The amazing Viktor Kee, aka Viktor Kiktev, is an award-winning professional juggler, Show Director, founder of the Virtual Juggling Academy, model, and a Certified Trainer at CIRQO. He shot to fame when he appeared on Season 11 of the reality TV show, America’s Got Talent, where he finishing in the Top 10. In 2014 he formed the not-for-profit organisation, the Viktor Kee Foundation, with a goal to empower children with creativity in regions of poverty or destress.
Born and raised in Ukraine to a dancer mother and musician father, Kee attended a children’s ballet school, and later joined Uday, a local children circus school where he was trained in acrobatics, equilibristics, magic, clowning and juggling. In 1989, he entered the Professional Circus School in Kiev, and developed his artistic skills in juggling. His unique style caught the eye of well-known Ukrainian choreographer, Nikolay Baranov, who helped him to further develop his act. Kee’s career took off in 1994 when he won the Silver Medal and the Raspini Award at the 17th International Circus Festival Cirque de Demain in Paris. He began to perform around the world using the stage name “Viktor Kee”, and in 1999 he joined Cirque du Soleil. In 2003 he won a Silver Clown Award at the 27th International Circus Festival, and in 2004 he received a Gold Medal at a Cirque de Demain special event. In 2006 he opened his own company, Art Vision Production, which specialised in artistic development and management. In 2016, he entered the reality TV show, America’s Got talent, and later appeared on America’s Got Talent: The Champions. In 2020 he began teaching a series of masterclasses for CIRQO.co, and since 2021, has been a performer at Le Cirque with the World’s Top Performers.
Kee regularly connects with his legions of dedicated followers and fans through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, juggling pictures and videos of his incredible acrobatic life. He has his own YouTube channel, Viktor Kee, as well as an official website, viktorkee.com.