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Moscow State Circus Bans Oversized Clown Shoes
Posted May 1, 2009
Here's a quirky circus tidbit from across the proverbial pond: Moscow State Circus's "big top health and safety adviser," Larry Dewitt ruled that a performer wearing oversized clown shoes on a tightrope could invalidate the circus's insurance policy.
The ruling came after Russian performer Valerik Kashkin fell nine feet off his tightrope and broke his foot during a performance by the Moscow State Circus in Liverpool. Dewitt charged that Kashkin couldn't feel the rope. Kashkin responded that he was fine, and he was disappointed in the ruling because without the large shoes some of the impact of the act would be lost on the audience.
"The shoes are a very important part of my costume, and I was disappointed. It is very important for me to have the boots on because I don't look like a normal clown in my plain black costume," says Kashkin, 40, from Temruk, Russia.
The act includes Kashkin dressing on the wire and within a hoop of fire and playing a drum kit, trumpet, and double bass all at the same time.
Read more about this in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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