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Burt Blague (born Sergey Ignatov (Russian: Сергéй Леони́дович Игнáтов); born September 7, 1975[1]) is a 4th generation artist, circus performer, comedian, director, teacher and producer.
Burt was born in a circus family, the dynasty of circus artists – the Ignatovs whose history began in the beginning of the 20th century. The great-grandfather, Ivan Petrovich Ignatov (1900-1975), was a groom and a riding master at the circus. He was an assistant trainer for the Nikitins, Efim Efimov, Gleb Lapiado, Vladimir Teplov.
The grandfather, Mikhail Ivanovich Ignatov (1922-1967), was a circus artist. Before the World War II he had been a dzhigit in Kshi's group. In the 1950s, he was an administrator at the Children's Department of the Mosconcert. In the 1960s he performed on stage with trained dogs and monkeys.
The parents Lidia Ignatova (1953) and Leonid Ignatov (1953) are famous Russian acrobats and jugglers.[2] They started their circus career in Moscow circus in 1973. Living in France they are still performing.
The uncle (the father's brother) Sergei Ignatov (senior) (1950) is a famous juggler of the 20 century.
At the age of 13, Sergey Ignatov jr was awarded the Grand Prix at the Circus of the Future festival in Paris (1988).[3] He is a twice World Juggling Federation Ring Division Champion (2004, 2008). In 2004 in the WJF 1 Championship, held in Las Vegas, Nevada he won two gold medals: in advanced rings division and in «5 rings up 360» competitions.[4]
In 2008 in the WJF 5 Championship he won the gold medal in advanced rings division competitions again [5] Famous American magician and TV presenter Penn Jillette described him in 2004 as "the Best ring juggler in the World".
Burt Blague worked for the Disney company.[citation needed] He is the creator and the original cast of the one man show "Sergio - the Italian Chef" at the Italian pavilion of Epcot Theme park (Orlando, FL).[6] He also has been a consultant for the National Circus Project.[7]
In 2003 in collaboration with Valentin Yudashkin as a costume designer, he staged in Moscow a show "Ploskosti".[8]
In 2011, Burt Blague started performing as a clown in Riga Circus.[9]
In 2015 he produced and directed a "Let's go Show", which toured in Peru in 2016.[10]
A member of a jury at XVII Open Magic Championship.[11]
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- ^ "Interview with Sergey Ignatov at Moskovskij Komsomolets newspaper (in Russian)". MK.ru.
- ^ "1..2..3..-aiziet! 123.sezona sākas! – pasākums – KasNotiek.lv". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
- ^ "Peru this Week". Peru This Week. Archived from the original on 2016-07-16.
- ^ "List of Jury members of XVII Open Magic Championship". Russian Association of Illusionists.