Kyiv Municipal Academy of Variety and Circus Arts
School for performing arts in Ukraine
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The Kyiv Municipal Academy of Variety and Circus Arts (Ukrainian: Київська муніципальна академія естрадного та циркового мистецтва, romanized: Kyivska munitsypalna akademiia estradnoho ta tsyrkovoho mystetstva) is a Ukrainian institution of higher education, training stage and circus performers.
Founded as a Republic-wide studio in 1961 in the Ukrainian SSR,[1] it became a state school and later the Kyiv State College of Circus and Variety Arts. In 2008 it gained the status of a Municipal Academy.[2]
The academy has three faculty divisions comprising 190 instructors: the Circus Art Faculty, the Musical Art Faculty, and the Theatrical Art Faculty.
Notable alumni
- Andriy Danylko, comedian and singer, Honored Artist of Ukraine, known for the character Verka Serduchka