnistria. He survived the camp and, in 1945, came to Israel. There he met Muky (1889-1981), born Ya'akov Goldstein in Sofia, Bulgaria. He had been a professional clown all his life. In 1950 the Ziratron's director, Sam Kalinhof, introduced him to Alex. Muky was thirty years older than Alex, and much more experienced, and Alex became his student and stage partner. | ||
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| + | When the Ziratron, Israel's first circus, was created in 1950, Muky & Alex became its household clowns and performed in all its shows until 1959. They each had a well-defined character: Muky was a wise and funny clown, whereas Alex was a naive and serious clown and was "he who got slapped". Eventually they added a third clown to their team and worked as a trio with Charlie Klein, a former acrobat and a stilt walker. | ||
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Revision as of 19:06, 11 April 2026
Clowns
Muky & Alex—whose full stage names were Muky Mukyon & Alex Alizon (roughly translating to Muky Clown & Alex Cheerful), were Israel's The Ziratron's beloved house clowns. Alex (1919-1991) was born Akiva Rokenstein in Chernivtsi, Romania (today Ukraine) to a family of carpenters. From a young age he was funny and excelled at balancing tricks and was spotted by a professional clown from the Chernivtsi Circus who was so impressed by Alex that he invited him to become his assistant.
Alex was only fifteen years old at the time, and he left his home to join the circus. Later he became a soldier in the Red Army and was captured during WWII and sent to a concentration camp in Transnistria. He survived the camp and, in 1945, came to Israel. There he met Muky (1889-1981), born Ya'akov Goldstein in Sofia, Bulgaria. He had been a professional clown all his life. In 1950 the Ziratron's director, Sam Kalinhof, introduced him to Alex. Muky was thirty years older than Alex, and much more experienced, and Alex became his student and stage partner.
When the Ziratron, Israel's first circus, was created in 1950, Muky & Alex became its household clowns and performed in all its shows until 1959. They each had a well-defined character: Muky was a wise and funny clownGeneric term for all clowns and augustes. '''Specific:''' In Europe, the elegant, whiteface character who plays the role of the straight man to the Auguste in a clown team., whereas Alex was a naive and serious clown and was "he who got slapped". Eventually they added a third clown to their team and worked as a trio with Charlie Klein, a former acrobat and a stilt walker.
