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The name Moscow State Circus has long been used by troupes of Russian circus performers in the West. The first such tour was in 1956, when the Moscow State Circus amazed audiences in Paris and in London.
Such a tour is currently being promoted and produced in the United Kingdom by The European Events Corporation, a company formed for this specific purpose. Since 1995, individual artistes have been able to take advantage of new post-Soviet freedoms to agree to terms and travel abroad. The current production, which began touring in April 2011, is entitled Babushkin Sekret ('Grandmother's secret') and is themed around the Russian story of The Twelve Chairs. There is a cast of twenty-seven performers, including clowns, acrobats and jugglers, and the show features a wide variety of acts that involve perch pole, static trapeze, aerial silk, chinese pole, and high wire techniques. The show climaxes with a spectacular chair balancing act involving a tower of chairs approximately 10 metres high.
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