DYNAMO Circus Festival is back for its 6th edition from 18th to 21st of June in Odense, Denmark, packed with contemporary circus, music, celebration, community and unpredictable experiences. DYNAMO festival is a four-day-long tour de force of wildness, poetry, humour and magic. Its goal? To be a place for artists

Can contemporary circus in public spaces contribute to the sustainable development of circus disciplines while being creatively enriched by locally rooted connections? Yes, with the significant support of Social Ecology, the research branch examines how individuals interact with their environment, how their habitat shapes them, and how these interactions influence

The 2025 edition of CircusDanceFestival hosts the kick-off event of the first-ever Creative Europe project dedicated to mental health and well-being in the circus arts sector initiated by FEDEC - International network for professional circus education, Take Care. This conference explores the relationship between the individual and the collective, tackling

Opportunities and challenges of international collaborations What does it mean to be a company based in Flanders from an internationalisation process point of view? What are the obstacles and opportunities for Flanders-based companies with international members? What are the differences or similarities between structures, working dynamics, opportunities and challenges? Three

Necessities and consequences of its recognition as part of the UNESCO Intangible Heritage across different countries Intangible Cultural Heritage represents today's customs, knowledge and practices that people have acquired from the past. Safeguarding these aspects supports their survival by ensuring viability, ongoing re-creation, and transmission. Heritage and practices

What engagement practices can we bring into play in Italy to ensure that contemporary circus can grow and continue to mature on stage as a language? To stimulate reflection on its positioning and ongoing dynamics within the Italian cultural system, the promoters of the project SOLO BUT NOT ALONE created

Throughout their careers, circus practitioners transition from one role to another and ensuring safety is crucial. How can we provide a safe environment for ourselves and others? From 10 to 12 April 2024, the conference Circus – a safer space for danger in Antwerp explored the topic of safety by combining

Psychological safety comes from awareness of individual integrity, respecting boundaries, and installing recognisable trigger warnings. However, only practical measures can fix the gap and raise the urgency of acting differently in a collective dimension. The perceived urgency to be more aware of rules around consent and consciousness is a vivid

Safety is crucial in a sector known to have inherent risks. The international conference Circus – a safe(r) space for danger served as an anchor point in an initiative that had been ongoing for quite some time and that is still underway. (Will it ever be truly ‘done’?) This article

In November 2023, the German contemporary circus creation programme celebrated its five years of full swing with the Zirkus ONstage - Pro Festival, a three-day event in the capital. Showing ten productions from four years of creation accompaniment, the creation alliance gathered national and international guests in Berlin to participate

On occasion of the successful recognition of Circus in the German intangible culture as an independent form of performing arts in 2024, CircusDanceFestival titles its fourth edition - from 16 to 20 May - Re-Inventing Circus, framing this specific moment and taking the opportunity to reflect together on questions of

For the third day at Theater op de Markt, ON CIRCUS explored the theme of Circus Bodies. The title is a little provocative since we all know there is still a challenge around the normative aspects of bodies and performing in the current circus sector. The companies invited by There

The second day of ON CIRCUS Conferences at Theater op de Markt 2023 explored the aspect of Care as a fundamental consideration in artistic practices. The morning turned out to be a rich exchange of years worth of thoughts on trust in artistic processes and shifting the spectacular side of

On the 29th, 30th and 31st of October, we participated in the ON CIRCUS cycle of conferences curated by There There Company as part of the 13th circus edition of Theater op de Markt in Provincial Domain Dommelhof (Pelt), Belgium. Each of the three sessions was dedicated to a different