This autumn, on September 23, you can again enjoy the energy of light, water, fire and music.
The schedule of the festival includes: laser and light shows, dancing fountains, grandiose fireworks, large-scale video projections that transform the apxitektypnoe space of the capital.

Tour cost: 1100 rubles/adult, 1000 rubles/preferential.

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10:45 - Gathering of the group on the Cathedral Square;

11:00 - Departure to Moscow.

15:00 - Estimated arrival in Moscow.

Walking sightseeing tour - a walk through the center of Moscow: Architecture of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Patriarchal Bridge, Volkhonka Street, architecture and history of the Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin, Monument to Vladimir the Great, Pashkov House, Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana, Library Building. Lenin, Manege, Okhotny Ryad, Famous Fountain, Alexander Garden, Changing of the Guard at the Eternal Flame, Architecture of the Moscow Kremlin, Red Square, Theater Square.

18:30 - Theatre square. Preparation for the festival. The opportunity to take the best, most convenient places to watch the Festival program.

19:30 - Beginning of the Moscow International Festival "Around the World" 2017 on Theater Square.

BIG AND SMALL THEATER. LIGHT SHOW "CELESTIAL MECHANICS".

Spectators expect a story about love and loneliness. About the impossibility of accepting one person by another, but at the same time the impossibility of existing alone.

At the same time, the story will combine the non-verbal dialogue of a couple in love and the plastic dialogue of two buildings, and the synthesis of choreography, dramatic art and light will forever erase the boundaries between the Bolshoi and Maly Theater, exposing the whole essence of human nature.

BIG AND SMALL THEATER. LIGHT SHOW "OUT OF TIME".

There is a place in Moscow where time flows according to its own laws - and this is the Maly Theater. Carefully preserving the traditions of Russian theatrical art, the Maly Theater has long become a miracle of culture and a kind of time machine that makes it possible to travel through centuries and eras.

And Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky, the symbol of the Maly Theater, its soul, invites the audience to one of these trips. Denying the linear flow of time, unique scenery created according to historical sketches will grow on two facades at once, scenes from cult performances will unfold, and their authors will not miss the opportunity to present their work, talk to each other and even joke.

BIG THEATER. SHOWING THE WORKS OF ART VISION COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS IN THE CLASSIC NOMINATION.

On the façade of the Bolshoi Theatre, spectators will be treated to new works in the genre of classical architectural video mapping. Participants will demonstrate the art of interaction of 2D-3D light-color projections on a physical object of the urban environment, taking into account its geometry and location in space.

SMALL THEATER. SHOWING THE WORKS OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE ART VISION COMPETITION IN THE "MODERN" NOMINATION.

The facade of the Maly Theater will become a canvas for the works of participants in the ART VISION competition in the Modern nomination. This nomination differs from classical architectural video mapping by the authors' constant search for and application of new technologies, tools, and knowledge in the field of modern art trends.

Viewers will experience new visions and discoveries in the field of video mapping, conveyed by artists from all over the world through light and music.

23:20 - Gathering of the group, departure to Vladimir.

03:00 - Estimated time of arrival in Vladimir.

The tour price includes:
travel by tourist class bus, each seat is insured, guide services, sightseeing tour according to the program, participation in the festival.

The Circle of Light festival will be held in Moscow for the seventh time and promises to be one of the most spectacular events of the upcoming autumn. By tradition, all performances, as well as training seminars by lighting design masters, are held at city venues in a publicly accessible free format, attracting millions of people every year, including residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, Russian and foreign tourists. So, in 2016, the "Circle of Light" reached a record attendance - more than 6 million people in five days.

In 2017, the Circle of Light will be held at six venues. The opening ceremony of the festival will take place on September 23 in Ostankino. The country's main TV tower is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The technology of projecting three-dimensional images onto an architectural object - video mapping, will allow the birthday girl to "try on" the images of the seven highest buildings in the world. The famous skyscrapers and TV towers of France, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, the USA, China, Japan and Australia will appear before the audience against the backdrop of the natural attractions of these countries, which is due to the Year of Ecology taking place in Russia. Fountains, burners, lighting fixtures will be installed on the Ostankino pond. Guests will be presented with an extraordinary multimedia show combining light, lasers, choreography of fountains and fire, as well as a grandiose pyrotechnic show. An ice rink for figure skaters will be built on the pond.

Theater Square, familiar to the regular viewers of the Circle of Light, for the first time this year, will use the facades of both the Bolshoi and Maly theaters for performances. All days of the festival, two thematic light shows will be shown here: "Celestial Mechanics" - about loneliness and love, and "Timeless" - plots based on the works of outstanding Russian playwrights. Also on the facades of the leading theaters in Russia will show the work of the finalists of the international competition Art Vision, held as part of the festival.

In the Tsaritsyno Park daily, from 19:30 to 23:00, visitors can see the impressive audiovisual performance "Palace of Senses" on the building of the Great Catherine Palace and the fascinating light and music show of fountains on the Tsaritsynsky Pond. On September 24, the art group SOPRANO by Mikhail Turetsky will perform here, and on the rest of the days the unique vocals of the female group will sound on the recording, accompanying video projections on the facade of the palace. The next day, September 25, the People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Malikov will give a concert. “Tsaritsyno Park” for the entire festival period will be decorated with amazing installations from the world's leading lighting designers.

The finale of the Circle of Light festival will be a grandiose fireworks show - the first show of Japanese pyrotechnics in Russia, which will be held in the Stroginskaya floodplain on September 27. To do this, barges will be installed on the water, on which pyrotechnic installations will be placed. The charges of Japanese fireworks are much larger than usual, each shot is made by hand, and the pattern is individual. They will open at a height of 500 meters, and the diameter of the light domes will be about 240 meters.

Festival events will be held in parallel at two indoor venues. On September 24, the Mir Theater and Concert Hall will host the Art Vision VJing contest, where teams from different countries will compete in the art of creating light images to music. And on September 23 and 24, the Digital October Center will host free educational lectures by light designers and creators of laser installations.

Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light" - one of the largest and most popular festivals in Moscow, a grand celebration of light, in which talented lighting designers and audiovisual artists from Russia and abroad compete in their skills, demonstrating large-scale light shows and unusual installations to the public.

Skillfully applying the technique of video mapping and modern multimedia technologies, the masters transform the urban space and the architectural appearance of the symbolic buildings of Moscow, the facades of which become a screen for large-scale video projections.

In 2017, the festival will be held for the seventh time.

The program of the festival "Circle of Light" 2017

Light shows as part of the festival program will be held at 7 different venues, among which will traditionally be Theater Square with the building of the Bolshoi Theater, but, unfortunately, the VDNKh space, which is no less familiar to the public, will not be involved this year: it is undergoing a large-scale reconstruction. The "highlight" of this year promises to be the Ostankino tower, the height of video projections on which will reach 330 meters.

. Ostankino

Ostankino will become one of the main venues of the festival: it is here that the opening ceremony will take place! With the help of video projection, light, lasers and fire, the audience will be shown a stunning multimedia show, the action of which will unfold both on the Ostankino Tower and on the water surface of the Ostankino Pond. Thanks to modern technologies, festival visitors will be able to travel around the world and see their natural beauties: Niagara Falls, Yellowstone Park and Bamboo Flute Caves, the sands of the Sahara, the Great Barrier Reef, Lake Baikal, Mount Fuji, French lavender fields and other places.

And on the Ostankino Tower itself, a light show will be shown on the theme of the highest buildings in the world: in turn, it will turn into the Eiffel Tower, the New York skyscraper Empire State Building and the Dubai Burj Khalifa, as well as the TV towers of Toronto, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney. The height of video projections will reach 330 meters!

The program will end with a pyrotechnic show.

. theatre square

For several years the Circle of Light festival has been held, Theater Square has become its traditional venue, however, if the show was usually shown on the facade of the Bolshoi Theater, this time it will unite 2 buildings at once: the Bolshoi and Maly theaters.

Taking into account the use of two facades at once, a unique light show was developed in which their interaction will become part of one story: the play "Heavenly Mechanics" will tell the audience about love and loneliness, about the impossibility of existing alone, but at the same time - the impossibility of fully accepting one person by another . And during the light show "Timeless", the audience in the company of Alexander Ostrovsky will get acquainted with the history and cult performances of the Maly Theater.

Also on the facades of the buildings will be shown the works of the participants of the video mapping contest "Art Vision" in the nominations "Classic" and "Modern".

. Tsaritsyno

September 23 - 27: light show, fountain show, light installations; September 24 - live performance of Turetsky's art group SOPRANO, accompanied by video projection.

In the museum-reserve "Tsaritsyno" the guests of the festival will enjoy an audiovisual mapping "Palace of Feelings", the authors of which will enliven the facade of the Great Catherine Palace and talk about its feelings. Among other things, a fountain show will be held on the Tsaritsynsky Pond, and light installations from leading lighting designers from around the world will be located in the park.

. Patriarch's Ponds

The Patriarch's Ponds will become an experimental platform: for the first time, as part of the Circle of Light festival, visual images for a pianist's live performance (Dmitry Malikov will perform classical works) will be created in real time.

. Strogino

On the last day of the festival, a 30-minute Japanese pyrotechnic show will take place in the waters of the Stroginsky backwater: hundreds of pyrotechnic charges will be launched from 4 barges.

. Concert Hall "MIR"

. Digital October

Entrance to the open areas of the Circle of Light 2017 festival is free (except for the stands), pre-registration is required to visit the program in the MIR concert hall and the Digital October center.

You can view more detailed information about the festival and get acquainted with the schedule of the venues on the official website of the "Circle of Light" festival -

2017 20 sep

VII Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light 2017"

From 23 to 27 September 2017, the capital will host the VII Moscow International Festival "Circle of Light".

The Circle of Light festival is held annually. For five days, Moscow will again turn into a city of light - lighting designers and experts in the field of audiovisual art from all over the world will transform the architectural appearance of the capital. Colorful large-scale video projections will be deployed on the most famous buildings, the streets will be lit up with fabulous installations, and fantastic multimedia shows using light, fire, lasers and fireworks will give unforgettable impressions and vivid emotions.

Entrance to the opening ceremony of the Circle of Light, as well as to other performances of the festival, is free. However, the opening ceremony can also be viewed up close - from specially organized stands. To do this, you need to get an invitation card. Invitation tickets to the opening ceremony of the festival can, in particular, be won by participating in the competition held on the official page of the festival "VKontakte".

Attention! Tickets for the stands are distributed through social services, departments of the Moscow government, and are also raffled off in competitions on the social networks of the festival.

The organizer of the festival "Circle of Light" is the Department of Sports and Tourism of the City of Moscow.

During the event, an educational program is held. It includes lectures and master classes from world-class lighting designers. All educational events are open to the public, but pre-registration is required.

Under the auspices of the Circle of Light festival, the art vision international video mapping and VJing competition will take place. Applications are accepted in three categories:

• "Classic";
• "Modern";
• "VJing".

From September 21 to 25, 2018, Moscow will host the international festival "Kryg of the World".

The Circle of Light Moscow International Festival is an annual event where lighting designers and audiovisual art experts from all over the world will transform the architectural appearance of the capital.

For a few days in September, Moscow will again become a center of attraction for light, colorful large-scale video projections will unfold on its iconic buildings, fabulous installations will illuminate the streets, and fantastic multimedia shows using light, fire, lasers and fireworks will give unforgettable impressions and vivid emotions.

The festival, which began in 2011 with three small venues, is becoming more vibrant and impressive every year. The number of sites is growing, and the mastery of visual effects, and the number of viewers who do not get tired of sharing their photos, videos and real emotions on social networks. Among the visual effects of the festival are streams of light, video projections, laser shows, light performances and pyrotechnic performances. Water and fire special effects are also used. The scale of the performances is also striking - in 2017, a show on the main building of Moscow State University. Lomonosov has exceeded 40,000 square meters. This year, light performances will be shown at seven venues. The best masters of video mapping will demonstrate their skills.

It will be free to come and enjoy the performances - admission to all festival venues is free.

The program of the festival "Circle of Light 2018"»

The venues for the Festival of Light 2018 in Moscow will be the Rowing Canal, Teatralnaya Square, Tsaritsyno, the Victory Museum, the Digital October Center and the MIR Concert Hall.

Rowing canal (opening)

September 21 The opening of the festival will be the multimedia show "Carnival of Light", which will combine the amazing possibilities of light and laser projections, choreography of fountains and fire, grandiose pyrotechnic effects.

This time, a structure of 12-meter cubes will be erected along the spit of the Grebnoy Canal for video projections, over 250 straight and 35 rotating fountains will be placed on the water, and more than 170 fire burners of various modifications will be installed on pontoons.

September 22, 23 the Moscow public will be able to see reruns of Carnival of Light.

Schedule

• September 21, 20:30-21:30 OPENING OF THE MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL "CIRCLE OF LIGHT" - MULTIMEDIA SHOW "CARNIVAL OF LIGHT"
• September 22, 20:30-21:30 MULTIMEDIA SHOW "CARNIVAL OF LIGHT"
• September 23, 20:30-21:30 MULTIMEDIA SHOW "CARNIVAL OF LIGHT"

How to get there

theatre square

Theater Square this year will use the facades of three theaters at once for light shows: the Bolshoi, Maly and RAMT. Three buildings will create a panoramic 270-degree video projection.

During the festival, an allegorical light novel about Spartacus, the story of his struggle for personal freedom and spiritual liberation will be shown here. You will also be able to see two light shows of the festival last year - "Celestial Mechanics" and "Timeless", the works of the finalists of the international competition Art Vision in the "Classic" nomination.

Schedule

• September 21, 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC VIDEOMAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FACADES OF THE BOLSHOI THEATER, THE MALY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
• September 22, 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC VIDEOMAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FACADES OF THE BOLSHOI THEATER, THE MALY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
• September 23, 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC VIDEOMAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FACADES OF THE BOLSHOI THEATER, THE MALY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
• September 24, 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC VIDEOMAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FACADES OF THE BOLSHOI THEATER, THE MALY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER
• September 25, 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC VIDEOMAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FACADES OF THE BOLSHOI THEATER, THE MALY THEATER AND THE RUSSIAN ACADEMIC YOUTH THEATER

How to get there: sq. Teatralnaya, Okhotny Ryad metro stations, Revolution Square, Teatralnaya

Tsaritsyno

This year in Tsaritsyno, the public is waiting for two new works that will be shown on the facade of the Grand Tsaritsyno Palace: the story of the Phoenix bird "The Palace of Wanderings" and an audiovisual performance about the world of the future.

Thanks to augmented reality technology, they can be easily read using cameras of mobile devices, on the screen of which animals will appear - possible inhabitants of the ecosystems of the future.

On September 24, a concert by People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Malikov will take place on the stage in front of the Grand Tsaritsyno Palace. The maestro's performance will be accompanied by video projections on the facade of the palace.

This year, the festival site in Tsaritsyno will become part of the program of the Art Vision international competition. The finalists of the competition in the nomination "Modern" will present their works on the facade of the palace.

Schedule

• September 21, 19:30–23:30
  
• September 22, 19:30–23:30
  CYCLIC VIDEOMAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FACADE OF THE LARGE Tsaritsyn PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY
• September 23, 19:30–23:30
  CYCLIC VIDEOMAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FACADE OF THE LARGE Tsaritsyn PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY
• September 24, 19:30–23:30
  CYCLIC VIDEOMAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FACADE OF THE LARGE Tsaritsyn PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY
• September 24, 20:00–21:00
  SPEECH BY DMITRY MALIKOV UNDER VIDEOMAPPING AT THE GRAND TSARITSYN PALACE
• September 25, 19:30–23:30
  CYCLIC VIDEOMAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FACADE OF THE LARGE Tsaritsyn PALACE, LIGHT INSTALLATIONS USING AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGY

How to get there: st. Dolskaya, d. 1, metro station "Tsaritsyno", "Orekhovo".

Victory Museum

For the first time in the history of the Circle of Light, the festival venue will be Museum of Victory on Poklonnaya Hill. The facade of the building will show light novels dedicated to the military past of Russia, the city of Moscow, as well as fifteen-minute VJing to the music and songs of the war years.

One of the video mapping works, Constructors of Victory, is dedicated to the designers who glorified Russia. Their inventions became the achievement of world technical thought, and participation in solving the problems of creating defense equipment brought the victory of the Russian people in the Great Patriotic War closer. The light show consists of three parts dedicated to the navy, air force, armored vehicles and automotive technology.

The second light show about Moscow is the heart of Russia. It will tell about how the lands and territories around the capital grew and united over the centuries. Spectators will make a journey over our vast homeland, see the nature of the Urals, Siberia and the Far East, admire the breadth of our rivers and the landscapes of Crimea.

Schedule

Daily from September 21 to 25: 19:30–23:30 CYCLIC VIDEOMAPPING SHOWINGS ON THE FACADE OF THE VICTORY MUSEUM

How to get there: from the metro station "Park Pobedy" of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line to the museum on foot about 13 minutes. From the Kutuzovskaya metro station of the Filevskaya line, you can get to the museum by driving 3 stops by buses No. 91, No. 840, No. 818, No. 205 or minibuses No. 506m, No. 10m, No. then following on foot through the park for 5 minutes.

Concert Hall "Mir"

On Saturday evening in the concert hall "Mir" fans of club music will be waiting for an international light and music party - a competition between VJs from different parts of the world - contestants of the third nomination of the Art Vision contest - "VJing".

Schedule

How to get there: Tsvetnoy b-r, 11, building 2, metro station Trubnaya, Tsvetnoy boulevard

Digital October

As part of the educational program at the Digital October Center, leading experts in lighting design and video projection from all over the world will share their experience in implementing large-scale projects, talk about the pitfalls of the organizational process, and discuss technical innovations and current trends.

The program includes workshops, panel discussions and lectures.

Schedule

How to get there: emb. Bersenevskaya, d. 6, building 3, metro stations Kropotkinskaya, Polyanka

Rowing canal (closing)

The closing of the festival will be dedicated to the cross year of Japan and Russia. Spectators of the final performance will be surprised by a 40-minute show of Japanese pyrotechnics, known throughout the world for its unique beauty and scale. Large-caliber charges will be involved in it, and the opening diameter of the largest of them will reach almost 1 kilometer in the sky!

Schedule

21:30-22:15 CLOSING OF THE MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL "Circle of Light" - MUSICAL AND PYROTECHNICAL SHOW ACCOMPANIED WITH COLORFUL VIDEOMAPPING

How to get there: From the Molodezhnaya metro station, bus number 229 to the Grebnoy Kanal stop or bus number 691 to the Krylatsky Most stop. From the metro station "Krylatskoye" bus No. 829 to the stop "Rowing Canal" or trolleybus No. 19 to the stop "Krylatsky Most".

The official website of the festival is https://lightfest.ru