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Circus artists from Mongolia have performed all over the world.

But their training centre is a hall which is 100 years old.

It's going to fall down soon.

That's bad news for the future of the circus, which is popular there.

Finding another place to practise is impossible.

The artists' former centre became private in 2007.

Now it's used for concerts and similar events.

A new circus training centre was promised by the government.

Work has gone on for years, but the centre still isn't finished.

Former circus director Gerelbaatar Yunden says new training centres are necessary to make circuses popular again.

Meanwhile, the circus school has rented some space outside the capital.

Students have to travel by train.

Another problem, says student Bayarchimeg Erdenebayar, is there's little space to practise.

Some of Mongolia's most famous performers are the contortionists, who can move their bodies in special ways.

Now parents are putting their children in private schools to learn.

These children may move abroad in future.

85 percent of Mongolian contortionists have left, and this teacher says it's the government's fault.

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