World Festival of Circus Arts
1997
Raffaele De Ritis acted in the project as production coordinator/advisor
Producer Eduardo Murillo
Artistic director Alexandre Grimailo
A project by Rosgoscirk - Russian State Circus Company
Red Square, Moscow, Russia


The largest circus festival ever held.
A 5000-seats big top on Moscow's Red Square for a competition of 200 artists from 5 continents for 10 days.
Opening ceremony consisting of 13 open-air circus rings with movie-style set constructions,500 performers and animals.
Funded with 2 million dollar from Russian State.
Curiosities from The New York Times about political controversies raised at the time by the project.