Thank you!!

Circus Ruska would like to thank everyone who took part to the festival. Artists, guest, crew were awesome!! We made it again and it was better than ever. We are looking forward to year 2011.

You can find some pic's from the mega Circus Carnival Club here :
http://aamulehdenblogit.ning.com/profiles/blogs/circus-ruska-pakkahuoneella

Breakfast club at the festival

Circus Ruska Dj's entertaining Klubi's delicious Breakfast club

One day behind, one more to go

First day of Circus Ruska Festival was great and lot's of people came to see Jakobin Sirkus:ZirkoPazziRagazzi. Our headline-show, Jani Nuutinen's: Une cirque plus juste, was sold out.
Evening club had very warm athmosphere. It was so nice to see Circus Ruska's Teos1 for the first time in 5 years. And i think audience would like to see it much more often in future.
Auteur Jazz brought me in to jazzworld and I loved it! Band played super well and music was awesome! We will hear so much about these guys!

See you tonight at the festival and Mega Circus Carnival club, folks!!




Zirko Pazzi Ragazzi



Teos 1

Last minute action at the Circus Ruska festival-venue

Can you festival?



Kitte's righthand wearing Festival-dress



Zirko Pazzi Ragazzi boys warming up



Technicians in action



Greetings from out wonderful ticketsale-girls <3



Technician girls enjoying backstage-catering

Building up the Circus Ruska Festival area

This is what Festival area looked like on Thursday-evening. Almost ready to welcome artists and guests.



View from Pakkahuone-stage


Our technical director, Eero



Jani Nuutinen's tent

Greetings from France to Circus Ruska Festival

Lahti Circus School welcomes you to Circus Ruska Festival 2010

Welcome to Mega Circus Carnival Club on Saturday-evening!!

Auteur Jazz

This band will entartain you at Circus Ruska Festival on Fri evening. Their debut album got spectacular reviews when it was released last spring. Band has Emma-nomination in jazz-album category 2009.

This is what they say about Auteur jazz:

"Discovery of the year" Opettaja, Marita Nyrhinen

"Auteur Jazz is jazz upcomer of the year" HS, Jukka Hauru

"Auteur Jazz is seriously challenging TFCQ in dancefloor jazz" KSML, Pentti Ronkanen,

"Aphorisms is THE jazz record of the summer..." Desibeli.net, Otto Kylmälä,

"Auteur Jazz is a "euro"cousin of Five Corners Quintet" HS, Harri Uusitorppa,

"Auteur Jazz makes steaming jazz even more versatile... Even though Auteur Jazz has released only one lp and ep it was easy to notice that they have more than plenty of skills both in playing and controlling the space" TS, Jarmo Wallenius,

"Band grooved like a moose... One of the higlights of night(Funky Elephant Festival)" Desibeli.net, Otto Kylmälä

Mega Circus Carnival Club proudly presents world championship trickers from Tampere, Team Unito

Tricking (martial arts tricking) is the informal name of a relatively new underground alternative sport movement, combining martial arts, gymnastics, and other activities to create an "aesthetic blend of flips, kicks, and twists."[1] Tricking incorporates a variety of moves from different arts such as flips from gymnastics, 540 kick from Taekwondo, butterfly twist from Wushu and double leg from Capoeira. Tricking is recognizable by its flashy kicks, complex flips and twists, and its highly stylized movements which separate it from other arts. An individual who practices tricking is typically referred to as a "trickster" or "tricker".

Our very special guest at Mega Circus Carnival Club

Jay Gilligan, USA

*BY THE NUMBERS*
40 different original productions since 1995 performed in 19 different countries.
15 gold medals won in international competition.
Released 22 DVD set of live performances summer 2006 (www.juggling.tv).
People’s Choice Award Winner @ The International Jugglers’ Association Festival 1999.
2 world records previously held for most objects juggled by 2 people.
European shoe size 49.


Meet him at Mega Circus Carnival Club 16.1.2010 at 22.30 feat. Wes Peden&Patrik Elmnert

Introducing Wes&Patrik

"okay, so if i throw this club as a helicopter to your chest at exactly the right time while you are spinning towards me it should bounce off you so i can catch it and whip it behind my back to you while i am falling"

This is something that you might overhear if you walked in on Patrik and Wes while they are training. Having both been training juggling technique for over 12 years and holding world records solo and together you can tell they take their juggling seriously.

Both Patrik and Wes train and study at Dans och Cirkushogskolan. The contemporary circus school in Stockholm Sweden. Both sharing an intense desire to make something good and interesting with juggling they have been working hard since they met about a year ago to do that.

Loved by audiences around the world their show mixes new age juggling, extreme techniques, dance, puzzles, backwards ideas, backflips, smashed assumptions and higher 5's!

On Saturday 16.1.2010 @ 21.00 Circus Ruska Festival
Wes Peden & Patrik Elmnert: Gears

Circus Ruska proudly presents Angela Wand

Mega Circus Carnival Club will be hosted by world famous, gorgeous comedienne Angela Wand.

This multi skilled performer was born in Puerto Rico, USA, grew up in California and followed love and adventure to Sweden. Despite her young age, she has been working all over the globe with circus and theater for over 20 years in a companies such as Cirkus Cirkör, Lena Ph show, Clowns without borders and Big Ass BBQ.

Mme Wand lives in a bus in Stockholm. But she is not a hippie. She likes Pina Colada and getting caught in the rain. And the smell of the ocean and taste of champagne...

Let her entertain you at the Mega Circus Carnival Club on Saturday 16.1.2010, @22.30 sharp!