RIGA CIRCUS RESIDENCY PROGRAM 2025: OPEN CALL FOR BALTIC CIRCUS ARTISTS

29.08.2025.

Rīgas cirks Residency Program welcomes applications from contemporary circus artists and artist groups (up to 4 persons; any of circus disciplines) from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia

Deadline for applications: September 14
Results: September 19
Residency period:
1 October – 30 November, 2025
Duration of a residency: 2–3 weeks

About the program

The Rīgas cirks Residency Program is created as a laboratory for new forms of artistic research and art practices within the circus field. Our main mission is to promote contemporary artistic practices, mainly focusing on circus development in Latvia and the Baltic region. During the residency, artists are expected to work on ideas for new performances.

The residency will take place in the premises of Riga Circus School – Zeļļu Street 25, Riga.

Application documents

  • A short written application explaining who you are and what project you would like to develop in the Riga Circus Residency – max 3600 characters. The application should specify the preferred length and dates of the residency;
  • Visual material (footage, photos, sketches, etc.) of the project or its idea – optional;
  • Information on the technical requirements;
  • Portfolio of previous performances – optional.

Please submit application documents until September 14 via e-mail: rezidences[at]cirks.lv

Working space

  • Dimensions: width 7,6 m, lenght 21,3 m, height 4,6 m
  • Showers and changing rooms with lockers
  • Kitchen, for making coffee, tea or eating home-made lunch

Rīgas cirks Residency Program covers

  • Stipend of 40 Eur per day/per person
  • Travel costs (round trip from other cities in the Baltic region to Riga – bus/train/fuel);
  • Accommodation in an apartment – for the artists from Lithuania, Estonia, and other towns of Latvia located more than 60 km from Riga;

Presentation of the outcome

Artists in Residence has an option to show the residency results to the public in a form of a work-in-progress presentation. The format can vary from brief scenes to video material, excerpts of movement material or a full run-through of a near-complete production.

Riga Circus terms and conditions

  • The Artists in Residence must credit Riga Circus as a residency partner in all marketing and communications relating to the residency as well as the production developed during the residency.
  • The Artists in Residence must have personal accident insurance that covers both rehearsal and performance for the entire working group.
  • The technical needs of the project should be communicated in the application. Any additional technical requirements that arise during the residency will be considered but not necessarily satisfied.

Contacts:

Curator of the residency program: Odrija Kalve
e-mail: rezidences[at]cirks.lv
www.cirks.lv