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THE PANTELEENKO BROTHERS
Valery (1946-2006) and Yury (1946-1989) Panteleenko were born in Russia on May 15, 1946. Identical twins, they began their performing careers as part of the magic act of Simon Rubanov (1908-76), a famous Russian illusionist who worked exclusively in the circus ring and—like his predecessor, the legendary Emil Kio—used several pairs of twins in his "attraction(Russian) A circus act that can occupy up to the entire second half of a circus performance.." In 1969, during an engagement at the Circus of Rostov-on-Don, Vladivien Levshin, who was the Rubanov Company’s acrobatic coach, noticed the brothers’ athleticism and began to train them as acrobats. He created an original aerial-strap actAerial act performed hanging from a pair of fabric or leather straps. (See Aerial Straps.) for them, an act that is now recognized as a milestone in the history of this specialty... (more...)
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