The best from Russia and the world

EVERY great circus must have a Ringmaster and the Great Moscow Circus has the best!

Mr Stanislav Kniazkov is a graduate of the famed Moscow City School of Circus Arts and comes to South Africa on December 22 after a brilliant guest season with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, where he became an audience favourite across The United States.

The Great Moscow Circus will open its South African season at Johannesburg’s Montecasino on December 22, before setting off to tour the country, taking in Cape Town, Nelspruit, Bloemfontein, Durban and Port Elizabeth. Tickets are on sale at Computicket from R195 to R595.

Stanislav Kniazkov ‘Stas’ is an accomplished juggler and a funny, warm and welcoming traditional ringmaster. Come December, he’ll introduce the 2017 Moscow Circus programme’s troupe of circus superstars and welcome you to two hours of fabulous entertainment.

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The Russian Clown who even other clowns laugh at – Dmitri Shindrov

This clown is a one man circus! Hilariously funny, Shindrov is an inheritor of the great Russian clowning tradition; adding his name to a pantheon of clever, traditional and loveable clowns. A clown who speaks all languages without saying a word, he pops in and out of the programme several times and is a joy to laugh with.

The Catwall Trampoline

One of the new wave world circus acts. Guest stars from Canada: five talented, amazingly agile performers. Duo trampoline and a spectacular glass wall, are their truly ‘off the wall’ speciality.

Hand Balancer – Andrey Katkov

His act is eye-popping, seemingly impossible, quirky and unusual.

Juan Pablo Martinez from Mexico

A brilliant young performer in huge demand around the world, from The Swiss National Circus – Knie – to Billy Smart’s famous UK Circus.

WATCH: 

Who Can Skip?

From the playground to the world’s most famous circus ring. You’d have to say the Russians invented ‘Mega Skipping’.

Stas and Vas

A comic interlude…. nothing but good hearted fun!

Quick Change Transformation – Sixto and Lucia

Don’t blink or you’ll miss this amazing act with beautiful costumes, one then another; before another and yet another. Illusion or magic? A trick or a sleight of hand? You’ll be puzzled and thoroughly entertained. All the way from Havana, Cuba.

Horizontal Bar – The Magolas

Taking Olympic skills to new levels; superb athletes and gold medal standards. The Ukraine’s brightest stars.

The Marionette-Vitali Kazak and Dariia

A lyrical, theatrical delight. Something new for the Circus art. Modern circus at its best.

The Giant Wheel – The Diorio Boys

If you think you’ve seen the Giant Wheel before – think again! Not on one double wheel, but two! Exclusive to the 2017 Great Moscow Circus. An amazing piece of precision-built circus equipment – spinning at a furious pace, with four fearless acrobats truly risking their all to bring an act that will have South Africa talking for years. Over four tonnes of spinning, shining chrome. These four boys are circus royalty, admired by audiences and their fellow artists alike.

The Giant Trapeze – Leader: Artem Shykavets

Those daring young men on the flying trapeze are a band of pirate look-a-likes from Belarus; flying high above the circus ring, performing passes and somersaults. Their marvelous feats are aesthetically beautiful and always dangerous.

The Rubber Man – Emin Abudllaev

Weird, wonderful, eye-popping and totally amazing. From the far-away Caucasus Mountains territory of Dagestan; one of the world’s most exotic corners. Acrobats at a million miles an hour on the ‘Fast Track’!!

The Rubtsov Troupe

The biggest act in the show; one of the premiere troupes of the Great Moscow Circus. Lead by Sergei Rubtsov – he makes it looks easy but in reality it’s danger personified. Timing, team work and training; all in a whirlwind of non-stop acrobatic action.

Rolla Bolla – Sascha Williams

Edge-of-the-seat, nail-biting tension. Higher and higher he goes, balancing one cylinder on another.

The Globe of Death – The Finale!

The Great Moscow Circus brings you the biggest ‘Globe of Death Motorcycle’ act ever to hit these shores. Five speeding motorbikes, trapped in the same steel globe – how can they possibly survive?

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