Famous artists from 7 countries take part in the project:
Italy, Colombia, Spain, Cuba, Ireland, Germany, Belarus.
Event program
- The highlight of the program is exclusive number "Trio of Elephants" under the leadership of the Gartner brothers (Germany-Ireland) laureates of International competitions of circus artists in Italy, Spain, winners of the competition in Monte Carlo. These elephants are also famous for starring in Naomi Campbell's music video. And the independent performance of little artists, who are from 2 to 5 years old, with the giants of our planet will not leave anyone indifferent!
- Duet of tightrope walkers from Colombia, brothers Rosero Erazo will ride without insurance on bicycles on a tightrope under the dome of the circus!
- Italian snake tamer and charmer Bruno Mejjalaro will show a bewitching and spectacular number, where giant pythons, anacondas, scorpions, iguanas and huge meat-eating spiders demonstrate their strength. The trainer is the only one in the world who puts poisonous spiders in his mouth. For this trick, Bruno was twice awarded the entry into the Guinness Book of Records.
- Tricks on flip boards will show acrobats from Spain, the Guerreiro family. Together with fearless children, they perform incredibly complex somersaults.
- Animal trainer from Belarus - Serge Bondarchuk will bring a performance with charming Dalmatian ponies and llamas, who from the first minutes to the end of the performance do not let go of the attention of the little spectators.
- Artists from Germany will show mind-blowing tricks on the "wheel of fear" without insurance at a height of more than 10 meters with a blindfold.
- An enchanting, incendiary performance of a ballet from Cuba in bright carnival costumes accompanies the program throughout the evening. Ballet director Haile Monier Edles is the real star of the most famous Cuban pop group Tropicana Stars (Havana).
- Funny clown from Spain Coco not only makes the children's audience laugh, which is delighted with him, but also works in several circus genres and performs quite complex tricks.
Only in our circus there is a unique opportunity to take pictures on elephants, ride a pony!
The duration of the performance is 2 hours with an intermission.
Tickets
Children under 3 years old go with an adult free of charge, with you to have a document confirming the age of the child. From the age of 3, a full ticket is purchased.
The price of tickets in the new season remains the same from 800 to 1900 rubles.
Tickets can be purchased at the circus box office at the address: Moscow, Sokolniki Park, 5th Luchevoi prosek 5A, building 2, pavilion 3.
The box office is open daily from 10:00 to 18:00.
The Circus of Big Animals invites you to a unique New Year's interactive show with wild animals.
From December 18 in Sokolniki, the Circus of Big Animals gives a grandiose New Year's performance. The audience is waiting for an extraordinary detective investigation, in which a rhinoceros, a giraffe, elephants, a white lion and two tigers, a monkey and a tightrope walker goat will take part. The star cast of the show is world-class artists, winners of the Monte Carlo Festival and many prestigious competitions and awards.
Until January 10, 2016, each viewer will become a participant in an exciting interactive performance, organized at a high professional level. Gorgeous costumes, bright lighting effects, dangerous and risky performances with predators, a bewitching soap bubble show where everyone can find themselves inside a giant soap bubble, magical music - all this keeps the viewer's attention from the first minute and does not let them get bored until the end of the program. The whirlpool of events in the New Year's detective will capture everyone - parents and young viewers will be involved in the investigation into the kidnapping of the rising circus star monkey Chika. Everyone will be under suspicion, especially the highlight of this season, the only goat in the world - the tightrope walker Chanfa. And whether circus artists Zoika and Zhenya will find the monkey symbol of the new 2016 or Chika will disappear forever from the famous show of the Circus of Big Animals will be known only at the very end of the performance.
By the way, all four-legged artists are collected from all over the world. The tightrope goat Changfa and the monkey Chica came from the Chinese Imperial Circus. Chanfa translates as "walking on the clouds". Rhinoceros Boni was found in a 2-month-old cub in the African savannah, his mother was killed by hunters. Now he is 6 years old, he weighs several tons and, despite his enormous weight, he easily fulfills all the commands of the trainer Inna Zabelkina, although in circus practice it is believed that rhinos are more difficult to train than all animals and it is almost impossible to tame them. The art of training Inna disproved another statement about the absurd nature of the giraffe. Handsome Bagir loves to kiss, especially for his favorite delicacy - vanilla cracker. The high growth of 7 meters does not prevent him from waltzing gracefully around the circus arena to the thunderous applause of the audience. Another pets of Inna Zabelkina are wild cats - the white lion cub Jerry from Kenya and the Bengal tigers Baikal and Petrik demonstrate fantastic tricks.
In the final part of the New Year's performance, the Indian elephants Jenny and Magda appear. They are famous all over the world, act in films and, like real stars, enter the arena only with a pedicure. Elephants follow all the fashion trends of our time - they are vegetarians, they eat 150 kg of vegetables and fruits a day and drink 300 liters of water. Five-ton beauties raise their trainer Sergey Gulevich like a feather and circle in a dance. A ball game with the audience causes general delight, fathers and mothers, racing with their children, are trying to beat off a multi-colored ball.
At the very end, Zoya and Zhenya, with the help of the audience, still find the monkey Chika, the lost symbol of the new year, again in the circus arena. After the end of the show, all viewers are waiting for New Year's surprises.
During the break, parents can please the kids with toys and a variety of goodies, which are sold in a large assortment.
For especially selective guests, a closed VIP zone has been created with comfortable sofas, an open bar and a buffet table.
The child has been inviting to the circus for a long time. I went there once when he was four years old. I was very impressed then with elephants - their power and greatness. Has been nostalgic ever since. Therefore, when posters of the Circus of Big Animals appeared in the city, we decided that we definitely need to get there. Wishes come true! We are at the premiere!
The animal show was amazing. Interesting and unusual! Four-legged artists won us over with their performances. For the first time, animals were seen in the circus arena, which had previously been met only in zoos and could never have thought that they could be trained.
This three-ton giant with the affectionate name Boni can dance the waltz, which he easily demonstrates to the public.
And this guy, it turns out, loves to kiss.
Kisses are his signature number.
And Bagheera, that's the name of the giraffe, dances wonderfully and, despite his long paws, makes a graceful curtsy.
Predators in the show turned out to be insanely beautiful. A snow-white tiger and a lion, I have never seen such ones even in the zoo. They perform standard tricks - they jump through the hoop, walk the floor of the ladders and spin on the ball, but they do it somehow easily and naturally, without any special prodding from the trainer.
In a cage with tigers, by the way, there is a fragile woman - Inna Zabelkina, which is also quite surprising. In general, the composition of her wards is striking - a lion with tigers, a giraffe and a white rhinoceros. And she tamed everyone - she affectionately calls them babies, feeds them from her hands and scratches behind her ears.
This artist was also amazing to see in the circus. He performs an actually deadly number - he walks on the crossbar. I looked at it with a frozen heart.
In the beginning, he still could not step on it, put his front paws, and was afraid to move his hind legs. I have been looking for balance for a long time. The audience began to cheer him up with applause. I thought that his number would end there. But he, like a real circus artist, brought what he started to the end.
The goat overcame his fear and walked along the crossbar like a tightrope walker. But the number didn't end there! He turned around, walked back to the middle, climbed onto the pedestal, twirled around on it and descended victoriously down the stairs. I was amazed by what I saw, I would never have imagined that such a thing was possible.
Numbers with animals alternated with performances of jugglers and tightrope walkers. The guys had very energetic and groovy programs.
And there was a bewitching show of soap bubbles.
The pauses between the numbers were filled by the clown Seryozha. He kept calling the audience from the hall to participate in his comic rides.
The final chord of the program was Indian elephants.
These giants turned out to be very cute girls. They danced, trumpeted to the music, moved from pedestal to pedestal, crawled under each other in a plastunsky way!, rolled their mentors on a swing clamped in their mouths.
And most of all touched, of course, the ability to sit on its hind legs.
All participants of the show are great fellows! Real hard workers! So much to do, despite its size and weight. They brought a lot of pleasure to all the spectators with their numbers.
At the end of the performance and during the intermission, you can take a picture with its heroes for an additional fee. A photo with a dog is three hundred rubles, with a giraffe one and a half thousand rubles. In the lobby, you can take a free photo with life-size puppets and against the backdrop of billboards, where stars like to shoot so much. There is also a traditional sale of Chinese toys and face painting. The buffet has popcorn and cotton candy, water and pies.
Performances of the Circus of Big Animals take place in the third pavilion of Sokolniki Park, specially converted for the show. A free bus runs from the Sokolniki metro station to the pavilion. The schedule can be found on the circus website. There you can also find a floor plan to choose a seat before buying tickets. The hall is constructed in such a way that the arena is clearly visible from any place.
There are three sectors in the circus - white opposite the exit of the artists, red on the side and blue near the wings. There are few rows - only nine, the rise is large. The numbering of seats starts with a white sector and smoothly passes into the forties and fifties in blue. The numbers, of course, are focused on the white sector, but since the artists do not stand still, but move all the time, it is possible to see in detail what is happening in the arena from any sector.
The hall is very warm, just very! Even stuffy. Therefore, it is worth dressing lighter for the performance, you can even wear short sleeves. And be sure to take water with you. Thirst creeps up suddenly and imperceptibly.
The Circus of Huge Animals was first presented in Moscow in October 2013. The best and most famous artists from different countries took part in the program: Italians, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Germans and Mongols. There were dynasties of hereditary European trainers who have been passing the secrets of their business from generation to generation for more than a hundred years.
But the most important thing that children like in the Circus of Huge Animals is animals, the largest on our planet. Elephants, giraffes, hippos, zebras and lions, llamas and camels, horses of various breeds perform under the dome of the circus, from proud Arabian horses to cute ponies. Spectators can only enjoy the art of circus animals of all breeds and colors.
Everything that is in the circus is primarily aimed at a children's audience. Children under three years of age are admitted to the performances free of charge. Before the start of the program, together with a friendly usher, a funny clown approaches the guests who have entered, which will make even the most shy child laugh. Also, before the start of the performance, you can jump on a real trampoline.
Bars are installed in front of some numbers in the circus arena. If this happens, it means that now dangerous predators will appear in front of the audience. But do not be afraid - they are well-mannered and will be under the supervision of their mentor trainer. While the fence is being erected, a clown performs. Volunteers from the audience can take part in this reprise, who will get tremendous pleasure from communicating with cheerful circus performers. We warn you: those who do not want to start dancing with a reckless clown should not sit in the first row. Then there are performances of animals. Lions and tigers, horses and ponies, elephants and Dutch Frisians, as well as a tall giraffe and other furry artists, are replaced by acrobatic numbers and new performances of funny clowns.
During the intermission for children, an entertainment program with animators is held, in which young spectators willingly participate in competitions, play and dance. You can take pictures with circus performers. After refreshing yourself in the circus buffet, where prices are pleasantly surprising, return to the arena again to watch the second act with the performance of zebras, camels, llamas and horses, including cute ponies. A very interesting and unique number, where the main character is a cute hippopotamus. He is replaced by an elephant barber.
A child will not meet such a large number of large animals at the same time anywhere else in Moscow - only in the Circus of Huge Animals in Sokolniki. It's not at all like seeing animals in a picture. Animals and other circus artists are waiting for you to introduce you to a new and unknown world.
CEC, Pavilion 3
Where does it take placeAddress:
Sokolniki Park, 5th beam prosek, Congress and Exhibition Center,
pavilion №3
Less than 10 minutes walk from the central entrance to the Park, about 20 minutes walk from Sokolniki metro station.
How to get:
From the Sokolniki metro station along the boulevard to the central entrance to the park, then go straight ahead to the KVC, following the signs.
Difference from other circuses in Moscow:
We have all heard that our circus performers are the best in the world. But it turned out that this statement is only half true - after all, there are amazing circus performers in other countries. Suffice it to recall "Du Soleil" and "Chinese Circus", now regularly coming to us on tour.
The circus masters who arrange the show "Circus of Big Animals" in Sokolniki Park are an international troupe of artists from 10 countries of the world. The second feature of these performances is that there are a lot of animals performing here, much more than usual in such programs. And what is quite unusual - most of the four-legged artists are really really big animals. Among them are lions and tigers, elephants, rhino, giraffe, horses, monkeys...
And the trainers themselves, as well as artists of other genres, are mostly laureates of the Circus Art Festival in Monte Carlo. They represent Italy, Hungary, Germany, Mongolia, Bulgaria...
The large area of the arena in Sokolniki can also be attributed to the positive differences of these performances.
Ticket prices:
From 600 to 3000 rubles, depending on the row and sector.
Scheme: ticket prices depending on the seat in the hall:
Schedule and session times:
Upcoming dates:
October 24 (Saturday) - 13.00 and 17.00
October 25 (Sunday) - 13.00 and 17.00
October 30 (Friday) - 19.00
October 31 (Saturday) - 13.00 and 17.00
November 1 (Sunday) - 13.00 and 17.00
November 3 (Friday) - 19.00
November 4 (Friday) - 19.00
The duration of the performance is 2 hours 20 minutes (with intermission).
