Refinitiv Newscasts - Ukraine's young circus artists wow in Budapest
03/01/2023 22:04
Click the following link to watch video: https://share.newscasts.refinitiv.com/link?entryId=1_9x4ra6ks&referenceId=tag:reuters.com,2023:newsml_RW018103012023RP1_K15&pageId=RefinitivNewscasts Source: Thomson Reuters Description: Out of the unheated bomb shelters where they trained, young Ukrainian circus acrobats dazzled crowds and performed alongside international competitors in Hungary. This report produced by Trevor Koroll. Short Link: https://refini.tv/3Zc5avQ Video Transcript: >> Dressed in Ukrainian colors under bright lights,13-year-olds circus acrobat Maria Kravchenko, dazzles on the audience in Hungary. It's a much different setting than her home in Nepro where she practiced in unheated shelters while a war raged around her. >> I was training with a reterian and it was caught. >> Kravchenko is performing at Budapest capital circus along with a young acrobats from Harkeiv, Kev, Odessa and Duniyet yet as part of a Ukrainian use circus festival to showcase their talent. Ukrainian artists are 6-17. They gave more than 30 performances alongside competitors from around the world. Peter Cathay is the circuses director. He said, Oh, regular programs were stopped for two days in January and the keys to the circus were handed to. The Ukrainians. >> In this war situation. We are struggling for their survival so that there's a goal to live for tomorrow. So there's something that makes it worth going down again to the shelter and doing that daily dose of 50 pushups. This is what we can provide some help for. >> Before the war, the yes, gravity arena, Nepra International children's circus festival was held every year and Nepro. Since it began in 2010, more than 1,000 young artists have participated with the winners regularly advancing to international festivals. For Kravchenko, she's focusing on her art in relative peace, while she can. >> I feel safer here. It is much easier for me here to have my training and to perform because I do not hear alarms and explosions. It is much quieter here. I'm happy that I have an opportunity to be in a place without explosions and alarms, even just for several days