Video archive

Performance videos

Circus acts, flying, a report on the balancing record and all four parts of the TV interview Around the World on Stilts.

Recordings

Acts in motion

Rola-bola balance act

04:13 · An archival recording of the rola-bola act from Nikolai’s collection.

Juggling on a free-standing ladder

03:49 · Fast-paced juggling on a ladder without a support.

Stilts and fire

01:37 · Archive footage of parade stilts and a fire act.

Transforming Tube

05:52 · An archive version of the act with audience participation.

Show at the Gaza Palace of Culture

02:15 · A recording of a performance with Igor Yasny from the artist’s video album.

Alien worm

01:49 · A stage version of the movement act in a colourful costume.

Shark and clownfish

02:35 · Archival recording of a programme with illuminated stage costumes.

Blue dragon

00:16 · A short clip from the artist’s video archive.

Forum performance

00:16 · An archival excerpt dated 5 June 2009.

YouTube

Acts and news reports

Circus entertainment for events · 1:11Nikolai Balashov
Nikolai Balashov, circus artist · 5:08Nikolai Balashov
News report on the Russian balancing record · 1:56LIFE Петербург
Ladder juggling and rola-bola · 2:50telestofuji
The Flying Dutchman on sway poles · 1:21Nikolai Balashov
Gone with the Wind on sway poles · 1:28Nikolai Balashov
Sway pole show · 2:02Nikolai Balashov
The Flower on a sway pole · 1:13Nikolai Balashov
Pilots and gymnasts aerial act · 5:34Nikolai Balashov
Maslenitsa performance · 5:59Nikolai Balashov
At rehearsal · 0:13Дневник артиста

Personal archive

Flights and other recordings

Paramotor flight

00:28 · A short recording from the Flights album.

Powered glider takeoff

00:20 · A short recording from the Flights album.

Flights

01:39 · A recording from Nikolai Balashov’s flying archive.

Flying my own aircraft

05:00 · A video from the artist’s personal archive.

Testing the trike

01:36 · An archival recording of the 13 December test.

Sling

00:02 · A short excerpt from the My Acts album.

Untitled

01:00 · A recording from the My Acts album.

Television archive · 2013

Around the World on Stilts

An interview with Anatoly Tukish on Vtoroy Plan, broadcast on VOT! on 7 April 2013.

Part 1 · 14:39

Part 2 · 14:31

Part 3 · 14:21

Part 4 · 14:41

For organisers

See you at the show

Solo acts, guest welcomes and staged programmes for festivals, civic celebrations and corporate events.

Stilts, ladder juggling, sway poles and Spring Man