Circostrada Network

The goal of The Effective Circus Project (Finland) is to increase the employment in the circus field by improving the circus organizations’ prerequisites for acting as the employers of the professionals of social and applied circus. The project started on November 11th 2011 and will close on February 28th 2014. A final seminar will be held on 12 and 13 December 2013.
 
The team is planning to organise an international seminar on 14 December in order to share their results internationally and for circuses and researchers to present their studies on the effects of circus and to share their methods and good practises of evaluation. However they need to know if there is enough interest from the social circus field to make the seminar happen, so if you are interested, please contact sofia.kakko@uta.fi or piia.karkkola@uta.fi.

For more information: www.vaikuttavasirkus.fi

In collaboration with other international organisations such as Roberto Cimetta Fund, Delfina Foundation, On the Move, University of Deusto and ENCATC, the digital platform and journal InterArtive is preparing a special issue dedicated to the relationship between Art and Mobility.

In this context, InterArtive invites academics, critics, curators and artists who work on the subject art and mobility’ to participate. Proposals should consider topics such as mobility, cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue; migration, exile and diaspora; obstacles to mobility and visa issues; human interaction, responsibilities, eco-mobility; nomadic art practices; translation and language; and virtual mobility, among others. Proposals should be submitted by 15 July 2013.

For more information: interartive.org

The professional registrations for GDIF2013 Showcase are now open. This showcase is presented by Greenwich+Docklands International Festival in association with XTRAX.

Now in its third edition, GDIF2013 Showcase presents outdoor work from UK and international companies and provides delegates with a chance to learn more about new projects in development, attend seminars and professional meetings, make new contacts and network with street artists, companies and arts organisations working in the outdoor performance sector.

21 - 23 June in London. For more information: xtrax.org.uk/gdif2013showcase/

Thanks to a grant from Kulturkontakt Nord, the New Nordic Circus Network offers two residencies of one month to two different artistic companies.

One selected company will be welcomed for one month to Subtopia in Sweden (anytime between 1 Sep-15 Dec.), and another one for one month to Cirko Center in Finland (18 Nov-15 Dec). The residency will cover the company´s costs for travels, transport, accommodation and per diems for the whole time period. There will be an artistic mentor and the possibility of production coaching and rigging/technical consulting. The deadline is the 1^st of June.

For more information: www.subtopia.se
 

Circostrada Network publishes the synthesis of discussions of the second edition of Fresh Circus, European seminar on the sustainable development of circus arts, that took place on April 2012 in the Parc and Grande Halle de la Villette (Paris, France). The goal of this moment of reflection and exchange was to formulate a series of practical recommendations to improve the infrastructure and recognition of the sector. The seminar gathered 490 participants from 42 countries.

Download the publication (.pdf)

> Street Arts and Circus: Encouraging European Cooperation Projects 2013
> Public Strategies for Circus and Street Arts
> European Capital of Culture Programme and Circus Arts
> Education in Street Arts