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The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) – an advocacy and membership body, a venue, a publisher and an archivist for England's indigenous folk arts – has opened applications for a new scheme that offers creative residencies at its headquarters in Cecil Sharp House.

Held within the frame of Greenwich Fair (which is a Dickensian mini-festival held in turn within the frame of Greenwich + Docklands International Festival), XTRAX Shorts is a pitch session for up to sixteen artists/companies to present new outdoor projects to an audience of international presenters and promoters, taking place on 23 & 24 June 2012.

*** Stratford Circus have had a performer pull out from their June Saturday Scratch and are looking to fill the gap (ideally with a 'circus ensemble/group/company of four or more – or another aerialist'). Applications are open again until 5 May 2012. ***

Now a regular feature in Stratford Circus' programming (coming around approximately once a season) Saturday Scratch is an opportunity for artists to showcase new or early-stage work in a supportive environment.

Organised by XTRAX in partnership with PANeK (Performing Arts Network Kent) and Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, 'How to sell your work in Europe?' is a short three-hour seminar designed to encourage and support UK artists who want to break into the European market.

Cirque Bijou, who every year programme the Circus Stage at Bristol Harbour Festival, are looking for 'amazing, unique and incredibly high quality street theatre and circus acts' to perform on their outdoor stage 21 & 22 July 2012.

Following on from The Forgotten Circus, a short film made in 2008 by director Shelly Love with students from Circus Space, the Roundhouse and Circus Space have announced that Love will direct a trilogy, The Forgotten Trilogy, to be made over the five-year period 2013-2017.

The multiform Bristol organisation Ausform, a creative producing outfit that organises a biannual performance platform alongside other projects/events to support artistic development and research, has announced that it will be taking on two Associate Artists under the new scheme Ausform: FORGE.

Circus theatre company Ockham's Razor are looking for a performer with strong physical theatre skills and expertise in Chinese pole and doubles trapeze base / cradle base to work them on their new show Not Until We Are Lost, a promenande piece incorporating a live thirty-strong choir.

Circus Space are looking for rope, silks and acrobatics teachers to deliver training as part of their participation and outreach programme – teaching courses and classes for everyone from age 3 up to adult, and providing outreach, recreational activity and progressive training for 11-21 year-olds.