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Aleksandr KissAleksandr Nikolayevich Kiss (Russian: Александр Николаевич Кисс; October 2, 1921 – November 18, 1990) was a Soviet circus artist, juggler and director. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969).[1] BiographyHe was born in Baku in a family of old circus performers, a representative of the Kiss circus dynasty. His grandfather Aleksandr Genrikhovich Kiss (1879-1942), a Czech by birth, was a clown and animal trainer who began his circus activities in the late 1890s, and in 1915-1928 was the director of the circus in Kyiv. His father Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kiss (1897-1972) was a clown, rider, juggler and director. His mother Emma Kiss (née Ciniselli) was one of the descendants of Gaetano Ciniselli (1815-1881) of the famed Ciniselli Circus dynasty. From the age of 5 he participated in pantomimes, at the age of 8 he was already working in his father's group number "Bor-kiss". In 1939-1966 he performed in a duet with his younger sister Violetta Kiss (1925-1994). Together they became prominent artists of the Soviet and world circus. They were the first to unite record-breaking stunts of three genres at once in one number: juggling, antipodism (foot juggling) and equilibristics. Since 1967, he performed with V. Demina. He was the author of many tricks and combinations, his signature trick - juggling five clubs behind his back is considered the benchmark for professional jugglers.[1] Since 1975, he worked as a chief director of the creative workshop of the All-Union Directorate, and since 1988 he was the head of the artistic department of the central office of the All-Union Association "Soyuzgostsirk". He died on November 18, 1990, in Moscow and was buried at Khimki Cemetery with his sister Violetta.[2] Family
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