On September 20th, the circus manager of the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) circus delegation Mr. Ho Van Thanh said Vietnam has won two Golden Horse prizes at the Almaty – Kazakhstan International Circus Festival.
The “Day thep chung” (slack steel wire) circus act, performed by circus artist Thu Hien and the “Du chong dau” (swinging) act by Hoang Anh and Thu Hiep won the Golden Horse prize (gold medal) at the Almaty – Kazakhstan International Circus Festival.
"Day thep chung" (slack steel wire) circus act
(Source: SGGP)
Earlier, the act “Thang bang tren day thep chung” (slack steel wire) by Thu Hien won two prizes at the Figueres International Circus Festival in Spain, “Du chong dau” (swinging) by Hoang An and Thu Hiep won the silver prize at the Southeast Asian circus festival. And both circus acts participated in the 11th Moscow International Youth Circus Festival in Russia.
Two performances have officially received an invitation to attend the Monte Carlo International Circus Festival to be held from January 2014.
"Du chong dau" (swinging) performance
(Source: SGGP)
The Almaty – Kazakhstan International Circus Festival took place from September 11 – 16, 2012 and gathered 9 participating countries: France, Germany, the US, Russia, Vietnam, Belarus, Latvia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
The festival gathered the most outstanding circus acts, which were honoured at the other international circus festivals./.
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