Sideshow Circus Magazine

Circus Next (Formerly Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe) Open for Applications

Circus Next, the Europe-wide programme of artistic and financial support for emerging circus artists (which was formerly known as Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe), has opened applications for the 2012/2013 project selections.

NoFit State Circus and Circus Space Receive Catalyst Funding

NoFit State Circus and Circus Space are among the 173 successful applicants announced today for the capacity building and match funding round of the Catalyst fund, a £100 million programme to stimulate private giving launched by Arts Council England, the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the DCMS.

Circus Artists Wanted for an Outdoor, Participatory Project based in the West Midlands

The team for a new outdoor, participatory project in the West Midlands, If Only I Could…, are seeking an experienced and confident circus artist with strong knowledge of ground-based skills. The selected artist will be part of the creative team, and will be comfortable working with community participants to support their training ahead of performances (so teaching experience is an advantage).

Cie Rasoterra: Linge Sale (Dirty Laundry)

Linge Sale is no larger than its two performers, Alice Roma and Damiano Fumagalli. It's avowedly and deliberately small – stripped of artifice by its own relaxed easiness. The idea of character or performance will sometimes emerge, yet soon collapses back into the strong onstage relationship of two people who seem, simply, happy to be there.

Creative Residencies with the English Folk Dance and Song Society

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.

Circus in Scotland: A Blueprint for the Development of the Sector 2012 - 2017

A five-year development plan that looks at the current state and future needs of the artform, Circus in Scotland: A Blueprint for the Development of the Sector 2012 – 2017 has been produced and published by Articulation, Scotland's umbrella organisation for physical performance.

Compagnie Non Nova: Vortex

In her last show P.P.P. the juggler Phia Ménard worked with ice — a substance that couldn't be held and that couldn't be dropped, and that would, slowly, change its state if left untouched; a substance that was 'unjuggleable'.

Compagnie Non Nova: Vortex

The Circulation of Street Arts and Circus Artworks in Europe – 2011

Following on from a previous study conducted in 2006 that took a statistical measure of the health of 66 circus and street arts companies (annual income, number of employees, level of subsidy, etcetera), The Circulation of Street Arts and Circus Artworks in Europe – 2011 collects the same quantitative data from some of the same companies (21 had either closed down or didn't reply) to get an idea of how their situations have changed in light of the global economic crisis. The years compared are 2006 and 2010.

FEDEC Cyr Wheel Instruction Manual

FEDEC, La Fédération européenne des écoles de cirque professionnelles, has published their Instruction Manual for Cyr Wheel [PDF], a 64-page pedagogical guide to the discipline and its training methodologies.