Burt Blague

Burt Blague (born Sergey Ignatov (Russian: Сергéй Леони́дович Игнáтов); born September 7, 1975[1]) is an American-Russian 4th generation artist, circus performer, comedian, director, teacher and producer.

Backstage photo of Burt Blague from his "Let's go Show"

Burt was born in a circus family. He is the nephew of Sergei Ignatov (senior).

At the age of 13, he was awarded the Grand Prix at the Circus of the Future festival in Paris (1988).[2] He is a twice World Juggling Federation Ring Division Champion (2004, 2008) (as Sergey Ignatov jr.). 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[2]. He is the creator and the original cast of the one man show "Segrio - the Italian Chef" at the Italian pavilion of Epcot Theme park (Orlando, FL)[3]. He also has been a consultant for the National Circus Project.[4]

In 2003 in collaboration with Valentin Yudashkin as a costume designer, he staged in Moscow a show "Ploskosti".[5]

In 2011, Burt Blague started performing as a clown in Riga Circus.[6]

In 2015 he produced and directed a "Let's go Show", which toured in Peru in 2016.[7]

A member of a jury at XVII Open Magic Championship.[8]

Biography

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1988-1992 - Moscow Circus Tourney - USSR, Japan

1989 - Golden Medal Winner at the "World Festival of the Circus of Tomorrow" (Paris, France)

1990-1991 - Old Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard (Nikulin Circus)

1991 - Moscow Circus "Mission: Roots" - Greece, Italy, France, Egypt, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey

1991 - "Theater der Landeshauptstadt" - Germany

1991-1996 - "Moscow Circus" Tours - Russia, Japan, Greece, Italy, France, Egypt, Malta, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, Finland

1992 - Finlandia Talo Huset Hall - Finland

1994 - Graduated from the school of modern choreography of Nikolay Ogryzkov (1st professional school of contemporary dance in Russia)

1995 - "Music Hall" - St. Petersburg, Russia

1995 - "Music Hall" - Lima, Peru

1995 - Taiwan Tour

1996 - Circus "Tihani", Chili

1996-1998 - "Moscow Circus" Tours - Russia, Japan

1998 - "Tiger Palast" - Germany

1998 - Circus "Krone" - Germany

1998-2000 - Studying in dance schools: "Dance Space", "Broadway Dance Center", "Steps on Broadway" Masters: Savion Glover, Ayodele Casel, Jimmy Tate, Henry LeTang, Jason Samuels Smith, Jimmy Slyde

1998-2000 - "Circus Production" - USA Tour

1998-2000 - "National Circus Project" - New York, USA

1999 - "Cirque Productions" Miami, FL, USA

1999 - "Cirque du Jour" TV Show - New York, USA

1999 - "New Wave Circus" - Atlantic City, USA

2000-2003 - Walt Disney Epcot Theme Park - Orlando, Florida, USA

2003 - Musical "Shock" - Tokyo, Japan

2003 - Director and Producer the show "Ploskosti" - Moscow, Russia

2004-2005 - "National Circus Project" - New York, USA

2004 - World juggling competition (WJF) - Las Vegas, USA (first-place winner)

2005 - Walt Disney Epcot Theme Park - Orlando, Florida, USA

2005-2006 - Vladivostok circus, Managing director, Russia

2006-2007 - "National Circus Project" - New York, USA

2006-2008 - USA and Canada Tour "Cirque de la Symphonie"

2006 - TX Fair Dallas, USA

2007 - Film-school of directing (Alexander Mitta’s class)

2007 - TX Fair Dallas, USA

2007 - Show “FOUR” casino Estoril, Portugal

2008 - World juggling competition (WJF) - Las Vegas, USA (first-place winner)

2008 - TX Fair Dallas, USA

2009 - The European Juggling Convention in Spain (Guest Star)

2009 - TX Fair Dallas, USA

2010-2011 - Riga State Circus, Latvia

2012 - The jury of international circus festival in Riga "Golden Karl", Latvia

2011-2012 - "National Circus Project" New York, USA

2012-2013 - "Moscow circus on tour", Russia

2013-2014 - Chen Long international circus, China

2014-2015 - "Moscow circus on tour", Russia

2015 - A member of the Russian Association of Magicians - The jury of the XVI congress of Magicians.

2015-2016 - "Let’s go" Moscow, Russia

2016 - Peru, Lima Great tour with the show "Fantasy circus"

2016 - Show in "Izmir International Fair", "Burt Blague Clown Show" Turkey.

2017 - "Cosmos", Russia

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gollark: [EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION EXPUNGED], which I go to, has apparently decided that it is now "post-pandemic" times and has rolled back basically every COVID-19 mitigation thing except having hand sanitizer dispensers and lateral flow tests, including returning to densely packing (mostly unmasked) people into poorly ventilated rooms to watch stuff which is just livestreamed over the internet™ now anyway.
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References
  1. "SERGEY IGNATOV". 2 November 2005. Archived from the original on 2 November 2005.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. Sputnik. "RUSSIAN ARTIST SERGEI IGNATOV, JR. BECOMES TWO-TIME WORLD JUGGLING CHAMPION".
  3. "Burt Blague's biography on the official website". Burt Blague's official website.
  4. "Sergey Ignatov".
  5. "Interview with Sergey Ignatov at Moskovskij Komsomolets newspaper (in Russian)". MK.ru.
  6. "1..2..3..-aiziet! 123.sezona sākas! – pasākums – KasNotiek.lv". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  7. "Peru this Week". Peru This Week. Archived from the original on 2016-07-16.
  8. "List of Jury members of XVII Open Magic Championship". Russian Association of Illusionists.
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