Circus and dance Info Finland organizes a networking trip for circus artists and producers to Fresh Circus Event (20.–22.9.2023) organized by circus and street arts network Circostrada in Paris, France 19.–23.9.2023. Three to four circus artists or producers for whom international activities and networking are relevant will be selected for the networking trip. It is possible to join the trip at your own expense too, please contact Lotta Nevalainen (lotta.nevalainen@circusdance.fi) if you are interested. During the trip The program of the networking trip includes participation in the Fresh Circ ..read more

To sustain the genre of contemporary circus within the international exchange the Finnland-Institut in Berlin, Circus & Dance Info Finland and BUZZ (Bundesverband Zeitgenössischer Zirkus e.V.) are hosting in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut (Theatre/Dance department of the Goethe-Institut headquarters in Munich and Goethe-Institut Helsinki) a research residency in Germany for a Finland based circus maker. From the applications received for the open call, the jury selected Vilhelmiina Sinervo to take part in the residency period from mid May till end of June 2023. The Jury con ..read more

Located in Stockholm county, Sweden, Subtopia is a centre for art, culture, and social engagement. Subtopia’s main focus is on contemporary circus production, urban art, as well as film and media production, but they also work in a variety of art forms such as music, dance, theatre, design, and more. As a production studio, Subtopia runs support functions for artists, a cultural incubator, a circus residency, artistic youth activities, and two open art walls for artists. In terms of circus, Subtopia hosts a large number of troupes and performers, international networks, and other key players i ..read more

The fourth edition of Performing HEL showcase takes place August 31 – September 3, at the same time as the Helsinki Festival – the largest arts festival in Finland. The showcase presents the full range of performing arts, including circus, dance, and theatre, also delivered in exciting yet difficult-to-define combinations. In four days almost 30 Finland-based artists and companies present their work through pitch, demo and performance programs. Performing HEL brings to Helsinki dozens of presenters, programmers, and theatre and festival directors from across the world. The showcase is a pocket ..read more

CircusInfo Finland organises together with Subtopia a pitch-hour with presentations of five circus shows from Finland. Presenters are invited to join the online event in Zoom on Monday September 19, 2022 at 2 pm CET. The language of the event is English. To obtain the link, please register by September 14.   The shows pitched are: Agit-Cirk: Missing Missing is a beautiful, entertaining and sometimes even a little serious wordless contemporary circus performance for families. Its delicate balancing and marvellous partner acrobatics evoke thoughts about the importance of caring and app ..read more

Meet the Finns at CINARS 2022! A delegation of Finnish dance and circus professionals will be attending Biennale CINARS in Montréal 7–12 November along with our Nordic friends. Come and say hello! Finnish delegation attending CINARS 2022: Sanna Soni (Aura of Puppets) | Sara Hirn (Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin) | Minna Korpimies (Compañía Kaari & Roni Martin) | Jaakko Toivonen (Dance Theatre Raatikko) | Sari Lakso (Kallo Collective) | Kadja Manninen (Lumo Company) | Mimosa Lindahl (Company MimoArt) | Salla Kurronen (Pragma Helsinki) | Kalle Lehto (Race Horse Company) | Riia Kivimäki (RIS ..read more

The associations of the Circus Information Centre and the Dance Information Centre have decided to merge their activities. The new Circus and Dance Finland will be operational from the beginning of next year, and the old associations will be dissolved. The purpose of the merger is to create a more effective and stronger organisation to meet the future challenges of an evolving field. The new association will work to promote and raise the profile of the circus and dance sectors, maintaining existing services and developing new services and activities for professional in the sectors. “The merger ..read more

Dear artist! In the frame of our project Making space for artistry – equity for disabled artists and artists who are Sign Language users we will organize a training session for the members of Association for Finnish Foundations in September. The members are foundations operating in Finland that fund art creation. In the training, we can present them with facts about what kind of obstacles there are in applying for and receiving grants. If you want to contribute, we would be grateful if you would answer the survey via the link below. Due to our resources the survey is unfortunately only availab ..read more

(Suomenkielinen versio: vaihda sivuston kieleksi FI) CircusInfo Finland together with Subtopia organises in September an online pitching event in the context of the CirkusMania festival for programmers and venues in Stockholm region. In addition, CircusInfo compiles a catalogue of Finnish circus performances directed to venues in Sweden. The call is now open for the catalogue and the pitch hour.   For this pitching event, we are looking for circus performances that are suitable for theater stages as touring performances. The performance should be almost ready so that a full-length re ..read more

The International festival of contemporary circus Cirkuliacija is a platform that breaks stereotypes about the circus and becomes a meeting point to discuss, share experiences and learn from each other. The festival takes place during June 4–19, 2022 in non-traditional urban spaces in the city of Kaunas in Lithuania. It presents a variety of contemporary circus disciplines, performances and artistic views from Lithuania and abroad.  This year’s festival includes professional days during June 8–11, 2022. The Circostrada network will have its general meeting in the context of the festival a ..read more