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
 

The Cologne based Circus Center “ZAK Zirkus- und Artistikzentrum Köln” organises in collaboration with “Initiative Neuer Zirkus e.V.” an artistic research project called “Labor Cirque”. This laboratory focuses on the genre-transcending aspect of contemporary Circus. Together with professional artists, musicians and dancers, the aim is to develop a platform for experimentation.

The research component will be rounded off with a symposium where the results will be shown and discussed. There will also be a panel discussion on the question how to create and to stage contemporary circus pieces.

The symposium will be held on 22 June 2013 at ZAK in Cologne. International artists, performers, circus researchers and other professionals from the performing arts are invited to attend!

For more information: www.initiative-neuerzirkus.de

Unpack the Arts is a European project that offers residencies for cultural journalists as part of 12 seminal festivals in the world of contemporary circus.
Articles are published at the end of each residency, and you may download the conclusions drawn at the residencies in Copenhagen (Denmark) as part of the Ny Cirkus Festival, in Auch (France) during the CIRCa festival and in Zagreb (Croatia) as part of the Novog Cirkusa festival.

For more information: unpackthearts.eu