
(ROMANIA)
 
Marius Catana,
artist acrobat,
leader of the group, created together with other actual members of the troupe Lucian
Hadu, Ecaterina Anghel, Moraru Mihaela and Corneliu
Patrulescu, in 1990 a new group of springboard acrobats named:
"THE CATANA TROUPE".
All nine members of the actual group are former sportsmen who practiced
gymnastic, wrestling and high-diving in several Sport Associations in Romania.
Between the years 1991-95 the artistes effectuated a tour in
the Middle-East countries: United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and
Yemen.
After
their return in Europe, they perform at
CIRCUS BRAZIL JACK, Sweden (1996 and 1998)
NETHERLANDS NATIONAL CIRCUS HERMAN RENZ, the Netherlands
(1997)
CIRCUS DANNEBROG, Denmark (1999)
CIRCUS KRONE-BAU, Munich, Germany
(2000)
CIRCUS MAXIMUM, Sweden (2000)
AUSTRIAN NATIONAL CIRCUS LOUIS KNIE (2001)
KERSTCIRCUS CHASSÉ, Breda, The
Netherlands (Dec. 2001)
SIRKUS FINLANDIA, Finland (2002)
CASCADE:circus Utrecht, The Netherlands (Dec. 2002)
CIRCUS ARENA, Denmark (2003)
CIRQUE D'HIVER BOUGLIONE, Paris, France
(Oct. 2003-March 2004)
GRAN CIRCO MUNDIAL, Madrid, Spain (April 2004-January 2005)
They are award winners at the EUROPEAN CIRCUS FESTIVAL in Liège,
Belgium (1996), INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS FESTIVAL in Massy, France (1997) and
INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS FESTIVAL OF BUDAPEST,
Hungary (2002)

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