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The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on January 31, 2011 at 12:30am

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Program: Global Voices Episode: The Last Tightrope Dancer in Armenia Zhora (76 years old) and Knyaz (77 years old) were once the most celebrated masters of tightrope dancing in Armenia. Today, they are the only surviving performers who can keep this ancient art alive. They come together to train a 16-year-old orphan boy, who then must has to decide if he is willing to become last tightrope dancer in a society that has abandoned both him and his craft.

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