“The extravaganza performance “Stars of the Olympic Arena” is about the friendship of the circus and sports. It glorifies the impulse, takeoff, courage, inspiration and other qualities inherent in sports, without which victory cannot be achieved. Athletes participate in the performance, and it includes performances showing high achievements masters of the arena [...] In the second part, called “Circus on the Water”, as already mentioned, the arena is replaced by a swimming pool, with a small island in the center. Everyone has heard fair calls that the circus should more actively draw on sports when creating new acts. The department is opened by a artistic swimming group headed by V. Maksimov. Maybe; The performance of synchronized swimming masters could be made more circus-like, but even now it is quite beautiful and impressive"
Fragment from the article "In the Moscow Circus on the Lenin Hills"
Author: K. Ganeshin