Meet the travelling circus family who all perform together - with the addition of their three-year-old who can already do acrobatics.<br /><br />Ilya Kotenyov, 30, and Regina Kotenyova, 32, along with their three children, Tagir, eight, Zara, six, and Iliana, three, have been a full-time circus family for the past year.<br /><br />They are currently on tour with the Ringo Star big top circus in Kazakhstan and aside from Iliana, all have their own acts.<br /><br />Ilya performs on a teeterboard, an acrobatic jumping platform resembling a seesaw, Regina is on aerial straps and aerial hoop, whilst Zara and Tagir form a double act on straps.<br /><br />Zara now occasionally performs solo too and Iliana is "slowly" learning circus acts on aerial straps.<br /><br />Ilya says that Iliana can do some "basic acrobatics" as well as push ups, pull ups with support and ab exercises, though he says she’s not a "big fan" of stretching.<br /><br />Both Ilya and Regina have backgrounds in acro-sport and gymnastics - Ilya is a former Cirque Du Soleil artist and member of the Kazakh National Tumbling team.<br /><br />Although their children have followed in their parents' footsteps from an early age, Ilya says they are under "no pressure" to perform and are "free to do whatever they want."<br /><br />The family - from Pavlodar, Kazakhstan - hope to travel the world together as a touring circus family.<br /><br />Ilya said: "Being a circus family has many advantages for us.<br /><br />"We spend a lot of time together, we have an interesting life and we are always in good physical shape.<br /><br />"Thanks to the circus, we have the opportunity to travel the world.<br /><br />"From birth, our children are surrounded by sports and athletes, as all our friends are former athletes or circus performers.<br /><br />"The children liked to repeat after us.<br /><br />"When they play games they put on a mini-circus show.<br /><br />"They have a choice though, and they are free to do whatever they want."<br /><br />The family have a strict training routine, training daily and often six times a week.<br /><br />Ilya said: "First we run for a few minutes and then there is a gymnastic warm-up. <br /><br />"Then we do exercises for strength and stretching and only after that do the kids start to train aerial straps for 60-90 minutes.<br /><br />"We usually do this five or six times a week.<br /><br />"They all know how to do splits, my wife and I teach them to do handstands and somersaults, since we are former acrobatics<br /><br />"And of course we spend most of the time learning new tricks on the aerial straps, aerial hoop and aerial pole."<br /><br />Ilya says that Zara "really" enjoys performing and is always itching to perform between breaks.<br /><br />He said: "Zara enjoys the solo performance very much. e<br /><br />"Every time we have a big break between performances, Zara asks when are we going to perform again. <br /><br />"I think she really likes the attention! <br /><br />"For her this is the second season of work and she's really thrown herself into it, but at the same time I think she misses her older brother very much and if the opportunity presents itself, I think she will choose to perform with him, rather than a
