The Great Moscow State Circus (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ??????????????? ???? ?? ????????? ???????????) is an auditorium in Moscow located at the Vernadsky Prospekt.It was opened 30 April 1971. It can seat up to 3,400 people and the height of the amphitheatre is 36 metres. Performances are held each day in the afternoon and evening. [1] The circus has 5 arenas (equestrian, water, illusionist, ice rink, and light-effect) located 18 metres below the floor which can be swapped during the performance. Initially the Circus building was merely a performance venue. In early 1990s its own company was formed. It is headed by Leonid Kostyuk, a former circus artist, equilibrist. The company employs several hundred performers and tours as the "Great Moscow State Circus". [2] The Moscow State Circus is a state-owned enterprise. In 2007 an attempt to privatize was initiated, strongly opposed by the circus artists. [3] Eventually President of Russia Vladimir Putin banned this attempts. [4]

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United Kingdom

The same name is used by a touring UK circus owned and run by the European Entertainment Corporation. The circus started in around 1998 when it leased artists from the The Great Moscow Circus in Russia. The circus consists of a cast of thirty-one performers, including clowns, trapeze artists, aerial acrobats, springboard acrobats and illusionists, but does not feature animals ^[5].

See also

• Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard

References

1. "Great Moscow Circus official website"
2. The Great Moscow State Circus
3. "The circus on Vernadsky Prospekt Can be Privatized"
4. "Putin Banned Privatization of Lenfilm and the Circus at the Vernadsky"
5. European Entertainment Corporation - Seek Venues