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Oleksandr Bondarenko Source: Photo credit Matt Beard

Quidam of Cirque du Soleil is coming back to Australia for limited tour and we chat with powerful acrobat from Ukraine Oleksandr Bondarenko about his sports background and two very different acts in the current production. Olexandr tries to visit his home town Nikolayev every couple of months to see his wife and little son. He is worried about unrest back home but working in the international company all artists have an agreement to put their political differences aside.


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Quidam of Cirque du Soleil is coming back to Australia for limited tour and we chat with powerful acrobat from Ukraine Oleksandr Bondarenko about his sports background and two very different acts in the current production. Olexandr tries to visit his home town Nikolayev every couple of months to see his wife and little son. He is worried about unrest back home but working in the international company all artists have an agreement to put their political differences aside.



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