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Burt Blague - (born Sergey Ignatov (junior) - Russian: Сергéй Леони́дович Игнáтов); September 7, 1975) is an American-Russian circus performer, director and producer.
Burt was born in a circus family. He is the nephew of Sergei Ignatov (senior).
At the age of 13, he was awarded the Grand Prix at the Circus of the Future festival in Paris (1988). He is a twice World Juggling Federation Ring Division Champion (2004, 2008) (as Sergey Ignatov jr.). Famous American magician and TV presenter Penn Jillette described him in 2004 as "the Best ring juggler in the World".
Burt Blague worked for the Disney company and has been a consultant for the National Circus Project.
In 2003 in collaboration with Valentin Yudashkin as a costume disigner, he staged in Moscow a show "Ploskosti".
In 2011, Burt Blague started performing as a clown in Riga circus.
In 2015 he produced and directed a "Let's go Show", which toured in Peru in 2016.
A member of a jury at XVII Open Magic Championship.