CircusInfo Finland actively participates in several international and domestic collaboration projects, which focus on creating opportunities for professionals on the field.
NuoraNord Incubator (2020)
NuoraNORD Incubator is a one-year project aimed at circus initiatives and projects in the Baltic-Nordic region that are not working within any structural support system. Our objective is to enforce up-and-coming initiatives, the emerging next generation of circus-makers, who have a strong vision, but lack resources and peer-support.
During the year 2020 six initiatives will be co-developed in an intensive incubator residence and coached by their local partner. The project will end in a virtual conference where participants will share their outcomes with each other.
Project partners are CircusInfo Finland (coordinator), Dynamo Workspace for Circus (Denmark), Cirkus Cirkör (Sweden), Arts Printing House / Menu spaustuve (Lithuania), Riga Cirks (Latvia) and Eesti Tsirkusekeskus (Estonia). Each partner will select one initiative from their own region to participate in the project. The project is supported by Nordic Culture Point.
Performing HEL
With performances, demos and production pitches, the event showcases the finest work from Finland right now. Performing HEL will encompass the full range of performing arts, including circus, dance and theatre, also delivered in exciting yet difficult-to-define combinations. The showcase happens at the same time with Helsinki Festival – the largest arts festival in Finland.
In 2019 the showcase was organised by Dance Info Finland and CirkusInfo Finland in cooperation with Helsinki Festival, the Finnish National Theatre, Svenska Teatern (the main Swedish-language theatre in Helsinki), Espoo City Theatre and Theatre Info Finland TINFO.
Save the date for next edition 26.–29.8.2021 – more news coming soon! The 2020 showcase is organized by Dance Info Finland and CircusInfo Finland.
CircusInfo Finland’s and Dance Info Finland’s joint project on internationalization 2019-2020
The project aims at strengthening the international contacts and networks in Asian and North American markets for both Finnish circus and dance, through organising showcase events at performing arts fairs and market places. The project received a grant from the Ministry of Education and Culture.
The project strengthens the international visibility, export and networks for circus and dance, especially in Asia and North Americas, as well as develops the international know-how of our artists, producers and managers. The project enables us to organise several networking trips to performing arts fairs, to support the mobility of several artists and producers, and to organise training in international skills for our fields.
Through the project Finnish circus and dance professionals take part in 4 different performing arts events: PAMS 2019, IPAY 2020, TPAM 2020 and CINARS 2020.
For further information contact our Head of International Development Lotta Nevalainen:
Nordics Combined
Nordics Combined is a collaboration network of CircusInfo Finland, Dance Info Finland, Performing Arts Hub Norway (PAHN), The Danish Arts Foundation and The Swedish Arts Council. The aim of the collaboration is to enhance the visibility of Nordic performing arts globally. This is carried out by information sharing, Nordic presence at performing arts fairs and markets, and different cooperation projects. The network has e.g. organised the Korea-Nordic cooperation program, with KAMS Korea Arts Management Service as the Korean lead partner.
For further information contact our Head of International Development Lotta Nevalainen:
Finnish–Russian exchange
CircusInfo Finland co-operates with Dance Info Finland’s Finnish–Russian dance exchange program, together with the The Finnish Institute in St. Petersburg. The aim of the project is to effectuate collaborations between Russian and Finnish dance and circus professionals.
For further information contact our Head of International Development Lotta Nevalainen:
A worldwide platform for circus arts research: Circus Arts Research Platform