Andrei Vasilevich Kovgar
- "Honoured
Artist of Russia" - has practised competitive freestyle trampoline springing since the age of 6,
becoming "Master of Sport", member of the Russian National Team and
Champion of Russia Champion (1988), - is the founder of the present springboard
acrobatic act, known as “THE KOVGAR TROUPE”.
Andrei made his entrance in the world of show business as a
professional artist at the age of 21, in 1990. During the years 1990-99, he
performed as a principal springer in the
CHERNIEWSKI Troupe. With this group he received several awards such as
the Gold Medal at the International Circus Festival in Verona,
Italy (1992), Golden Lion at the
China
Wuquiao International Circus Festival in Shijiazhuang, China (1998)
and Golden Clown at the
International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo
(1999).
In 2000, Andrei decided to start together with some young
talented sportsmen - champions of several national and international
competitions in sport and acrobatic gymnastic - a new springboard acrobatic
group named THE KOVGAR TROUPE.
The very first appearance of the group was at the NIKULIN MOSCOW
CIRCUS in December 2000, connecting with a tour in Japan until October 2001.
Previous Appearances:
WORLDCHRISTMASCIRCUS Stuttgart, Germany
(2001), LA GRADE FETE
LILLOISE DU CIRQUE Lille, France (2002),
WERELDKERSTCIRCUS at ROYAL THEATRE CARRÉ Amsterdam, The
Netherlands (2002/2003).
CIRCUS KNIE , Circus-Tour in Switzerland (2003)
KERSTCIRCUS AHOY' Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2003)
Awards:
Golden Lion
at the
China Wuquiao International Circus Festival in Shijiazhuang, China
(2001)
Gold Medal and the “Prix du President de la Republique”
at the
FESTIVAL MONDIAL DU CIRQUE DE DEMAIN in
Paris, France (2002)
Silver Clown at the INTERNATIONAL
CIRCUS FESTIVAL OF MONTE-CARLO /
AWARDS (2004)
