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''Slava's Snowshow'' is a stage show created and staged by
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Slava Polunin Vyacheslav Ivanovich “Slava” Polunin PARDrama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience and was nominated for the
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Productions

''Slava's Snowshow'' made its world premiere in October 1993 in Moscow.Gans, Andrew
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Playbill, August 22, 2019 ''Slava's Snowshow'' opened Off-Broadway on September 8, 2004 at the Union Square Theatre, created and staged by Slava Polunin, with costumes and scenic design by Anna Hannikainen.Jones, Kenneth
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Playbill, November 5, 2005 The show closed on January 7, 2007. The show opened on
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on December 7, 2008 and closed on January 4, 2009 after 7 previews and 35 performances. The show was created and staged by Slava Polunin, with sound by Rastyam Dubinnikov, lighting by Alexander Pecherskiy and art direction by Gary Cherniakhovskii.''Slava's Snowshow''
Playbill Vault, accessed August 23, 2019 The show opened at the
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in London in 1997. The show ran at the Royal Festival Hall, London from December 17, 2012 to January 7, 2013. The show returned to the Royal Festival Hall from December 18, 2017 to January 4, 2018. The show ran at the Bluma Appel Theatre at St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto in December 2018. The reviewer wrote: " 'Slava’s Snowshow' is a puzzling theatrical art form, but strangely alluring to watch as I couldn’t take my eyes off the performers. Their movements are precisely choreographed and timed either to the music or the sounds echoing throughout the auditorium." The show will run on Broadway at the
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in a limited engagement starting on November 11, 2019 in previews through January 5, 2020.


Overview

The show features a group of clowns wearing green with one clown wearing yellow, in a "celebration of winter and snow."


Awards and nominations

The show won the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience. Anna Hannikainen was nominated for the 2005
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for Outstanding Costume and Scenic Design. ''Slava's Snowshow'' won the 1998
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for Best Entertainment."Olivier Awards, 1998"
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Gallery

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Music

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References


External links


Official website
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