SECOND INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DUMP SHOW NAMED AFTER YENGIBAROV WILL TAKE PLACE IN TSAKHKADZOR

ARKA
March 25, 2010

YEREVAN, March 25. /ARKA/. Dump show festival which will bear the name
of Leonid Yengibarov will take place in August 10-15 in Tsakhkadzor,
said Zhirayr Dadasyan, Director of Yerevan State Theater of Dump Show.

"The first international festival took place in 2008. It takes place
twice a year. This year we decided that the festival should be named
after Yengibarov", said Dadasyan.

Dump show theaters of Russia, Belgium, Poland, talented mimes and
clowns, particularly Aleksey Mironov (Germany) and Imanli Zarazu
(USA) will participate in the festival.

The international festival will take place under the patronage of
Hovik Abrahamyan, Speaker of Armenian National Assembly and by the
support of Armenian Ministry of Culture.

During the festival prizes titled "Heart from tufa" which is similar
to one of Yengibarov’s novels – "Actor with heart from tufa" will
be awarded.

Dadasyan said that design of the festival will be done in the style
of Yengibarov’s accessories.

The aim of international festival is to advocate Yengibarov’s art.

Leonid Yengibarov would be 75 years of old on March 15, 2010. In 1959
he graduated from State college of circus art in Moscow. During his
performances he used dump show, acrobatic, tightrope walking and
juggling methods. He was prize-winner of international awards and
was cinema actor.

In 1972 Yengibarov’s novels titled "The first round" and in 1984 –
"The last round" were published. -0-