Circostrada Network

If you are a European network representing cultural stakeholders and would like more information on the European Commission’s proposal for a future Creative Europe Programme, register for the information session the Commission is holding on 30 January 2012 in Brussels, from 2 p.m. in the auditorium of Tour Madou, Madouplein 1, St. Joost ten Noode, Brussels. Registrations should be made by Friday, 20 January.

For more information : ec.europa.eu

With the aim of contributing to the diffusion of research in the field of cultural management at the European level, Ros Roca Group and FiraTàrrega have launched the Ramon Roca Boncompte International Award for Cultural Management Studies.
Studies that refer to the analysis or the field work in cultural management, such as case studies, impact on the territory, comparative studies, cooperation, cultural policies, analysis of organisations, typologies of professionals and audiences, sponsorship and patronage, etc.
The prize consists of € 6,000 The deadline is the 1^st of April 2012.

For more information: www.firatarrega.cat
 

The dates for the next edition of Subcase are now set: the 16-17th of February 2012. You can register now on the Subcase website. Next year the programme of Subcase will be Nordic, hence presenting performances not only from Sweden but also from Norway, Denmark and Finland. The programme for Subcase 2012 will be released the 16th of January.

The day before Subcase (15 Febuary 2012), Subtopia is organising a half day seminar for programmers. This seminar is an opportunity to gain knowledge about the artistic expressions and aesthetic trends in European and Nordic contemporary circus, about how an international circus festival works with audience development and about what is technically specific when presenting circus. The seminar is specifically for programmers of Nordic venues and festivals.

For more information and registration : subtopia.se
 

Professional companies that are interested in submitting a proposal to participate in the FiraTàrrega Official Programme can send in their documentation until 31 January 2012. Participants wishing to take part in Creation Labs or in a Creative Residency are kindly asked to send their application until the 16 December 2011.
 
The Creation Lab is an annual FiraTàrrega competition that has the objective of encouraging the production of street performances. It is intended for new artists, emerging talents and experienced professionals that are beginning a business project that is interested in producing shows for an urban setting. It is designed for companies, circus artists or creators, dance or theatre, with administrative residence in Catalonia. The selected project will receive financial support from FiraTàrrega of € 4,000 as well as a creative residency in Tàrrega for a maximum period of four weeks between March and August.

For more information : www.firatarrega.cat
 

Circostrada Network has updated the guide "Circus and Street Arts: Professional Organisations in Europe".

Since 2009, Circostrada Network strengthens its dialogue with the circus and street arts trade unions and federations that work within the European territory. In order to facilitate exchange and cooperation, Circostrada Network publishes every year a detailed directory of these organisations.

Download the guide here.

Circostrada Network organises a second work seminar on the sustainable development of circus arts in Europe, to be held in Paris the 12 & 13 of April 2012. Professionals from the performing arts sector are invited to discuss the structuring of the circus arts and input in the debates through an online consultation, to be launched Europe-wide in December 2011. Contributors would send examples of good practice, observations and propositions. This seminar will take place in partnership with the Festival Hautes Tensions (Parc de la Villette), the Institut Français, HorsLesMurs, the Stradda magazine, the Foundation BNP-Paribas and ONDA.

More information soon here.