Pavel Kotov

Pavel Kotov has been holding various positions as a member of the Casting of Cirque du Soleil in Montreal, Canada. Currently, as the Senior Director of Casting and Artist Management, Pavel is leading the team that is responsible for recruiting of artists for all new creations, events and existing shows of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group.

He is also a current member of the Board of Directors of Gymnastics Canada – the National Sports Federation governing the development of gymnastics. Prior to his arrival in Canada, Pavel held a number of roles in Public Relations and Marketing in the industry of sports and fitness. He is a former world-class acrobatic gymnastics athlete and Judge for the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) and also performed as an artist in the Russian Bars act of the Bolshoi Moscow State Circus.