ON THE EDGE
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ON THE EDGE
Festival for experimental circus arts
Since its foundation in 2020, ON THE EDGE has been able to establish itself as a permanent fixture within the international circus landscape. Current developments in contemporary circus creation have been promoted and made visible. The goal continues to be the establishment of circus arts as an independent and innovative art form.
The focus is on the further development of circus techniques, the questioning of virtuosity, gravity and tricks, as well as the creative handling of aesthetics and dramaturgy. The festival promotes and showcases artists who mix circus with dance, performance or visual arts, dare to experiment and explore boundaries. ON THE EDGE wants to dare to try new things, launch new perspectives, carefully feel things out, endure contrasts and pick people up. Rediscover circus art together!
Dynamo
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Dynamo
Stage and workspace for circus and performing arts
Dynamo was created in 2017 by circus artists Gry Lambertsen and Rune Vadstrøm Andersen out of an urgent need for production and stage space for circus in Denmark.
Dynamo is an open stage, a free artistic space installed in a raw and beautiful former grain warehouse in the harbor of Odense. The space hosts between 15 and 20 national and international circus companies in residency each year, as well as workshops, training sessions and shows. Dynamo promotes the emergence of contemporary circus with Open Stage, where emerging artists can come and test their ideas in front of an audience.
Dynamo also organizes the DYNAMO CIRCUS FESTIVAL, a 4-day celebration of contemporary circus that takes place every 2 years.
TIDA – Teatro Instabile Di Aosta
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TIDA – Teatro Instabile Di Aosta
The cooperative Teatro Instabile di Aosta was founded by Marco Chenevier in 2005 as a production and distribution company. It has also been dedicated to the organization of cultural events such as the circus and street theatre festival Morg-Ex-machina, the travelling review “Le marmotte non dormono”, the “Festival di teatro di strada” in Rome.
Since 2016, it has been programming in Aosta, in the spaces of the Cittadella dei Giovani di Aosta, the Festival T*Danse – Dance and Technology – Festival Internazionale della Nuova danza di Aosta.
In 2019, TiDA has taken over the artistic and programming direction of the Art & Culture space of Cittadella dei Giovani di Aosta.
Teatronas
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Teatronas
Teatronas is a theatre company based in Kaunas, Lithuania. They run the international festival of contemporary circus Cirkuliacija. It’s a platform dedicated to breaking stereotypes in contemporary circus. The festival in non-traditional urban spaces presenting a variety of contemporary circus disciplines, performances and artistic views from Lithuania and abroad.
They also run the Cirko Sapiens center whose main activity is continuous contemporary circus education for people from age 5 and up, as well as for adults.
Teatro da Didascália
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Teatro da Didascália
Teatro da Didascália is a cultural cooperative founded in 2008 in Joane, Portugal. Their activity unfolds between the production of transdisciplinary artistic projects and programming and hosting artistic projects. They promote artistic exchanges and works for the development and enhancement of circus and street arts in the Famalicao’s region.
They run a space a space of creation and programming called fAUNA, take part in the organization of the meeting Territórios Dramáticos, and run the Vaudeville Rendez-Vous, an international festival for circus and street arts.
They cooperate with local, regional, national and international artistic operators, from circus and theater companies, to art schools, from performing arts to visual arts, to dance and circus, encouraging the creation of transdisciplinary shows.
Subtopia
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Subtopia
Subtopia is a creative cluster of companies and organisations dedicated to arts and creative industries. Located in the south of Stockholm, Subtopia brings together different venues from circus structures, schools to companies, working in the field of art, business, education and social engagement.
They support creation, production, research and artistic development, offers residencies and workshops, and provides information and intelligence on circus. In 2010, they opened Hangaren, the first Swedish venue dedicated to presenting both Swedish and international contemporary circus.
In 2018, Subtopia initiated the festival CirkusMania, in the Stockholm’s region. The aim is to create broad interest and curiosity for contemporary circus in new as well as established audiences. They gather now 30 of the Stockholm region’s stages across 14 municipalities.
Sarabanda
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Sarabanda
Founded in 1996 in Genova, Sarabanda is a cultural association working at the national and international level for socio-cultural development of the Italian territory through research in the multidisciplinary field of theater, street art and contemporary circus. It supports, produces and promotes companies during festivals and events in theatres, urban areas and unconventional places. One of its main priorities is to help to discover new artistic languages and facilitate encounters between artists, audiences and operators.
Three main projects carried out by Sarabanda:
– Circumnavigando International Festival of Circus Theatre founded in 2001
– Circus Zone festival organised in different cities in the North of Italy
– Circoscienza a project realized by the Genoa Science Festival