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 | 1944 (1942-1944) |
| Premiered | January 1944 in Boston, MA, United States by Igor Stravinsky |
| Type | Polka |
| Arrangement of | Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka: For a Young Elephant |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka for an orchestra Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Circus Polka for an orchestra Igor Strawinsky: Circus Polka for an orchestra |