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💫 The 2027 Selection of Finalists has kicked off in Zagreb, Croatia!

The European jury and the circusnext team are hosted by our partner during the festival. Many thanks to the team for their warm welcome 🙏

👀 Discover the 10 Finalists on Saturday!
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

Work-in-progress presentation 💫 Carlos Landaeta Meneses (2026 Finalist), Blood Flow Reading Club · Monday 18 May at 17:00

circusnext welcomes Carlos Landaeta Meneses (BE) for a ten-day residency at l'Espace Périphérique - . Join us to discover a performance about the limits of the body, violence, and resistance in support of those who are discriminated against.

📆 18 May · 17:00 · L'Espace Périphérique - La Villette (Paris 19)
💌 Registration: [email protected]

📷 Lula & Elsa
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

Discover the 2027 preselected projects ✨

🙌 The 10 national pre-selection committees reviewed 105 applications and selected 24 projects led by 29 authors from 19 different nationalities.

🎯 Next step: The Selection of Finalists!

📸 Oskars Upenieks -
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

A look back at the Finalist company T.O.A.'s work-in-progress presentation at l'Espace Périphérique 👀 with and

Corvus Obscura explores in-between spaces—between shadow and light, earth and elevation, the visible and the inner self. Trapeze, live drawing, and experimental music intertwine in a search for metaphysical harmony. The stage is permeated by real-time projections of black-and-white drawings, offering a renewed perspective somewhere between imagination and phantasmagoria 🌀

Next step: the Selection of Laureates in September, 2026!

🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

Work-in-progress presentation ✨ TOA · Petra Najman, Ivan Svaguša (Finalists 2026), Corvus Obscura
Monday 20 April at 17:00

circusnext welcomes and (HR) for a ten-day residency at L'Espace Périphérique - .
Join us to discover their project and experience the space in between 🌀

📆 20 April · 17:00 · L'Espace Périphérique - La Villette (Paris 19)
💌 Registration: [email protected]
👀 All info on circusnext.eu

🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

Circostrada Network, circusnext, FEDEC and IN SITU - European Platform for Artistic Creation in Public Space as European networks and platforms, reaffirm their collective commitment to a safer and more responsible sector.

We are dedicated to strengthening working, training, teaching and creative environments that guarantee the emotional, psychological and physical safety of everyone involved in the circus and outdoor arts sector: cultural workers, administrative and teaching staff, artists, students and all professionals in the sector.

The circus and outdoor arts sector must be a space for experimentation, learning, and collaboration. We have a collective responsibility to ensure that these spaces are based on respect, listening, dignity and integrity for all.

We hold ourselves and our members accountable to these standards. Through our ongoing actions and commitments - including ethical frameworks and dedicated initiatives - we are working to make circus and outdoor arts a safe, inclusive and caring environment where everyone can develop their practice, creativity and professional career in conditions of trust, fairness and safety.

👉 Explore our full list of resources, including projects, tools and charters: https://bit.ly/4lCuJBE

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