ARGENTINA
Hugo Zamoratte
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”The Bottle Man”
was born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina and
he is the first generation in his family to be an artiste. He may have one of the
world’s weirdest workplaces, and he is otherwise known as the
“Amazing Man in the Bottle”.
During the years 1954-1963 Hugo practised swimming and gymnastics
on competitive
level in the Argentinean National Team.
He discovered his talent for dislocating almost every bone in his
body by accident. In 1964 Hugo was serving in the National Guard practising the
drill, when his arms dislocated. So, he began to practice contortionism and yoga
exercises. The idea for the unique routine of squeezing into a bottle came a few
years later. He adopted bottles after being inspired by a dream about the
Bible’s three wise men. “I saw one of the wise men go into a bottle”. It
was 18 months of training and then I went into
a bottle”. He has been filling confined space for more than 20 years. Hugo
says:”
I love my job, I love my bottle. It’s sometimes better to be in the bottle than
outside”.
His
training almost cost him his life in a hotel room in Santiago de Chile in 1982,
when he became stuck in the bottle with the door firmly closed. He was freed
after 40 minutes, thanks to a timely visit by a cleaner.
“I
was starting to hallucinate and I was worried that my time had come”.
Hugo made his entrance in the world of show business as a
professional artist at the age of 26, in 1973, as he was on a South American
tour with the well know CIRCO TIHANY
in
Argentina.
In 1974-88 he performed in all the South American countries,
Mexico, USA and Canada.
In 1989
he came to Europe/Scandinavia for the first time, touring with one of the most
traditional and famous circuses on the European continent,
CIRCUS BENNEWEIS in Denmark and continued until
1993 with GRAND CIRCO MUNDIAL in
Spain, GERRY COTTLE CIRCUS in Ireland, CIRCUS KRONE and CIRCUS
FLIC-FLAC in Germany.
In 1994-97 he was on tour as a guest artiste with the GREAT
MOSCOW CIRCUS in Australia and New Zeeland and he appeared in several TV
Productions in Europe, North-and South America and Australia: ARD, ZDF, RTL,
STV, DR, RAI UNO, TF1, BBC, ABC, CBSC, etc.
Hugo Zamoratte is award winner of Silver and Golden
Medals at several International Circus Festivals.
    
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