The story about lilliput astists who travel around Russia with their program.
The lilliputs’ circus “The shining of little stars” is very popular.
They are traveling along Russia practically without any rest but haven’t preformed in Moscow yet.I decided to go with them to understand them. Their world has deeply impressed me and stayed in my soul forever.
My trip started in Ivanovo. The posters were placed all over the town and many inhabitants were surprised and sincerely confessed that they have never seen anything like this.
The hall was full nearly during all days while the little stars performed in Ivanovo circus. Many people came to the performance for a few times and took more and more people with them. It is not surprising – the “Little stars” worked hard, they were attentive to smallest details, rehearsed till late at night, started getting dressed and putting make up in a day before the performance and hardly managed to be in time to its beginning.
It seemed that the nervous tension was hanging in the air and struck with current everybody who was near and dared to breathe the same air at the same moment. Still, the rare moments which I could make photos of before, transferred all tension, importance, cementation and many other emotions felt by little stars who couldn’t and didn’t want to hide them. They managed to sleep only for a few hours.
The circus h otels where they stayed are a separate story. You can hardly see rooms of this kind – entirely full of USSR spirit, not only spirit but the smallest details – from wallpaper of this time collected on one wall, with stickled paper of a slightly surprised face in kerchief – cut from the wrap of Alenka chocolate bar.
Large wardrobes in the rooms served as storages for many flower bunches that filled the rooms after each performance. The hotel staff has carefully decorated the wardrobes with posters from old teenage magazines – with Ivanushki International and Ruki Vverkh on the peak of their musical career – f