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Ana Desetnica is a street theatre festival that takes place and connects several cities: Ljubljana and Maribor with Nova Gorica, Kranj, Koper, Kamnik, Celje and Šoštanj. The festival is involved in a street arts education programme and works for the promotion and development of street theatre on the entire Slovene territory. Ana Desetnica was co-organiser of several European projects.
Sector: outdoor arts
Contact: Goro Osojnic
Address: Trg Prekomorskih brigad 1 – 1000 Ljubljana – Slovenia
Articulation is Scotland’s umbrella organisation for physical performance (a term used in Scotland to mean circus, street theatre and physical theatre as thèse sectors are strongly inter-related here). The organisation receives no core funding and has no staff but is actively engaged with the development of the sector through advocacy, strategic planning, facilitating partnerships and close involvement with infrastructural initiatives.Fields: circus, street theatre, physical theatre
Address: 25 Shaw’s Street, Edinburgh EH7 4PH, Scotland, UK
contact@articulation-arts.org
www.articulation-arts.org
Brugge Plus is the city of Bruges agency for festival and events. Circus and street performances are a vital part of the activities we organize. Cirque Plus is a three day festival presenting international artists in the field of contemporary circus. It is an annual outdoor festival around mid July. Other circus and street theater acts are programmed in several events around the year.
Fields: circus, street theatre, outdoor performances and installations
Contact person: Tim Billiet, coordinator
Address: Wollestraat 53, 8000 Brugge, Belgium
Tim.billiet@bruggeplus.be
www.cirqueplus.be
Based in the heart of the rural department of Gers, the city of Auch with its 24,000 inhabitants, hosts and is at the source of CIRCa - National Centre for Circus Arts - (formerly known as Circuits), the cultural and artistic activities and programs of which, are a driving force in the field of performing arts and are internationally recognized in the field of Circus Arts. For 25 years now, the festival CIRCa has been one of the most important meeting places for contemporary circus and for circus schools in France. A new Center for Research and Innovation in Circus Arts - CIRC - has been opened in 2012. This place is dedicated to circus creation and performance.
Tel: + 33 5 62 61 65 08
Circo Circolo organises once every two years an international festival for new circus. Besides that it promotes and advocates for New Circus in the Netherlands, initiates projects on new circus, organises projects in elementary schools and social circus. Circo Circolo was the first festival in the Netherlands focussing on new circus. Circo Circolo initiates meeting for promoters in Dutch and Flemish theatres and festivals.Field: circus arts
Address: Postbus 1407, 5200 BL ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tel: 00 31 6 53 43 69 72
info@circocircolo.nl
www.circocircolo.nl
The Circus Development Agency has been set up by a group of people with a professional involvement in circus. The group includes representatives from both the traditional and contemporary circus community; the major UK promoters and circus training centres; touring circus companies and community circus schools; venue-based circuses and other circus arts projects. The organisation is the advocacy agency for circus in England.Contact person: Verena Cornwall / Director
Address: 13 Longfield Close, North Waltham, Hampshire, RG25 2EL, UK
Circus Futures is an arts organisation whose work focuses on contemporary circus. Within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, Circus Futures has been working to develop the work of emerging circus artists and also assisting to publicise established circus companies.
Fields: circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Verena Cornwall / Executive Producer
Address: 7 Clifton Road, SO22 5BP Winchester, UK
Tel: 00 44 794 1480040
verena@circusfutures.org
www.circusfutures.org
Circus Village is the first and only funded professional project for development of contemporary circus in Norway. The Circus Village is dedicated to develop, produce and present contemporary circus, Norwegian projects, Nordic and other international projects.
The main activity since 2009 is to produce and arrange a Mobile Circus Village that is a combination of a Circus Center and a Circus Festival. Circus Village arranges national and international seminars, workshops and labs on contemporary circus.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Sverre Waage, art.dir./prod.
Address: Bryggeveien 5, 1545 Hvitsten, Norway
Tel: 00 47 97690107
CircusInfo Finland was founded in 2006 as the organisation responsible for developing and supporting Finnish circus. Its aims are to gather and distribute circus information, to create and maintain international relationships and contacts in the field, to suppoert the export of circus arts, to promote the artistic development as well as the cultural and social status of the art and to provide cultural officers and decision-makers with up-to-date informatiopn about the situation and needs of the circus field, both in Finland and abroad. CircusInfo Finland receives yearly funding from the Ministry of Culture and Education.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Sari Lakso, Managing Director
Address: Kaasutehtaankatu 1/4, 00540 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: 00 358503038339
Rotterdam Circusstad was founded in 2009 by four organisations in Rotterdam: de Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Luxor Theater, Codarts Circus Arts (BA in Circus arts) and Jeugdcircus Rotjeknor. The organisations mission has three poles: 1. to broaden attention for circus arts through programming and presenting new and important circus works in theatres, tents and outdoors. 2. Circus in the neighbourhoods 3. Education throughout the whole spectrum: from youth circus to professional circus artists.
Field: circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Maaike van Langen, Artistic Director & Dirk Evers, Managing director
Address: Diergaardesingel 101, 3014 AH Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: 00 31 641508864
Cirko is a National centre for new circus in Finland. Cirko’s main activities are new circus programmes for audience (shows), annual festivals (for children also), artistic residencies for circus professionals (both national, international), workshops and educational projects, outreach in general, productional guidance for circus artists and companies, meetings, open stage and work in progress – events for young and talented circus artists etc.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Mika Väyrynen, Executive Director
Address: Kaasutehtaankatu 1, 00540 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: 00 358-50-40087686
Cirkul’art is Slovakia’s only international festival devoted solely to circus and street arts. It is organised annually, at the end of May in Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital. We aim to promote and advocate for contemporary circus within general public and policy makers. We aim to bring inspiring performances to our audiences and inspire local artists to explore the the artistic possibilities of contemporary circus.
Field : circus arts and street arts
Contact person : Matúš Benža
Address : Cirkul’art / Nezisková organizácia NEO, Blagoevova 9, 851 04 Bratislava, Slovakia
Tel : 00 421 903 80 40 28
The Cirque Jules Verne is now part of the National Pole of Street arts and Circus arts (France). The pole’s aim is to make everyone discover street arts and circus arts, in their traditional and contemporary forms. In order to do this, they propose an annual programming with quality companies, regular residencies, the festival Fête dans la ville, free shows, encounters…
Sector: circus and street arts
Contact: Jean-Pierre Marcos – Director
Address: Place Longueville - BP 2720 - 80027 Amiens cedex 1 - France
Tel: 0033 (0) 3 22 35 40 41
Contact person: Hélène Cadiou, General secretary in charge of international relations
Address: 2 rue Henry, BP 80356, 76500 Elbeuf, France
Tel: 0033 232 131054
helene.cadiou@cirquetheatre.com
www.cirquetheatre-elbeuf.com
CIRQUEON is an umbrella organization for support and development of contemporary circus in the Czech Republic. For the past four years, it has been the key development project in this field. Cirqueon keeps broadening its range of activities at the highest professional level.
Address: Ctiradova 6, 14000 Prague 4, Czech Republic
Tel: 00 42 0 604 713 414
sarka@cirqueon.cz
www.cirqueon.cz
Crying Out Loud works with extraordinary artists to bring their work to realisation and to enable UK audiences to be inspired by it. Our specialism is in visual, non-text based work: Crying Out Loud tour and develop UK and international contemporary performance, often in the fields of circus, physical theatre and installation.
Field: circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Rachel Clare
Address: Toynbee Studios – Unit 19 - 28 commercial street, E1 6AB LONDON, UK
Tel: 00 442076507954
In 2011 De Spil organised about 500 cultural activities for about 86.000 visitors/participants. The main activities are performances (each season approximately around 150-160 performances: theatre, music, comedy, circus, literature, dance, site specific work), performances for schools, film, exhibitions, lectures, workshops and projects.
Contact person: Gwendolien Sabbe, programmer of comedy, circus, outdoor arts and the international circus and street theatre festival ‘de groote stooringe’
Address: H. Spilleboutdreef 1, 8800 Roeselare, Belgium
Tel: 0032 51 265 700
Fax: 0032 51 265 800
Created in 20015, the cooperative, a sponsored site for streets and circus arts and creative assistance, is subsidised by the town of Paris, Ile de France region, and the Cultural Ministry. 2r2c facilitates in this way streets arts and supports big Tops performances in towns centers. This mobility is possible thanks to partnership with other cultural organisations or structures in this way, 2r2c supports creativity by diffusing shows putting in place creative sites and logistic / or financial assistance.Throughout the year, 2r2c assists the teachers and the initiation of their pupils and the training of animators. Of Streets and Circus also cooperate with tomorrow´s spectators and the professionnals who assist them.
Sector: Circus and outdoor arts
Contact: Rémy Bovis (Director) - Marie Chapouillé (Secretary-General)
Address: 4 rue Moufle, 75011 Paris, France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 46 22 10 43
remy.bovis@2r2c.coop, marie.chapoullie@2r2c.coop
www.2r2c.coop
The FEDEC is a European and international network for vocational circus arts training. Founded in 1998, it is a network of 42 professional circus schools and 13 circus arts organizations located in 26 different countries. FEDEC’s main vocation is to support the development and evolution of pedagogy and creation in the field of circus arts education.
Field: Circus arts
Contact: Danijela Jović, General Coordination
Address: 1 avenue Emile Gryson, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
FiraTàrrega is an international market for the performing arts that takes place annually in Tàrrega the second weekend of September. Founded in 1981, it is a showcase for current performing arts with a special focus on street and theatrical performances as well as unusual visual formats. It’s a key showcase that gathers more than 1.000 professionals from all over the world that come to Tarrega to meet and share products and ideas in a very active arts market. As a meeting point and an international reference for discussion, the main objective of FiraTàrrega is to strengthen the market for the performing arts, thereby opening the door to the internationalization of Catalan companies. Other more specific objectives are the study and stimulation of street theatre, promoting creation among emerging artists, and the promotion of education, focusing on artistic creation and cultural management as well as the creation of strategic alliances for developing street theatre circuits or transnational productions.
Field: circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Mike Ribalta (Head of professionals department) + Jordi Duran (artistic Director)
Address: Plaça Sant Antoni 1, 25300 Tàrrega, Spain
Tel: 00 34 973 310 854
Fax: 00 34 973 501 528
pro@firatarrega.com / art@firatarrega.com
www.firatarrega.com
Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) is London’s leading festival of free outdoor performing arts (theatre, dance and street arts), an annual 9-day celebration of outdoor events. GDIF has been growing every year and in 2012, the Festival featured over 200 performances by 40 national and international companies with more than 80 000 people attending the outdoor shows in East and South London. The festival focuses on the commissioning and development of outdoor work led by deaf and disabled artists and artists from diverse backgrounds.
Sector: street arts and outdoor arts
Contact person: Bradley Hemmings - Artistic Director
Address: The Borough Hall, Royal Hill, SE10 8RE, London, UK
Tel: 00 44 (0)20 8305 1818
HorsLesMurs is the French national information centre for street arts and circus arts. Created in 1993 by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, it supports artistic activities through observation, documentation, training, expertise, research and publishing. HorsLesMurs has developed an international department and participates actively in several international networks (Circostrada Network, IETM, On-The-Move, ENICPA). Since the beginning, HorsLesMurs has been involved in Circostrada Network, as a founding member and as the secretariat of the platform.
HorsLesMurs has also a publishing department and publishes Stradda magazine as well as research papers in its collection Memento, or DVD presenting the aesthetics of circus and outdoor arts. HorsLesMurs was a founding member of TEAM Network of cultural magazines.
HorsLesMurs has a documentation department, collecting information from the field (contact database and documentation database) and hosting students and professionals in its spaces and help them (books, surveys, magazines, articles, academic texts, videos and pictures, posters, etc.).
HorsLesMurs has a consultancy and training activity, providing for free advice and support for project holders (legal and administrative issues, communication, production and distribution)
Field: Circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Julien Rosemberg, Director
Address: 68, rue de la Folie Méricourt, 75011 Paris, France
Tel: + 33 (0)1 55 28 10 10
Since 27 years, Humorologie organises a festival with international contemporary circus companies. The festival takes place every year the last weekend of July and welcomes 25 artistic groups. Located in Marke-Kortrijk, the festival has a great park as main venue. There are indoor spaces and tents and also free busses for the public to other theatres. Humorologie is also a valued partner for co-productions, residencies and presentations of fresh young promising artists. Humorologie organises also a Winter edition in the main theatre of Kortrijk.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Griet Deschamps, coordinator
Address: Van Belleghemdreef 6, 8510 Marke-Kortrijk, Belgium
Tel: 00 32 56 23 41 78
Fax: 00 32 56 23 47 79
ISACS is a voluntary network set up to advocate and represent on behalf of the street arts, circus and spectacle sector within Ireland. The organisation is still young but it intends to represent, advocate and communicate effectively on the needs of the sector, to policy makers, local authorities, festivals and the public.
Field: circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Lucy Medlycott (Treasurer) / Chantal Mc Cormick (Chairperson)
Address: c/o Irish Theatre Institute, 7 Eustace St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 53 9123183
Fax: 00 353 53 9124984
Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe is a French non-profit organization coordinating a support scheme for the next generation of circus authors in Europe. This scheme, named CircusNext, aims at identifying young contemporary circus artists, and at supporting their emergence through an accompaniment at the European level: residencies, writing grant, public presentations, connection with professionals and experimented artists…
Created in 2001-2002 during the year of circus arts led by the French Ministry of Culture, the project extended to other European countries and is now fully developed by a platform of partners from all over the continent and beyond. The support provided by CircusNext allows artists to create in good conditions and make a name for themselves.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Provôt Cécile, Director
Address: 9, rue de la Pierre Levée, 75011 Paris, France
Tel: 00 33 1 43 40 48 60
contact@jeunestalentscirque.org
www.jeunestalentscirque.org www.circusnext.eu
Copenhagen International Theatre is the primary force behind international performing arts in Denmark. Over the past 30 years KIT has produced more than 50 international festivals, workshops and seminars. KIT seeks to constantly break the established notions of performing arts by presenting completely new genres and trends.KIT organizes the METROPOLIS festival in August in the uneven years until 2017. Even years are reserved for the development laboratory METROPOLIS LABORATORY.
KIT also organizes a contemporary circus festival in August in even years, while they continuously focus on the development of circus activities and projects in co-operation with Danish, Nordic and European partners.
Address: Vestergade 17, 3 / 1456 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Tel: 00 45 3315 1564
KreativKultur organises the circus festival “SummerFlame” and circus related workshops with guest teachers throughout the year. KreativKultur tries to bring artists together in order for them to cooperate in common projects and productions. KreativKultur also sees its role in national culture political lobbying in order to face the “Austrian situation”. KreativKultur is co-founder of “con:circ – Initiative for Contemporary Circus in Austria” which offers a plattform for contemporary circus arts within Austria and joins together the driving organising forces within the country. Furthermore KreativKultur aims towards creating a residency programme in Vienna and is currently trying to find financial support for this long term project. KreativKultur is aiming to monitor the development in contemporary circus and to broaden the landscape of german speaking publications on the matter.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Elena Kreusch, President
Address: Rainergasse 24/26, 1040 Wien, Austria
Tel: 00 43 6763134793
First and foremost La breche is a circus show factory. Its main function is to host circus artists and companies that come from all over France and abroad, whose work is recognized and especially innovative. They help build networks, disseminate information, provide logistical and financial support, promote circus arts throughout the cultural circuit and local authorities across the Basse-Normandy region. We are involved in audience development through training and circus activity in schools and community venues.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Yveline Rapeau / Director
Address: rue de la Chasse Verte – BP 238, 50100 Cherbourg-Octeville, France
Tel: 00 33 2 33 88 43 73
The Cascade opened its doors in spring 2008. Two international French companies are associated to the development of this place: the Nouveaux Nez (clowns and musicians) and the Colporteurs (acrobats and tightrope walkers). La Cascade is part of the eleven Circus Arts Centres in France and is the only one in this part of country. It is dedicates to the creation, transmission, research and distribution. La Cascade has exceptional equipments (auditorium, training gymnasium adapted for all circus specialism, dancing room).
Sector: circus arts
Contact: Claire Peysson, deputy director and president of the association Territoires de Cirque
Address: avenue de Tourne, 07700 Bourg St Andéol, France
Tel: 00 33 4 75 54 81 99 or 00 33 6 60 23 56 52
contact@lacascadeclownetcirque.fr
www.lacascadeclownetcirque.fr
La Central del Circ is dedicated to supporting circus arts and is part of Barcelona creation factories network. It is a 3000m2 venue that offers several programs to provide circus artists with support in all areas and stages of their work.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Juliette Beaume (projects manager)
Address: Moll de la Vela núm. 2, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs (Barcelona), Spain
Tel: 00 34 93 356 08 90
creacio@lacentraldelcirc.cat
www.lacentraldelcirc.cat
Urban cultural park, la Villette leads since 1997 a sustained politic of production and distribution in favor of circus arts, urban culture, street theater and, more generally, any forms of experimentation related to the new languages of the stage. The programming revolves around a long series of performances, special projects and in situ, festivals devoted to the new writings. The support to creation is done through co-productions and residences, articulated into four programs. Located on the border of the suburbs of Paris, the Parc de la Villette has the vocation to bring closer to arts and culture the largest number of people, and developed for this purpose an important component of educational activities and cultural mediation.
Field : circus and outdoor arts
Contact person : Raffaella Benanti – Artistic Advisor and Programmer
Address : 211, avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019 Paris, France
Tel : 00 33 1 40 03 75 50
Fax : 00 33 1 40 03 74 19
Latitude 50, circus arts and street arts centre is located in a rural area, in the heart of a quiet village since 2004. Latitude 50 is the only place for the creation and dissemination of street arts and circus arts in Wallonia. With a regular programming, they allow a large audience to discover quality performances outside of summer festivals. The first parts are an opportunity for artists in residence, to confront their work in progress to a receptive audience.
Field: circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Olivier Minet - Director
Address: Place de Grand Marchin, 3, 4570 Marchin, Belgium
Tel: 00 32 85 41 37 18
Le Prato is based in a district of Lille called Moulins, in an old and renovated textile factory. It’s a place for promoting own shows and welcoming others, it’s co-producing, co-realizing and joining forces with other cultural structures to carry events through to a successful conclusion. The Prato is a team of actors around Gilles Defacque, who creates his own shows, exploring the multiple forms of laughter and poetry, and which also plays the contemporary repertory.
Contact person: Patricia Kapusta
Address: 6 Allée de la filature, 59000 Lille, France
Tel: 00 33 3 20 52 71 24
Fax: 00 33 3 20 85 28 94
info@leprato.fr
For more than 30 years, Les Halles has welcomed, produced and disseminated the most singular and innovative practices in the performing arts. It has contributed to the development and support of both national and international networks of programmers and institutions while working to develop contemporary creation in Europe. Les Halles has always been the place for alternatives. It presents the performing arts (circus, dance and other performance modes) tied in with all the other existing artistic disciplines. By supporting young creators and artists, by keeping close to new forms, and by paying great attention to the audience through its many community projects, Les Halles defends the most important values of Europe in a very democratic sense.Field: circus arts
Address: Rue de la Constitution 20, 1030 Bruxelles, Belgium
Tel: 00 32 2 227 59 60
Fax: 00 32 2 219 42 90
Since its founding nine years ago, the festival Letní Letná has become an inseparable item on Prague and Czech cultural calendars, turning into an exceptional event in the Czech context. It is the only festival to systematically bring to the Czech Republic the best of new circus productions from around the world, while organizing a two-week marathon of activities for children and their parents on annual basis. Letní Letná has hosted such illustrious companies as Cirque Ici, Cirque Trottola, Les Colporteurs, Cahin Caha, Cirque Baroque and many more. The festival has also become a platform presenting Czech companies creating in the field of new circus and theatre to the general public: as the festival is very popular with the public, it means a great chance of mass publicity for such companies. Also Letni Letná brings together Czech and foreign artists, thus contributing to the development of the genre of new circus in the Czech Republic. Despite its great popularity (as many as 28,000 spectators per edition), the festival sticks to easy-going summer atmosphere, one that re- minds of the old circus times and is far from mass commercial events and their cheapness. Letní Letná is a traditional meeting point of friends, acquaintances, families with children and all who like to spend their free time in an active way.
Field: circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Jiri Turek (Festival Director), Ivana Vrbikova Festival (Manager)
Address: Vrsovicka 90, Praha 10, 100 00 Czech Republic
Tel: +420604231893
The new circus festival of Zagreb was created in 2005 and is run by the Croatian organisation Mala Performerska Scena. The festival is a widely recognised event and has acquired an international dimension, programming European circus companies, while promoting young artists of the local scene. Mala Performerska Scena also created an information center for circus : the Circus Information Archive (CIA).Contact person: Ivan Kralj
Address: Circus Information Archive / Festival novog cirkusa c/o Mala performerska scena, Gunduliceva 18, 10000 Zagreb - Croatia
Manegen is a national association in Sweden for professionals in circus, variety and street performance. Manegen promotes the art forms and support its members (companies, creators, producers, presenters, educators, etc.) in their professional work with circus, variety and street performance. Manegen aims to put circus, variety and street performance on a national cultural agenda. Spread the artforms to new areas of practitioners and audiences, to increase media coverage, to encourage local and national authorities and not least to create opportunities for professional and artistic development.The workplan for the coming years focus on increased professional conditions for the members, internal and external information and organisational stability. Manegen is, in spite of the impact and strenght of the artform in Sweden, still quite a young organisation founded to meet the needs of the expanding artform.
Address: Rotemannavägen 10, 145 57 Norsborg, Sweden
Tel: 00 735576694
info@manegen.org
www.manegen.org
Mirabilia International Circus & Performing Arts Festival is born in 2007 as the International Festival of Urban Theatre. In five years it’s become a european meeting point for the creation and diffusion of live performances, a truly international platform, joining in the circuit of the major international festivals and gaining support from the Ministry of Heritage and Culture and numerous public and private institutions. Every year in June, the City of Fossano turns into a big air open stage with performances of high artistic value of contemporary circus, theater, urban dance, music, puppetry and street theatre.
Sector: circus and street arts
Contact person: Fabrizio Gavosto, Artistic Director
Adress: Associazione Culturale IdeAdorà, loc.Garombo 12, 12050 Serralunga d’Alba, Italy
Tel: 0172 692898
MiramirO wants to contribute to the dissemination, recognition and development of street arts and circus on a national and international level by offering a platform to a wide array of artistic disciplines connected to circus and outdoor arts. We aim to present qualitative and innovative festival programmes, support new creation and interdisciplinary cooperation on a national and international level. MiramirO also works to raise government and public awareness of these art forms. MiramirO’s main activity is the organisation of the yearly MiramirO festival in Ghent but also the programmation of Leuven in scène and Circus & co in Leuven. As a festival we also support new artistic creations through coproduction or commissioning. Third part of our activities is a documentation centre for circus and street arts that provides information, stimulates research and is involved in (international) exchange of expertise. The documentation centre has a digital database which can be consulted online. MiramirO is also involved in various European networks like CasCas, Meridians and Circostrada.
Field: circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Celine Verkest (programmer)
Address: Dok Noord 4F/202, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Tel: 00 32 (0)9 324 36 63
celine@miramiro.be
www.miramiro.be
A two week multi art festival held annually in May, with a large Outdoor Arts program and a selection of Circus Arts and Cabaret productions. NN Festival is also the lead producer for an Arts Council England ‘Talent development’ Initiative entitled Escalator Outdoor Arts. NN Festival is also a member of the Without Walls Consortium, supporting, producing and developing UK Outdoor Artists as well as a member of the INSITU EU network.
Address: Augustine Steward House, 14 Tombland, Norwich NR3 1HF, United Kingdom
Tel: 00 44 1603 877760
The Roundhouse is a multi arts venue with a commitment to be the London home of contemporary circus. We are actively enagaged with the development of circus as an artform and work with UK artists to develop and promote their work. We programme circus in our 1800 capacity venue every year and ever other year present a 5 week festival of circus including both established and emerging companies. The festival has just finished it’s 3rd edition and we are delighted to say that we sold 95% of our tickets – over 25,000. Coming up we are presenting a cabaret piece by the performance artist Scottee, the argentinian show Fuertabuta and in April 2013 will host the Uk’s leading circus company Nofit State for a 5 week run. We also commission new work and work with UK and international partners to guarentee that the work tours extisively.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Leila Jones – Circus Producer
Address: Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, London NW1 8EH, UK
Tel: 0044 207 424 8453
info@roundhouse.org.uk
www.roundhouse.org.uk
Seachange Arts is dedicated to deliver circus and street arts events. Working as the arts development and promotion agency for Great Yarmouth Borough Council, they also run creative projects of many kinds. Throughout the year, they work with communities, schools, producers, artists, festivals and local and international partners on a number of projects. Much of this work is showcased each year at the Out There Festival. Produced by SeaChange, Out There is now the region’s largest free festival of street arts and circus and regularly attracts audiences in excess of 60 000 people.
Sector: circus and street arts
Contact person: Joe Mackintosh
Address: SeaChange Arts, the Drill Hall, York Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR30 2LZ, UK
Tel: 01493 745458
Sideshow began as an online magazine for contemporary circus (launching in May 2009) and has since expanded to encompass a map of circus festivals, training spaces and artists; an events calendar and news service; a library of noteworthy circus publications tying to a carefully curated online market; and a nascent research section which bundles some of the site’s most useful data for download.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: John Ellingsworth, Editor
Address: 39 Barnabas Road, London, E9 5SD, England
Tel: 00 44 7943 684625
sideshow@sideshow-circusmagazine.com
www.sideshow-circusmagazine.com
This organisation is the first circus arts network in Norway. This information and performance centre was created in 2007 by the professional milieu, and works for greater consideration of this sector from policymakers, the media, programmers and the greater public.Sector: circus
Contact person: Kirsti Ulvestad
Tel: 0047 90083134
Subtopia is a creative cluster and a launching pad for dreams and ideas, chiefly in circus and film/media. It is regarded the centre of contemporary circus in Sweden, housing several circus organizations, educations and artistic companies in 6 houses and 14 000 sqm. Being a local, regional, national and international meeting place Subtopia builds networks and gathers competences, representing a dynamic mix of artistic expression, education programmes, entrepreneurial spirit and social involvement. Subtopia supports creation, research and artistic development, offers residencies and workshops, as well as provides information and intelligence on circus. Subtopia also presents shows, festivals and showcases in Hangaren, Sweden´s venue dedicated to contemporary circus. Each year in February we present Subcase, an annual showcase for Nordic contemporary circus.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Kiki Muukkonen, artistic programming director
Address: Rotemannavägen 10, 14557 Norsborg, Sweden
Tel: 00 46739607033
info@subtopia.se
www.subtopia.se
Tallinn Creative Hub / SA Tallinna Kultuurikatel is a creative combination of a physical facility and a platform for networks and knowledge. Our organization is carrying on legacy of European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011. Kultuurikatel as a building is a multi-functional venue in Tallinn offering a comprehensives environment for professionals for organising comfortably and effectively and a contemporary multi-layered (cultural) experience for the visitor. Tallinn Creative Hub offers its services to three target groups: professionals of culture and creative industries and beyond, visitors of events in Kultuurikatel, tourists. Related to the target groups the activities of Tallinn Creative Hub are divided into four pillars: Events Centre, Development Centre, Cultural Object, Tourist Destination. New Circus Centre is part of the Development Centre, which offers to professionals services of initiating or magnifying interdisciplinary (cultural) projects and increasing export, creates networks and clusters for local and international interdisciplinary cooperation and produces and develops educational and audience programmes. Development Centre also offers services to permanent tenants. Tallinn Creative Hub is the only centre in Estonia promoting interdisciplinary cooperation while focusing on connecting culture and other sectors.
Field: Circus arts
Contact person: Kristiina Kütt, project manager
Address: Harju 6, Tallinna Ärimaja, 10 130 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel: +372 56 2011 13
Theater op de Markt consists of a summer festival for open air theatre during even years and an autumn festival for circus theatre in odd years. The summer festival has the city of Hasselt as its niche, the autumn festival takes place in the green domains of Dommelhof, Neerpelt. Troughout the year, the production cell of Theater op de Markt supports promising productions of onrushing talent and established merits. New productions often get a chance within the festival programme. Theater op de Markt is, therefore, more and more considered a ’creation festival’, offering valuable initiatives from here and abroad. All year long Theater op de Markt organizes try-outs for artists who work on new creations in Dommelhof, homebase of the festival.
Field: circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Martine Linaer-Gijsen – programmer / Gert Nulens – director
Address: Toekomstlaan 5, 3910 Neerpelt, Belgium
Tel: 00 32 11 80 50 00
Fax: 00 32 11 80 50 01
theateropdemarkt@limburg.be
www.theateropdemarkt.be / www.dommelhof.be
Theaterfestival Boulevard uniquely combines the adventurous element of performing at unexpected locations in and around the city with shows and concerts in theatres and venues all over town. The program consists of highly artistic and yet accessible contemporary theatre, dance, music, musical theatre productions and street performances that inspire, comment, make audiences think and/or challenge them. The festival selects the most exceptional productions from performing artists from the Province of Noord-Brabant, the rest of the country and Western Europe. Theaterfestival Boulevard is also an artistic breeding ground. The festival contributes to the artistic and professional development of young and renowned stage performers providing all sorts of support to them during multi-year paths.
Field: outdoor arts
Contact person: Geert Overdam (Director), Tanja Ruiter (Street arts programmer)
Address: Postbus 1704, 5200BT, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 73 612 45 05
geert.overdam@festivalboulevard.nl, tanja@hhproducties.nl
www.festivalboulevard.nl
Taking chances and trying new things: This spirit lies at the heart of the Tollwood cultural program. In the summer it consists of theatre productions and performance theatre, concerts with stars from the international rock and jazz scene and performances by local and regional bands and artists. In the theatrical area, Tollwood has become especially known as a presenter of happenings, physical theatre, performance and nouveau cirque. In the music area, the slogan »big stars for small prices« applies, and at the same time on several stages free of charge Tollwood offers representatives of numerous musical genres from the Munich area an opportunity to perform and reach a wider audience.
In the winter, in addition to what a local newspaper calls »the most beautiful Christmas market in Munich«, within an overall theme Tollwood presents a large en-suite event (opera, variety show, musical) with a multi-course organic meal and coordinated theatre performances and readings by internationally known writers.
Field: circus and outdoor arts
Contact person: Markus Wörl (Head of theatre program)
Address: Waisenhausstr. 20, D - 80637 Munich, Germany
Tel: + 49 (0)89 38 38 50 56
Circuscentrum is the research centre for the development of circus in Flanders and Dutch speaking Brussels. Our mission is to create the optimal conditions to increase the quality of the Flemish circus in all its forms. Located in Ghent, Circuscentrum is recognized as the link between circus and the policy of the Flemish government.
Field: circus arts
Contact person: Koen Allary, director
Address: Dok Noord 4 F 001, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Tel: 00 32 9 233 85 89
Fax: 00 32 9 223 91 74
The Winterfest is an annual festival for contemporary circus art which takes place in the public garden of Salzburg. It is the third biggest cultural event in the city of Salzburg/Austria and the biggest Festival for contemporary Circus Art in the German-speaking area. It was founded by Georg Daxner in 2001 in order to establish the Art of Contemporary Circus in Austria and to provide a platform for international and national Circus artists. In these twelve years of existence the Winterfest has welcomed over 181.600 guests and 23 companies from several countries.
Traditionally the festival starts at the end of November and ends in the beginning of January.
Field: circus arts
Contact person (and position): Maria Hauner / production manager
Address: Rettenpacherstrasse 13, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Tel: 00 43 662 88 75 80
Fax: 00 43 662 88 75 70
XTRAX runs festivals, showcases and events designed to promote the development of high quality street arts and circus projects. We work with some of the UK’s leading street arts festivals to present showcase events that bring promoters from across the world to the UK to see a range of work by UK and international artists, and our biannual festival “Platform 4” in Manchester features work by UK and international artists alongside work by local artists. We run networking meetings throughout the year to facilitate relationships between artists, promoters and producers and we offer training events and seminars to assist artists develop their creative and touring potential.
Address: 51 Old Birley Street, Manchester M15 5RF, UK
Tel: 00 44(0)161 227 8383
info@xtrax.org.uk
www.xtrax.org.uk
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