ater . ▁The ▁participants ▁believed ▁Konst antin ▁Stanis lav ski , ▁who ▁stated ▁that ▁any ▁the ater ▁dies ▁after ▁it ▁has ▁existed ▁for ▁ 2 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁Pol un in ▁organized ▁The ▁Car avan ▁of ▁Peace , ▁in ▁which ▁m imes ▁from ▁different ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁were ▁on ▁the ▁road ▁for ▁half ▁a ▁year ▁giving ▁street ▁performances ▁in ▁many ▁European ▁cities . ▁Later , ▁he ▁started ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁F ools , ▁the ▁center ▁devoted ▁to ▁the ▁" res urre ction ▁of ▁the ▁car n ival ▁culture ▁in ▁Russia ". ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁started ▁with ▁Pol un in ' s ▁own ▁money , ▁but ▁when ▁the ▁money ▁was ▁spent , ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁fro zen . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁Pol un in ▁declared ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁make ▁a ▁few ▁commer cially ▁successful ▁shows ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁and ▁then ▁return ▁to ▁continue ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁Academy ▁with ▁the ▁money ▁earned . ▁Among ▁the ▁shows ▁he ▁organized ▁were ▁the ▁highly ▁successful ▁S lava ' s ▁Snow show ▁( С не ж ное ▁ш о у ) ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁hit ▁in ▁over ▁ 8 0 ▁countries , ▁and ▁Di ab olo ▁devoted ▁to ▁" com ical ▁med itation ▁on ▁life , ▁death , ▁and ▁the ▁beauty ▁of ▁the ▁universe ". ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁earned ▁many ▁pr estig ious ▁awards ▁including ▁Gold ▁Ang le ▁( Sc ot land ), ▁Gold ▁N ose ▁( Sp ain ), ▁Tri umph ▁( Russ