Ekaterina Pirogovskaya

Ekaterina Pirogovskaya

Ekaterina Pirogovskaya (at center right) in Iris promotional poster
Born Mariupol, Ukraine
Nationality Russian
Occupation Clown, mime, actress

Ekaterina Pirogovskaya is a Russian clown, mime and actress.

Life and career

Pirogovskaya was born in Mariupol, Ukraine.[1] She participated in student theatre where she was told she would need to travel to the big city to work in professional theatre.[1] After a year of discussion with her mother, Pirogovskaya flew to Saint Petersburg to study acting.[1]

In 2009, Pirogovskaya had her first audition for Cirque du Soleil in Saint Petersburg.[1] She had no idea what to show in her audition so she brought herself along with a couple of mimes.[1] She passed the first audition and after a wait of eight months was invited to a second audition in Montreal, Canada. Even though she did not yet speak English, she passed the second audition and after nine additional months of waiting began rehearsals for the cinema themed show Iris which ran at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California from 2011 to 2013.[1][2][3][4] Pirogovskaya's Iris character, named Violette, wore a spinning praxinoscope-zoetrope skirt[2][3][4][5] that showed two boxers fighting as the skirt twirled,[6] the costume, designed by award-winning French costume designer Philippe Guillotel,[6] mimicked early animation devices.[2][5] Pirogovskaya performed in Iris alongside fellow Cirque du Soleil clowns John Gilkey and Eric Davis.[5]

Kurios

In 2014, Pirogovskaya began touring with the Cirque du Soleil show Kurios.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

When asked by the Daily Mail in 2014 while touring with Kurios if she gets nervous before a show, Pirogovskaya responded "If I feel nervous, then the audience will feel nervous. Perhaps, sometimes, when we have famous people in the audience, like Justin Timberlake. We help each other, learn from each other. Before joining Cirque, I didn’t speak English. We teach each other languages. Every new city is, “Hello, hello!”"[13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tigrova, Gartenzia (August 13, 2015). "Kurios – Cabinet Of Curiosities". Russian Chicago (in Russian).
  2. 1 2 3 Chan, Bryan (September 14, 2011). "Cirque du Soleil performers before and after photos". Los Angeles Times.
  3. 1 2 Maçek III, J.C. (3 April 2013). "A Cirque Du Soleil Performance in Hollywood Evokes Memories of the Circus of Hollywood". PopMatters.
  4. 1 2 "Iris". Cirque du Soleil.
  5. 1 2 3 Hodgins, Paul (September 26, 2011). "Cirque’s ‘Iris’ is a feast for the senses". Orange County Register.
  6. 1 2 Lewis, Raha (June 16, 2011). "First Look: Costumes for Cirque du Soleil's 'Iris' are part of the spectacle". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ↑ Bouchard, Geneviève (7 August 2014). "Des personnages de Kurios prennent l'air". La Presse (in French).
  8. ↑ Kucy, Kait (April 29, 2015). "The Makeup of Cirque du Soleil's Kurios". Calgary Herald.
  9. ↑ Kucy, Kait (April 30, 2015). "Pics of the week". Calgary Herald.
  10. ↑ Gilmore, Larry (September 11, 2015). "Behind the curtain of Cirque du Soleil's 'Kurios'". RedEye.
  11. ↑ Gilmore, Larry (September 11, 2015). "Cirque du Soleil's 'Kurios' behind the curtain". Chicago Tribune. RedEye.
  12. ↑ Staff (October 30, 2015). "From JWA to South Coast Plaza: What happens when Cirque du Soleil performers wander around Orange County?". Orange County Register.
  13. ↑ Jones, Liz (13 December 2014). "Behind the scenes at the Cirque du Soleil: We bend over backwards to thrill!". Daily Mail.

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