European Circus Network

CIRCONNECTION is a professional development programme run by circus professionals for circus professionals.

Together we are offering a series of creative exchange, vocational training opportunities and best practice protocols for circus professionals and emerging artists from within our organisations and across the wider community of Circus professionals in the European Union.

The Training Programme is designed as a series of vocational education master classes focusing on:

Circus art and creativity
Technical and teaching methodology
Circus as a business

The workshops are designed so that circus practinioners such as Circus Artists, Directors, Technicians or Higher-level students etc… have a chance to enhance existing skills and explore new avenues for their circus work to develop.

The origin of Circonnection is a Leonardo da Vinci partnership, consisting of five European Circus Organisations:
The Hungarian Juggling Association (Hungary), The Circus Association of Valencia (Spain),
Ex Voto (France), Associazione Qanat – Scuola di Cirko Vertigo (Italy) and Let’s Circus (UK).

Partners

Associazione Qanat – Scuola di Cirko Vertigo (Italy)
Associazione Qanat – Scuola di Cirko Vertigo Grugliasco/Torino, Italy The Scuola di Cirko “Vertigo” whose K from Kinema expresses the motion – is a project supported by the city of Grugliasco (close to Torino). It is located in a cultural park, in the Casa del Teatro di Strada e del Circo Contemporaneo (House for Street [...]
Ex Voto (France)
Ex Voto Marseille, France The founders of the association, Pablo Volo and Manuel Pons Romero, are both Street Arts graduates from Fai Ar and have strong links to Italy, Spain, Germany and Europe in general. Voto’s spectacles and happenings are inspired by the urban context as well as the history and social aspects of a site. Leonardo partner [...]
Magyar Zsonglör Egyesulet & CirkuSzínház Produkció (Hungary)
Magyar Zsonglör Egyesulet – Hungarian Juggling Association CirkuSzínház Produkció Budapest, Hungary. The Hungarian partner in the project is a corporation between CirkuSzínház Produkció and the Hungarian Juggling Association – the two most important platforms for independent circus artists. We are in connection with the Circus School of Budapest and the Hungarian Circus Company (Maciva). Partner [...]
Let’s Circus (UK)
Let’s Circus Newcastle upon Tyne, United-Kingdom We are an international circus outreach company which creates programmes of entertainment, participation, and training with a strong focus on youth and community circus. We are cultural catalysts and are in the process of helping in the creation ‘Circus Central’ – a building based circus school in Newcastle and [...]
Associació Valenciana de Circ (Spain)
Established in 2003, in 2004 we created a space for contemporary Circus in Valencia, L’Espai de Circ, the first of it’s kind in Valencia. It is a venue which hosts workshops and courses for professionals and hobbyists as well as for shows. Leonardo partner Lead – Lomi Szil Tel: +34639 988 292 Email: espaidecirc@gmail.com Web: [...]