SAINT-PETERSBURG (AFP) – World-famous Russian mime Slava Polunin was just a few months into his appointment as head of Russia's oldest circus when an animal rights scandal laid bare his uneasy ...

A protracted, sporadically gorgeous mixture of “Let It Snow” and Sartre’s “No Exit,” the cold front known as “Slava’s Snowshow” was created in St. Petersburg more than a decade ago by Russian ...

It’s a crisp November morning and Slava Polunin is paddling his way down an idyllic river – in a floating bed. The 63-year-old Russian isn’t escaping some sort of natural disaster. Instead, the ...

It's amazing how an infusion of cash can transform a show. "Slava's Snowshow," an offbeat, otherworldly clown show created by master Russian clown Slava Polunin, has cleaned up its endearingly scruffy ...

World-renowned clown Slava Polunin arrived in New York City on Wednesday and made it snow at Sardi's Restaurant, ahead of the Broadway return of his Tony-nominated, Olivier Award-winning international ...

Slava’s Snowshow has delighted audiences worldwide for nearly two decades. As it comes to London’s Royal Festival Hall, Nuala Calvi finds out how its creator Slava Polunin combines clowning, ...

SUNDAY morning at Slava Polunin’s house in Marne, south-east of Paris, is an eye-popping affair. Circus acrobats entangle themselves in elegant inversions in his rehearsal room, while jugglers ...