Festival of world’s best clowns to be held in St. Petersburg in December

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MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. The festival of the world’s greatest clowns will be held in the Big St. Petersburg State Circus (a branch of the Russian State Circus Company) in early December, the company said on its official Instagram page on Tuesday.

"The Big St. Petersburg Circus on the Fontanka River will open its doors at the festival of the world’s best clowns at the beginning of December. This grand and beautiful event will be a wonderful start for beginning celebrations to mark the circus’ centenary," the report said.

The best masters of their genre - David Larible, Cesar Dias, Don Christian, the clown’s trio "Without Socks," Boris Oskotsky and Vladimir Georgievsky - will perform before the audience.

"Believe me, that will be a breathtaking, spectacular and exquisite event, which we plan to hold this year," Dmitry Ivanov, Director General of the Russian State Circus Company, has been quoted as saying.