Circus associations across the globe have celebrated World Circus Day on the third Saturday of April since 2010.
Circus associations across the globe have celebrated World Circus Day on the third Saturday of April since 2010.
Under the patronage of H.S.H. Princess Stephanie of Monaco, this day aims to preserve and promote circus culture.
Photo: performance at the Moscow State Circus on Vernadsky Avenue.
Photo: performance at the Moscow State Circus on Vernadsky Avenue.
The Royal Tigers of Sumatra show at the Sochi circus.
Circus legend Irina Bugrimova (1910—2001) was the first female lion and tiger trainer in the Soviet Union. She trained more than 70 big cats during her career.
Many movies about circus were made in the Soviet Union.
Photo: Actress Marina Polbentseva as tiger trainer in the 1965 movie, New Show Today.
Photo: Actress Marina Polbentseva as tiger trainer in the 1965 movie, New Show Today.
Soviet movie star Yury Nikulin began his career as a clown. In 1982 he took the management of Moscow's oldest Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
Oleg Popov began his career in the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. He was the first Soviet clown to perform in the west. Popov has lived in Germany since 1991.
The Congress of Fools clown festival organized by clown Slava Polunin.
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© Photo : Olivier Samson/Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil, a Canadian entertainment company founded by two former street performers in 1984. Its shows, self-described as a dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment," rank among the most popular in the world.
Circus performers from Kazakhstan.
Alisa Gashokina, a star of the Moscow Water Circus.
Circus gymnasts Yekaterina and Sergei Ostudin.
Circus rider Violetta Serzh-Atamanova at the Russian Circus Princess festival in Saratov.
