Opportunities
We offer future generations spaces and places where they can devote themselves to research, and we experiment with new economies to support their production.
Circonda
CREATIVE WORKSHOP BETWEEN CIRCUS AND SURFING
OPEN AUDITIONS
Circondaselects artists for upcoming creation
Circonda is an artistic project that weaves together education, performance and creation, fusing surfing with circus writing techniques to bring to life an innovative language in contemporary circus
HOW TO APPLY: Fill out the form by 3125
Selections will be held in Turin on 0625
Conducted by:
- Riccardo Strano
- Emanuele Nicosia
In collaboration:
Serfatari School, Circonda, Cordata FOR
Supported by:
Ministry of Culture, Muja Festival, OnArts Company, Ballarò Buskers
Puntata Zero
Artists’ meeting on artistic research in Contemporary Circus
Artists’ meeting on artistic research in contemporary Circus
Puntata Zero is an idea for contemporary circus artists to meet and develop models and practices for integrating artistic research in the field of circus and to create a substrate/grounding where circus artists can develop research processes that are not necessarily aimed at artistic production.
” a research exists to be universal, or both, shared and accumulated. A research builds a common universe, a heritage of knowledge, mistakes and public attempts to serve the community of artists.”
Reflections with Jean Michel Guy during Puntata Zero #1
ROPE FOR IN CREATIVE EUROPE!
Between 2024 and 2026, with the support of Creative Europe, we have the honor and pleasure to be one of the partners in the “Digital Soul Protocol” project
DSP is a European project that aims to create collaborative protocols between artists, festivals and the cloud, with the goal of building a larger community for the exchange of knowledge and materials.
The initiative aims to democratize performing arts funding by creating a digital ecosystem where artists and supporters can work together.
Using Web3 technology, DSP enables circus artists, festivals and cultural spaces to offer digital tokens. These tokens give audiences the opportunity to actively participate in the creative process, transforming viewers from mere consumers to co-creators.
Through the tokenization of art initiatives, DSP opens new avenues for sustainable funding and deeper engagement, making each supporter an integral part of the artist’s creative journey
Between 2020 and 2023, with support from Creative Europe, large-scale project “The Sphere”
The three-year project focused on a new business model and digitization for the circus and performing arts sector has made it possible to support the creations of many artists. As an Italian partner, we supported the creation of derivative performances of Andrea Salustri’s “Materia,” Maria Baranaukaitè’s Materia 2.0 and Utka Gavuzzo’s Materia 3.0 and offered a creation residency to Cecilia Manfrini. The Sphere was conceived by A Radar Styled Novel, in collaboration with: Teatro da Didascalia (Portugal), Maison de jonglages (France), Cordata F.O.R (Italy), Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden), Berlin Circus Festival (Germany), Lithuanian Dance Information Centre (LT), High Acres Farm (US), The Nordic House on Faroe Islands (FO), La Serre – Arts Vivant (CA).
Very shortly we will update you on upcoming developments through the continuation of the project in the next three years-Digital Soul Protocol.
Funded by the European Union. However, the views expressed belong to the author(s) alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for this.
ITALIAN TRANSLATION OF OPEN LETTERS TO THE CIRCUS BY BAUKE LIEVENS AND SEB KANN
Translation
by Gaia Vimercati, Maristella Tesio, Teresa Noronha Feio
Almost 10 years later, Bauke Lievens and Seb Kann’s Open Letters to the Circus arrives in Italy. Published by Publishing & Entertainment and translated by Gaia Vimercati, Maristella Tesio and Noronha Feio, Open Letters marked a watershed within contemporary circus and is still one of the most widely read and discussed texts by circus makers everywhere. Bauke Lievens and Seb Kann redefine the boundaries of performance, invite artistic responsibility, and inaugurate a heated and timely dialogue about art that interrogates all languages of creation. Between the need to redefine the why of our practices and the deconstruction of circus’ founding myths, they pose a crucial question to those who question the contemporary: whose job is it to build the future? In Turin, the translators meet the public and present the translated text for the first time in Italy.
Bauke Lievens / Seb Kann
Bauke Lievens (she/her) works as a dramaturg for circus, theater and dance (Cie. Un loup pour l’homme, Kaori Ito/les ballets C de la B, Tibaldus en andere hoeren). He teaches Dramaturgy and Written Research in the Dramaturgy Department at KASK, School of Arts (Ghent, Belgium), where he created the Circus Dialogues project.Sebastian Kann (he/him) is a queer performer and dramaturg based in Montréal, Canada. His interdisciplinary choreographic work combines dance, text and theatrical media.