Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant was written by Igor Stravinsky in 1942. He composed it for a ballet production that the choreographer George Balanchine did for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The ballet was performed by fifty elephants and fifty ballerinas. In 1944, Stravinsky published an orchestration of the piece, which is now part of the repertoire of many orchestras.

Date of composition 1942
Premiered 1942, April 9th (Madison Square Garden) in New York, NY, United States
Type Ballet
Instruments Orchestra
Arrangements Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka for an orchestra
Autotranslations beta Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant
Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant
Igor Strawinsky: Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant