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C.L.A.P.Spettacolodalvivo invite you to the TENDENZA CLOWN festival!

The festival is organised by C.L.A.P.S and will take place from May 1st to May 7th 2018 in Milan (Italy) at Teatro Franco Parenti. 

On the agenda:

• 7 performances (one per day) and an international meeting on the clownerie (on May 4th) with speakers from all over the world. For the whole programme please go to www.claps.lombardia.it
• Within the festival, three performances are part of CIRCUS ZONE, a project carried out by the Associazione Sarabanda in cooperation with theFondazione Nuovi Mecenati/Institut Français, AMAT and C.L.A.P.Spettacolodalvivo.

Among the names: Leo Bassi, Les Rois Vagabonds, Teatro Necessario, Avner the Eccentric, Okidok, LPM.

Join them at TENDENZA CLOWN!

This is a two-fold invitation: Hamburg is calling you!

While the 8th edition of the Hamburg-Altona STAMP Festival will take place from 1st to 3rd of June 2018, you'll also have the chance to attend the STAMP conference, scheduled exactly in-between, on June 2. This is the perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone!

What’s on the agenda?

A full day dedicated to reflecting on the situation of contemporary circus in an international comparison. Focus will be around support structures, the condition of productions, the studies of circus art and their political recognition. Within this framework the STAMP & INZ/New Circus Hamburg conference will also present the ‚Manifest for contemporary circus‘.

Isnt' your curiosity aroused yet? Hurry up, you have until April 30th to confim your presence by sending an email to: conference@stamp- festival.de

IETM is back in Porto!

20 years after its last gathering in Portugal, IETM – International Network for Performing Arts –  comes back to Porto to hold its General Meeting from 26 April 2018 to 29 April 2018!

The red thread of the meeting will be placed on discussing the artistic geography that operates in direct relation with urban changes and developments. How do the focal points on today’s maps evolve, how do the centres shift and the peripheries transform? You are invited to engage in a challenging debate on how art relates to the processes of transforming centres of creation, dissemination and decision-making.

Both IETM members and non-members are welcome to join the meeting so don't be shy and book your flight to Porto!

You have until 22 April to make up your mind and register!

What? This summer, GDIF - Greenwich+Docklands International Festival -in association with the Independent Street Arts Network, invites artists, festival directors, programmers, funders and all those with a professional interest in Outdoor Arts to join them in Greenwich at the new GDIF FESTIVAL HUB.

When? From 21 to 24 June 2018. 

Why should you come? The programme will be packed full of useful opportunities to develop skills, reflect on the work of the sector and take advantage of excellent networking opportunities in an informal and friendly atmosphere.

This is a free event with a limited capacity. In other words: don’t wait the last moment to book your place and join them!

Save the dates!

The next CS LAB will take place from 27 to 29 June in Aix-en-Provence (France), in partnership with CIAM – Centre International des Arts en Mouvement (International Centre for moving Arts). For this third edition, Circostrada will embark his guests on a creative journey, offering them three days of reflection, collective learning and experimentation, tackling topics linked to innovation and exploring design-thinking tools with a view to improving team work!

More info about the programme coming soon!

Limited capacity / Registration upon invitation only (except for Circostrada members)

The spotlight is on ISACS this month!

ISACS annual seminar EXplore and AGM will take place on Thursday 19th of April in the Ark, Dublin.
What's on the agenda? A full day of exploration into the art forms of Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle with open discussions and presentations from artists and professionals of the sector.

Among the headliners:

• Jo Mangan, Carlow Arts Festival and Performance Corporation Director
• Stéphane Segreto Aguilar – Circostrada Network Coordinator / Head of Development at ARTCENA
• ​Nel Murray, Abbey Theatre Director & the ISACS Artists and Team

EXplore will be followed by the ISACS Annual General Meeting and Board Election (open to members only).

Join them for this great occasion to meet fellow peers and discuss the future of Circus and Street Arts in Ireland!

Imaginarius Pro is back!

Imaginarius PRO is a programme carried out by Imaginarius - International Street Theater Festival of Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal) and intended for street arts sector professionals. It includes debate sessions, networking, showcase, workshops, and much more! 

Imaginarius PRO Simposium & Imaginarius PRO Showcase will take place respectively on 24th& 25th of May.

Access to the Imaginarius PRO is free of charge for all professionals in the national and international street arts sector. The artistic programme will be released soon and includes, 7 Imaginarius creations, 11 world premieres and 25 Portuguese premieres, with artists from 17 countries.

The next General Meeting will be held in Rotterdam (Netherlands) from May 2nd to May 4th 2018!

Organized in the frame of and in partnership with Circusstad Festival, this upcoming General Meeting will be another privilege moment for the network’s members to meet, exchange and work collectively towards the objectives defined within each specific work group.

Besides being a fruitful time to strengthen interactions and ties between members, the general meeting will also be about learning more about its host. To that end, members will be introduced to the local artistic scene, they will have the chance to visit circus venues and facilities and to discover a rich artistic programme in the course of Circusstad Festival Rotterdam.

Circostrada members will get a real sense of the Dutch Circusfield, attending a large variety of shows, including complete creations and works in progress. 

Members, on your mark, you have until April 20 to register!

This is good news for the public space in Africa!

This new network, formed over the summer 2017 in Bamako in the context of a training on the subject “How to organize an event in the public space”, already gathers 15 festivals working in the public space, spread through 9 African countries. It has the support of partners such as ACMUR – the collective which organizes the Rendez-Vous Chez Nous festival (Circostrada member) and the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF). One of its objectives is to enable the sharing of experiences between its members, to set up a coordination of the different festivals working in the public space all over Africa, to facilitate the distribution of African artists throughout the network, to contribute to the defense of art in the public space via the development and implementation of advocacy tools...and much more!

Go ahead and check the network's brand new website! (only available in French)

While the holiday season and its festivities are fast approaching, the Circostrada team and co-organizing partners L’Espace Catastrophe & Wallonie Bruxelles Théâtre/Danse are working hard to set up a rich, diverse and innovative programme for the fourth edition of FRESH CIRCUS – International Seminar for the Development of Circus Arts –, entitled “MORE THAN CIRCUS!" For those who may have missed this essential piece of information, FRESH CIRCUS#4 will take place in Brussels from 13 to 15 March 2018 in the course of festival UP! and will be hosted by Théâtre National de Bruxelles.

Programme and registrations are available online!