Open call for professional contemporary circus artists within all disciplines
Juggling the Arts: Artistic laboratory at The Circus Village, Oslo, Norway, 15th-19th of August 2011
New Nordic Circus Network, NNCN, is arranging its third artistic laboratory for professional Nordic circus artists in August 2011 - Juggling the Arts. Two artists from each Nordic country will be given the opportunity to work for five days with experienced mentors from different contemporary art fields at The Circus Village in Oslo.
This time Juggling the Arts will be a wider exploration on contemporary arts. What is contemporary arts? How do different contemporary artists work and think about their work? The lab in August will concentrate on artistic processes in general, both in circus and in different contemporary art forms, and the participants will be able to draw inspiration and knowledge from that into their own work.
If funding allows it, NNCN wishes to continue supporting projects that might come out of this laboratory. NNCN will have an open call for projects in spring 2012, where you can apply for further mentoring and production support.
The mentors
The mentors will be experienced and professional artists from different contemporary art fields.
Part of the lab will be to learn about Jeanne Mordoj's artistic process and see her solo performance in Cie Bal's "Eloge du Poil".
Application process
1. Open call for proposals – application deadline 22nd of June 2011
An open call for professional Nordic contemporary circus artists or circus oriented performers wishing to participate in the artistic laboratory with the aim of developing as an artist/performer and creator. Applications for participating in the laboratory must be given by the application form.
2. Selection
2 artists from Denmark, 2 from Norway, 2 from Sweden and 2 from Finland will be selected.
Applicants will be informed about the results of the selection no later than 27th of June.
3. Artistic laboratory
The selected artists will participate in a five-day artistic laboratory in The Circus Village, Oslo, Norway, 15th-19th of August 2011 (arrival 14th, departure 20th of August).
The travel and transportation costs as well as the accommodation and meals will be covered by Juggling the Arts.
The Circus Village is a mobile circus festival /circus centre. With 4 circus tents, 3 in different sizes for performance, production and training, 1 for café, foyer and meeting place. See www.cirkusxanti.no.
During the stay the participants will be part of a village community with circus artists from all over the world.
About Juggling the Arts & New Nordic Circus Network
Juggling the Arts is organised by New Nordic Circus Network with the support of Kulturkontakt Nord / Nordic Culture Point.
The partners in Juggling the Arts are:
- Denmark, Copenhagen International Theatre (KIT) – Katrien Verwilt, kv(at)kit.dk
- Finland, Cirko – Centre for New Circus – Tomi Purovaara, tomi.purovaara(at)cirko.fi and Finnish Circus Information Centre – Sari Lakso, sari.lakso(at)sirkusinfo.fi
- Norway, The Circus Village/Cirkus Xanti, Sverre Waage, sverre(at)cirkusxanti.no
- Sweden, Subtopia – Kiki Muukkonen, kiki(at)subtopia.se
The objectives of Juggling the Arts are to:
- support artistic research processes within contemporary Nordic circus art
- offer artistic support to young Nordic circus artists
- support dialogue and building of connections and networks between Nordic contemporary circus artists and programmers
- support the development of creativity and professionalism within the contemporary circus field
In the first edition of Juggling the Arts in autumn 2008, the following artists participated with their projects:
Niclas Stureberg: Human Timing (SE)
Petri Tuominen, Rauli Kosonen & Kalle Lehto: Petit Mal (FI)
Rudi Skotheim Jensen: Goldfish is meant for dying (NO)
Mille Lundt: Somewhere/Nowhere (DK)
In the second Juggling the Arts in autumn 2010, the following artists participated:
Bjørn Olav Hauknes (NO), Hege Østefjells (NO), Karoline Aamås (DK), Lisa Marie Ødegaard (DK), Klara Mossberg (SV), Lisa Angberg (SV), Linn Brodén (SV), Kajsa Bolin (SV), Ilona Jäntti (FIN), Aino Hurri (FIN), Joona Kaakinen (FIN), Juho Sarno (FIN)
Tanssin Tiedotuskeskus © 2010
Bulevardi 23-27, 00180 Helsinki,
tel. +358 (0)9 612 1812
fax +358 (0)9 612 1824
tanssi@danceinfo.fi