Open call for Circus Village, Norway
To artists and companies in the wide range of circus art, come and join our mobile Circus Festival in Norway!
SARPSBORG 7th – 17th of June
SANDVIKA, BÆRUM 17th – 26th of August
OSLO 1st – 9th of September

Do you have a performance you want to present? Or need a space for research and production? Do you have an act you want to present in the Circus Village Varieté? Or do you want to give a workshop? Do you need a space for circus training? Or do you have any other ideas or projects?
Cirkus Xanti invites you to the Circus Village.

We can offer you:
22 m ø circus tent, 10 m ø stage, 10 m up to
10 m long Italian couple.
16 m ø circus tent, 8 m ø stage, 8 m up to
7 m long Italian couple.
6 m ø circus tent for small scale performances for children, 2,5 m ø stage, 5 m up to small round couple, seating for 80 all around.
Free use of tent/stage with basic light and sound.
Marketing through the Circus Village general PR.

DEADLINE
For performances and workshops 15th of March.
For other applicants; until the schedule for the Village is full.
Please send details or questions to: sverre@cirkusxanti.no

The Circus Village also needs volunteers. Please contact Sunniva Dring sunniva@cirkusxanti.no

The Nordic circus book NOW published
NNCN has for the past years been working on a publication on contemporary circus with a Nordic perspective. The book outlines the new circus sector in the Nordic countries, including an overview of the development of the art form and is now published by the Stockholm University. “An Introduction to Contemporary Circus”, written by Tomi Purovaara with articles from Camilla Damkjær, Stine Degerbøl, Kiki Muukkonen, Katrien Verwilt and Sverre Waage. Orders and further information: www.stuts.nu or info@stuts.nu

Nordic Subcase 16-17 February 2012, in Subtopia / Sweden
Subcase – Subtopia Circus Fair took place for the 4th time in February. Subcase is a market place for contemporary circus, variety and street performance and presented for the first time a fully Nordic programme. Subcase 2012 was organised with the support of Nordisk Kulturfond and Kulturbryggan, and in cooperation between Subtopia in Sweden, Cirko – Centre in Finland, Finnish Circus Information Centre in Finland, Circus Village in Norway and Københavns Internationale Teater in Denmark. Read more about Subcase here or at www.subcase.se.

Juggling the Arts – artistic laboratory, 20-24 February 2012 in CIRKO Center for New Circus / Finland
Juggling the Arts laboratory was arranged in Helsinki’s CIRKO Center on 20-24 February 2012. The focus of the lab was on the artistic research and multidisciplinary sharing between different forms of performing arts.

Nordic Circus Year 2011: Nordic circus survey
The FCIC employed a young project researcher, Jutta Virolainen, to carry out a large survey on Nordic circus from different viewpoints during the Nordic Circus Year 2011.  The survey looks at Nordic circus from the perspectives and opportunities for children and youth, students, professional artists and companies, as well as structures and future challenges for the art form. This survey is now nearly finished and will be published as a PDF-publication primo 2012. It can then be found at websites Nordic-circus.org or www.sirkusinfo.fi – and can also be e-ordered from lotta.vaulo@sirkusinfo.fi

Other projects
The Nordic newsletter that reports on the circus activities in Scandinavia and Finland will be sent 3 times a year. The pdf-files can be downloaded from the newsletter archive.