The World Festival of Clowns in Yekaterinburg

The World Festival of Clowns in Yekaterinburg is an annual festival of the world clownery, taking place in Yekaterinburg, Russia, since 2008. The organizers of this festival are People's artist of Russia Anatoly Marchevsky and People's artist of Russia Alexander Kalmykov.

About
The festival is dedicated to:


 * cultural tolerance: participants from all over the world take part in this event: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the US, China, Ukraine, Peru, Belarus, the Netherlands, Russia, Hungary, Denmark, Switzerland, Brazil, Belgium, Israel, Canada, etc.
 * development of international relationships in the sphere of culture and arts;
 * in memory of the clown, mime, writer and the creator of a new clown character "sad clown", People's Artist of Armenian SSR - Leonid Yenghibarov.

Organising committee
The World Festival of Clowns is organized by Honoured Artist of Russia Boris Vazhenin, People's artist of Russia Anatoly Marchevsky and People's artist of Russia Alexander Kalmykov.

Periodicity
The World Festival of Clowns is an annual event that has been taking its place since 2008.