{"id":3604,"date":"2020-10-16T11:45:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T08:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/baltic-circus-on-the-road\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T13:20:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T10:20:52","slug":"baltic-circus-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cirks.lv\/en\/news\/baltic-circus-on-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltic Circus on the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Open call: \u201cBaltic Circus on the Road\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n


\nThe Baltic Circus on the Road<\/b> project will allow three Baltic circus artists or groups of artists to participate in a two week residence in one of the Baltic partner organisations of the project and, together with an invited artistic director, to create new or improve existing<\/span> small–<\/i>format <\/span>on tour performances, as well as to create advertising materials and the necessary documentation for taking part in international festivals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The project will ensure the participation of artists in major international circus events: the Gothenburg cultural festival in Sweden, the Berlin circus festival in Germany and the Bristol circus city in the UK, as well as an opportunity to perform at the Baltic level: in the contemporary circus and street art festival \u201cRe Riga!\u201d, the Vilnius New Circus Weekend\u201921 in Lithuania, and the Baltic professional circus showcase EPICIRQ in Tallinn, Estonia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Objectives of the Baltic circus on the Road<\/b> project:
\n– to support Baltic artists in the production of new artistically qualitative circus performances, as well as to promote the export opportunities of these shows, to promote networking and international relations for taking part in international festivals,
\n– to promote the creation of performances corresponding to the on-tour format for the Baltic professional circus artists and to create an opportunity to perform at international events,
\n– to attract the attention of European festival organisers to the stage of the Baltic contemporary circus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Selection and project timeline:
\n<\/b> – Submission of applications – by 31 January 2021
\n– Evaluation and announcement of selected artists – by 22 February 2021
\n– Residencies – March-June 2021
\n– Creation of show marketing materials and common catalogue – July 2021
\n– Presentation of performances at international festivals and shows – August-October 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main criteria of the competition<\/b><\/span>
\n<\/b>The proposed performance must be at least 25 minutes long. The performance may be still under development, and then a fragment of it may be offered for display. <\/span>An artist or company should be residents of the Baltic states and include not more than 3 persons per collective\/show. <\/span>\u00a0Artists or company <\/span>wishing to participate in the programme must define itself as a contemporary circus<\/span> troupe <\/span>and must be able to justify how contemporary circus has influenced the production of the respective performance. <\/span>International jury will select 3 best applicants. It is not a priority to choose one<\/span> show per country.<\/span><\/p>\n

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