title: Circus of Tsarevich Aleksei Mikhailovich
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Shamin, Stepan M.
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-08-21T11:01:27Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-08-21T11:01:27Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2016-12
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu19.2016.209
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/7111
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article focuses on the «German potekhi» (entertaiments), played in the Muscovite court during
  the 1630s. These entertainments resembled circus performances. They were based on rope acrobatics. The
  principal changes leading to a new phenomenon in the Russian court culture appeared in the turn of 1634 and
  1635. From this time a small acrobatic troupe began to develop, the backbone was formed with two German
  artist and five of their Russian pupils. The development of the «German entertaiments» was connected with
  the youth of Tsarevich Aleksei Mikhailovich. First he looked at poteshniki (entertainers), then apprenticed
  three of his nakry players to the foreign artists, dressed them together with himself, his younger brother and
  the stolniks in the German comic costume. This period ended because of the tragic events in the life of the
  royal family in 1639: in January died Tsarevich Ivan, five years old, and in March died newborn Tsarevich
  Vasilii. To this the Empress’s health deteriorated. At the end of mourning the «German entertaiments» were
  not renewed. The author concludes in pointing out the similarity of «German entertaiments» from 1630s
  with the performances that were played at the court of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich in early 1672: no German
  actors on stage were professionals; the people close to Aleksei Mikhailovich played a significant role in the
  organization of the performances; the shows were based on the plastic actions that were understood without
  the help of an interpreter; the Tsar and his sons was shown for the audience. These performances have become
  an important preparatory step to the production of the first theatrical performance ― The Play of Artaxerxes
  (Ahasuerus; Artakserksovo deistvo).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: We gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the National
  Endowment for the Humanities for this article (project number RZ-51635-13). Any views, findings,
  or conclusions expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of the National
  Endowment for the Humanities.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana;Issue 2
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: history of russian theater
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the court culture of the 17th century
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: entertainer (poteshnik) Ivan Ermis
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Circus of Tsarevich Aleksei Mikhailovich
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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