Circostrada Network, coordinated by HorsLesMurs, is organising Fresh Circus #2, European seminar on the sustainable development of circus arts, on the 12th and 13th of April 2012. The goal of this moment of reflection and exchange is to formulate a series of practical recommendations to improve the infrastructure and recognition of the sector.
To create opportunities for artistic mobility, to bring the performing arts into the digital era, to facilitate access to culture, to think of new economic models, to increase recognition of the arts within society, to participate in the renewal of public policies – these are but a few of the challenges which the entire cultural sector faces, and each is a subject which can greatly benefit from circus’ innovative contributions.
In order to facilitate the approach and the treatment of issues linked to our sector, the members of Circostrada Network propose to articulate the seminar around ten thematic working sessions. Within this framework, in order to take into consideration the diverse realities of Europe, we are proposing that artists and companies, circus arts professionals, and more generally those from the performing arts field should send contributions ahead of time in order to share their experiences and difficulties, to make known examples of good practice, and to help formulate concrete propositions that will improve the situation of the sector and reflect how to best position contemporary circus in the face of transnational issues.
We would be very grateful for your participation in answering our questions and sharing your ideas with us: your contributions will fuel the debates during the seminar and allow us all to draw up collective recommendations that will be put forward to local, regional, national and European institutions.
For more information about Fresh Circus #2 and its partners: http://www.circostrada.org/spip.php?rubrique76&lang=en
You can fill in this questionnaire in French or English.
The call for contributions closes on the 15th March 2012.
If you’d like to prepare your answers before sending them you can download the questionnaire on the Circostrada website.