Kuklachev’s family wants to repeat the anniversary show with the artist’s participation in September

MOSCOW, April 15 The Kuklachev family decided to repeat the anniversary show of People's Artist of the RSFSR Yuri Kuklachev in September with his participation, but without circus stunts, said his representative Olga Cardokienė.
““The Kuklachev family has decided to repeat the anniversary show in September with the participation of Yuri Dmitrievich himself. Only, of course, without circus tricks with his participation,” said the agency’s interlocutor.
On Friday, Kuklachev became ill at his anniversary concert “The Kindest Clown” at the Vegas City Hall; he was taken away in an ambulance with heart complaints, the artist’s son said. The general director of the Great Moscow Circus on Vernadsky Avenue, Edgard Zapashny, reported that Kuklachev was in serious but stable condition, he had a massive heart attack.

Kuklachev’s anniversary show “The Kindest Clown” at the Vegas City Hall was held with April 12 to 14. After the artist’s hospitalization, all the artists took part in the performance, including Kuklachev’s children, but without the hero of the day.

Russian clown and trainer, People's Artist of the RSFSR Kuklachev was born on April 12, 1949. Since 1967 he performed at the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. In 1971 he graduated from the State School of Circus and Variety Arts. Since 1990 he has run his own theater of trained cats. He became the first Russian director of circus acts with trained cats. The theater has received many international awards, including the Gold Cup and the title of «The Most Original Theater in the World», received during its Paris tour. The life and work of Yuri Kuklachev are dedicated to the documentaries “With a Kind Smile” (1980, directed by Yuri Dubravin) and “The Cat and the Clown” (1984, Sergei Vologdin).