NuoraNORD Incubator was an international project to empower up-and-coming circus initiatives of the Baltic-Nordic region with both material and immaterial resources. The selected participants took part in three facilitated online workshops in which they cultivated their ideas in a co-development process with the support of their peers. The project was coordinated by Kaisa Tiainen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Project partners were CircusInfo Finland (coordinator), Dynamo Workspace for Circus (Denmark), Cirkus Cirk\u00f6r (Sweden), Arts Printing House \/ Menu spaustuve (Lithuania), Riga Cirks (Latvia) and Eesti Tsirkusekeskus (Estonia). The project was supported by Nordic Culture Point.<\/p>\n Read more about the results >><\/a><\/p>\n Crossing Missions for Young Presenters in Circus Arts, a project by CircusInfo Finland, La Tohu from Canada and Subtopia from Sweden, brings together young 25\u201335-year-old performing arts producers from Finland, Canada and Sweden. In meetings organised within the project\u2019s framework the participants have an opportunity to exchange their experiences, ideas and know-how and strengthen their international networks. In addition to developing their professional skills, the project aims to bring young producers in touch with the development of circus art. The participants are two young producers from Finland, two from Sweden and four from Quebec, Canada. The meetings are held at performing arts showcase events CINARS (Montreal 2018) and Subcase (Stockholm 2019). The Nordic producers\u2019 networking is supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Canadians\u2019 by the Provincial Government of Quebec. The Crossing Missions project is co\u00f6rdinated by CircusInfo Finland.<\/p>\n NuoraNORD\u00a0project is aimed at young Baltic and Nordic circus companies struggling in becoming established.\u00a0Coordinated by CircusInfo Finland, the project focuses in providing the young circus companies with knowledge and skills on strategic thinking and planning as well as long-term sustainable development. Other project partners are Pievilcigas pilsetvides biedriba \/ Re Riga! Festival in Latvia, Menu spaustuve \/ Arts Printing House in Lithuania, Manegen in Sweden and Baltic-Nordic Circus Network.<\/p>\n The project is carried out through workshops during the year 2018. In total four workshops will be arranged, one in each partner country. From each country, two producers or artists will\u00a0take part in all the workshops. The project creates new international connections between participating producers and artists, thus, it lays a solid ground also for future collaboration.The project is supported by Nordic Culture Point.<\/p>\n The participants selected through an open call were Marija Baranauskait\u0117<\/strong> (Association of contemporary circus Lithuania), Selene Abonce Muhonen<\/strong> (Sisus & Art Society Now \/Finland), Gildas Aleksa<\/strong> (Cirkulijacija Festival & \u0160elteris venue \/ Lithuania), Patricia Franke<\/strong> (Agent Franke \/ Sweden), Janis Laucenieks<\/strong> (Association Sansusi \/ Latvia), Ance Strazada<\/strong> (KVADRIFRONS \/ Latvia), Kaito Takayama<\/strong> (KaSa Company \/ Finland) and Mikaela Valencia Veide<\/strong> (Kaaos Kaamos \/ Sweden).\u00a0 The project \u201cNuoraMentors\u201d tackles the everyday problematics of independent circus companies working without permanent funding in Finland. The project is targeted both for artists and producers alike and strives at strengthening the networks within the field. The backbone of the project lies in artistic or productional mentoring for young circus companies. NuoraMentors is based on the good practices of a former project in 2015\u201316. NuoraMentors is supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Korea-Nordic Connection creates forms of collaboration between performing arts professionals focusing on young audiences, based in the Nordic countries and South Korea. The project includes background research and two study trips, which offer participants in-depth opportunities to get acquainted with potential collaboration partners. Eight Nordic and seven Korean artists are participating in the program, which was launched in October 2017 with a networking trip to Performing Arts Market Seoul (PAMS).<\/p>\n The partner organisations of the Korea-Nordic Connection program in addition to CircusInfo Finland are Korea Arts Management Service, Assitej Korea, Swedish Arts Council, Assitej Sweden, Performing Arts Hub Norway, Scenekunstbruket, Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces, Teatercentrum, Dance Info Finland and Assitej Finland.<\/p>\n SZENEfrei is a three year project promoting Finnish circus, dance and performance art in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2017\u20132019. Projects supports Finnish performances visiting German-speaking Europe, boosts expert visits to Finland and organizes networking events for Finnish performing art professionals.<\/p>\n SZENEfrei is coordinated by the Finnish Institute in Germany (Finnland-Institute in Deutschland) and its partners include CircusInfo Finland, Dance Info Finland and\u00a0Eskus – Performance Center. The project is supported by Kone Foundation and Arts Promotion Centre Finland.<\/p>\n The European project Circus Incubator \u2013 EuropeS-AmericaS strategy for young artists was created by 7 European and American partners: La Grainerie (France), CircusInfo Finland, Cirko (Finland), Subtopia (Sweden), La Central del Circ (Spain), La TOHU (Canada) and Luni Produ\u00e7oes (Brazil).\u00a0The project aimed in one hand at sensitizing the young contemporary circus artists to the internationalization of their career and to the artistic research, and in the other hand to sensitizing the programmers to the young and emerging artists’ follow-up in the long-term. During the project, several to workshops were organized on the two continents.\u00a0The project aimed at\u00a0building\u00a0capacity in the field and was funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. CASA was a European support programme designed by five arts organisations: MiramirO (Belgium), CircusInfo Finland (Finland), Cirqueon (Czech Republic), FiraT\u00e0rrega (Spain) and Subtopia (Sweden). Together organisations join forces to equip professionals from the contemporary circus and outdoor creation sectors to work and cooperate transnationally.\u00a0CASA was co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, Ministry of Education and Culture Finland and Swedish Arts Council. The project produced five inspirational multimedia market guides in the field of circus and outdoor arts. Crossing Missions for Young Presenters in Circus Arts (2018\u20132019)<\/h2>\n
NuoraNORD (2018\u20132019)<\/h2>\n
\nRead Marija Baranauskait\u0117’s blog on the project >><\/a><\/p>\nNuoraMentors (2017\u201318)<\/h2>\n
\nRead more >><\/a><\/p>\nKorea\u2013Nordic Connection (2017\u201319)<\/h2>\n
SZENEfrei (2017\u20132019)<\/h2>\n
Circus Incubator (2015\u201317)<\/h2>\n
\n>> Read more on the project’s website<\/a> and\u00a0 Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\nCASA \u2013 Circus Arts and Streets Arts Circuits (2016\u201317)<\/h2>\n
\n>> Read more on www.casa-circuits.eu<\/a><\/p>\nBig Muuv 2016<\/h2>\n