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>> LOTS OF KIDS DREAM ABOUT
RUNNING AWAY AND JOINING THE
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CIRCUS, BUT WHAT IF YOX@UR WHOLE
FAMILY IS ALREADY IN THEX@
CIRCUS? WELL, YOU JOIN THEM, OF@
COURSE. GEORGE ARISTOV IS ONLYX@
11 YEARS OLD, AND HE'S ALREADYX@
A VETERAN PERFORMER.X@
HIS PARENTS, IGOR AND TATYANA,X@
CAME TO CANADA FROM RUSSIA
12 YEARS AGO. NOW, THE THREE
X@
ARISTOV'S TOUR ALL OVER
NORTH AMERICA PERFORMINGX@ UNDER
THE BIG TOP. IN THIS WEEK'S@
VIDEO DIARY, THEY SHOW US@
THEIR BALANCING ACT.
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X@X@
[George:] MY NAME IS GEORG@
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ARISTOV. I'M IN GRADE FOUR.@
IN THE CIRCUS, I DO ACROBATIC@
LIKE BALANCING ON CYLINDE@
AND HAX@NDSTANDS.
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[IgoX@r:] I STARTED WHEN I WS
EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND I...@
I WENT TO...X@
IT WAS LIKE A CIRCUS SCHOOL.X@
I PERFORMED ABOUT 12X@ YEARS @
MOSCOW CIRCU
X@
X@TO CANADA, EVERYTHING
WAS DIFFERENX@T. WE STARTED FM
ZERO, EVERYTHINGX@ WAS NEW AN@
AH, WE'VE BEEN WORKINGX@
HARD EVERYDAY.X@
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X@X@X@X@X@
MY SON, HE'S GROWING UP@
AND HE LEARNS ALL CIRCUS STUF@
I'M TRYING TO GIVE HIM
JUST MY EXPERIENCE,■■
X@
YOU KNOW, LIKE MX@Y...
MY KNOWLEDX@GE OF CIRCU@
[Tatyana:] WE THIX@NKING
LIKE GYMNAST.
GYX@MNASTS START PRACTICING A,
AH, FIVE, SIX YEARS OLD.X@
X@
WE WERE THINKING, X@LIKE S
BODY, HIS BODY IS DEVELOPED@
AND WHEN HIS BODY
X@ IS READY TO START, WE STA@
WE MADE SOME TIMEX@
AFTER SCHOOL FOR PRACTICE,X@
AND HE KNOWS THIS,
X@
LIKE A SYSTEM IN HIS LIFE.
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DURING THE WEEK,
HE HAS TWO HOURS PX@RACTIE
AFTER SCHOOL,
X@ THEN HE HAS SOME FREE TIME,
AND THEN HE HAS TO DO
HOMEWORK LATER.X@
>> OF COURSE HE WOULD NOT@
ALWAYS LIKE, YOU KNOW,X@
WANT TO PRACTICE, OF COURSE@
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HE KNOWS THE DISCIPLINE;
X@ HE KNOWS HE HAS TO DO I.
HE CAN'TX@ GO OUT AND PERFOM
IF YOU DON'T KNOWX@
HOW TO DO THE TRICK.X@
BUT, MOST OF THE TIME HE'S OK@
BECAUSE HE GETS USED
TO THE DISCIPLINE.X@
X@X@
X@
WE TRAVELLING FOR FEW MONTHS;@
IT'S MOSTLY LATE SPRING,X@
SUMMER MONTHS, WE TRAVELLING
WITH THE CIRCUS.
X@
X@X@X@
[Igor:] WHEN WE TRAVEL
IN MOTOR HOME--
[Tatyana:] IT'S YOUR CR
AND IT'SX@ YOUR HOME.
[Igor:] SOMETIMES IT BREAKS,@
SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON THE@
ROAD, YOU KNOW, SNOWING
OR RAIN. IT DOESN'T MATTER;@
YOU HAVE TO GO.
[TX@atyana:] IT'S A LITTLE HOU,
LIKE EVERYTHING'S SMALL@
BUT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING:
YOU HAVE FRIDGE,
X@
YOU HAVE WASHROOM.
IT HAS EVERYTHING.X@
IT'S JUST SMALL,
LIKE YOU'RE GOING CAMPING@
X@ WE STARTED TO TRAVEL
WHEN HE WAS THREE YEARS OLD@
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T
TRAVEL WITH A BABY. BUT, WHEN@
YOU START TO TRAVEL,
AND YOUR CHILD ALWAYS WITH YOU,@
HE'S LOOKING AT YOU,
AND HE WANTS T
O LEARN BECAUSE@
HE'S SURROUNDED, LIKE, YOU KNOW@
THERE'S EVERYTHING,
WHAT HE SEE IN A CIRCUS,
X@ AND HE WANTS TO X@LEARN@
AND WHO HE'S GOING TO LEARN
FROM ARE HIS PARENX@TS.X@
HE LEARNED THE DISCIPLINE.
LIKEX@, YOU CANNOT ALLO,
WHEN YOU'RE ON THE ROAD,
X@ TO NOT FOLLOW SCHEDUL.
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SECONDLY, HE'S LEARNX@ING TO K
X@HARD AND APPX@RECIATE THE WOR@
IF IT'S A WEEKDAY,
WE WAKE HIM X@UP AT 9:00 OR S,
X@
WE HAVE A BREAKFAST, AND THEN
X@HE DOES SCHOOL, TWO HOU,
MAYBE TWO AND A HALF H
OURSX@
OF SCHOOL, AND THENX@
HE'S GOING TO PRACTICEX@
IN THE BUILDING.
HE'S DOING BETTER IN ACROBATICX@
THAN IN SCHOOL,X@
I HAVE TO I ADMIT, YEAH.
SX@CHOOL IS HARD FOR US BECAUE
WE INTERRUPT HIM FX@ROM SCHOO,
WE TAKING X@HIM FROM SCHOOL, O
I HAVE TO HELP HIM A LOT
X@
BECAUSE, UM, IT'S HARD FOR HIMX@
TO CATCH UP ON HIS OWNX@
BECAUSE HE'S ABSENT A LOT@
>> SIXX@, FIVE, FOUR,X@
THREE, TWO, ONE!X@
IF HE'S IN THE SHOW,
HE TAKES PX@ART OF THE @
IF HE'S NOT IN THE SH,
HE STAYS IN THE CHANGE ROOX@
BUT MOST OF THE TIME,X@
HE'S IN THE SHOW,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVENX@
X@IF HE'S NOT DOING A BIG PART,
HE'S DOING SOME SMALL PART
IN THE SHOW.X@X@
X@
AND THEN, THX@E LITTLE BRK
BETWEEN THE SHOW,
HE CAN PLAY HIS PLAY SX@TATIO,
HE CAN READ, HE X@CAN WATCH T.V,
AND THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK■
FOR THE SECOND SHOW,X@
EVENING SHOW, IT'S LIKE 7:30.@
LATE FALL AND WINTER,■■
WEX@'RE AT HOME,X@
AND, AT THAT TIME,
WE WORK X@IN A GYMNASTIC CLUB.
X@
X@X@■■■■X@
WE'RE DOING ■■SOME■■ SHOWS, S@
SHOWS, LIKE, YOU K■■NOW, @
DIFFERENT KINDX@ OF COMPANI@
HEX@'S GETTING PAID
FOR HIS WORK,X@
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE PAY HIM
A X@CERTAIN SALARY WE DECIDD
X@
SOX@ HE SAVES MONEY,
AND, UM,X@ HE'S VERY GOD
AT THAT, AND IF HE WILL DECID,
@
X@ LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO USE
THIS MONEY AND GO GETX@
AN EDUCATION, GET SOMETHING,X@
LIKE, YOU KNOW, ELSE OUT OF IT,@
THAT WILL BE OKAY WITH US.
X@HE LIKES TO PERFORM; HE LIKS
X@TO TRAVEL. WE WANT TO TEACHM
X@ WHAT WE CAN DO THE BE,
AND THEN HE'LL DECIDE
X@
WHAT HE WANTS TO DO,
BUT IF HE WILL CHOOSE
TO BE A PERFORMER,X@
X@
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
A PERFORMER OVERNIGHT,X@
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT COMES
WITH YEARS OF PRX@ACTIC@
X@ IT'S OKAY WITH US IF HE WILL
CHOOSE TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS.
IF HE WILL CHOOSE TO
BE@
A X@PERFORMER, WE WANT HIM TOE
WELL PREPARED FOR IT,X@
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT HIM@
TO BE A GOOD PERFORMER.@
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>> WOW! GEORGE IS HOPING TO@
PREMIERE THAT X@LAST TRIC@
ABOUT A YEAR. THAT'S IT FOR@
THIS EPISODE OF "PLANET PARENT.@
I'M MONICA KIM.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.X@
[Monica:] IF YX@OU'D LIKE O
CONTACT US AT "PLANET PARENT,"
CHECK US OUT ON THE W.
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