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Meet VSO staff at the 37th World Festival of the Circus of Tomorrow. Held at the Cirque Phénix’s big top in Paris, from 28 to 31 January 2016. Considered to be the Olympics of Circus Arts, the 37th World Festival of the Circus of Tomorrow is one of the most prestigious circus festivals. > See the event website.

VSO and French partner SIRC are currently proceeding with the first assembly test for the frame of the first itinerant big top in China.
The project needed to match the gigantic installations planned within as well as meeting Chinese, US and European standards. Setting a new record size-wise: over 150 tonnes for the frame, supporting a 50-tonne technical platform under the dome with a diameter of 26m.
Watch this space: in December we will publish a photo report live from Shanghai.

Delivered to the Shanghai Acrobatics Troupe, which works with the Shanghai city council, the big top will be travelling all over China, Asia and then Europe. The big top is due for delivery in September 2015. Characteristics: Main tent: 52 m x 66 m, height 25 m 6 masts. Admissions tent: 18 m x 50 m, 3 masts. Seating capacity: 1,953

VSO is producing its first big top for Shanghai with the Shanghai Acrobatics Troupe. After three years of development and technical adjustments, the deal was finally clinched in December 2014. VSO thus gained a footing on the Chinese market. Big Top 52 m x 66 m, height 25 m, 1,953 seating capacity