This is the story of Igor, a magician and fakir.
I saw Igor for the first time in December 2012, in a small circus. He was the attraction that struck me most and brought me back to when I was a kid.
Intrigued, I searched and spent time with Igor.
more... Igor was born on 23.12.1966 in Varese (Italy). He is a magician, an illusionist, a fakir.
He started to do shows at the age of 5 years in a circus.
At the age of 15 / 16 he was already living alone with a boy. A friend with whom he did shows
From 19 years up to 31, he hang out with a boy who beat him.
His mother died in 2006 and his father hanged himself in the garden two years after, for the desperate lack of his wife.
Igor has undergone several surgeries including the removal of a cavernous angioma in the brain, in 1986, the removal of nine lymph nodes in the groin and in 2013 he was hospitalized for severe rectal bleeding.
Every day he now takes 10 pills in the morning and three in the evening.
He has reduced the numbers of shows and takes care of his animals, especially the 4 chihuahuas Tatino, Venus, Zac and Jemy.
Since 1998 Igor lives with his current partner Luca, who is 7 years younger, and who is often abroad for business