Circus Incubator

Circus Incubator offered circus artists workshops where they could develop their artistic projects together with organizers. Artists and organizers often lack experience of in-depth dialogue between themselves about the relationship between the artistic process and the organizer’s work with production and programming. It is a dialogue that can be challenging for both parties, but when the difficulties are overcome, it gives us better conditions to build the future of the circus arts together.

The circus artists based in Sweden who participated in the project were Kaaos Kaamos (Mikaela Veide, Erik Glas, Johan Sjölund), Leire Mesa, Matthew Horton and Alessio Motta. The Swedish organizers who participated in the project came from Subtopia, Vara Concert Hall, Stora Teatern Göteborg, JONK, Västmanland Concert Hall, Umeå Theater Association and the municipality of Finspång. In addition to this artists and organizers from the other partner countries participated.

The project received support from the EU’s Creative Europe and the Cultural Council, and was carried out in collaboration between organizations in Sweden, Finland, France, Spain, Canada, and Brazil.