Expect four days of slapstick struggles as young stars from Beiing, Moscow and Swiss Circuses as well as France's Ecole Fratellini compete in acrobatic and clowning competitions.
You can watch the entrants (aged 12 to 30) battle it out with squirty flowers, scary contortions and elaborate facepaint in four spectacular shows.
Circus Festival of Tomorrow, Circque Phenix, Pelouse de Reuilly, 75012 Paris, tel 01 40 55 50 5, M° Porte Dorée or Freedom