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Work-in-progress presentation ✨
Verena Schneider (2026 Finalist), Holding on to everything I’ve got · Friday 29 May at 17:00

circusnext welcomes Verena Schneider ( ) for a ten-day residency at L’Espace Périphérique - .
Join us to discover the project and share a moment inside its evolving creative journey.

📆 29 May · 17:00 · L’Espace Péripherique - La Villette (Paris 19)

💌 Registration: [email protected]

👀 All info on circusnext.eu

🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

Work-in-progress presentation 💫 Carlos Landaeta Meneses (2026 Finalist), Blood Flow Reading Club · Monday 18 May at 17:00

circusnext welcomes Carlos Landaeta Meneses (BE) for a ten-day residency at l'Espace Périphérique - . Join us to discover a performance about the limits of the body, violence, and resistance in support of those who are discriminated against.

📆 18 May · 17:00 · L'Espace Périphérique - La Villette (Paris 19)
💌 Registration: [email protected]

📷 Lula & Elsa
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

Astrat - Handicaps & Créativité avec l’Association Les Jours Heureux

🤹‍♂ Retour sur la rencontre entre le jongleur .cerato et les résident·es des Foyers Jean Faveris et Kellerman. Une première semaine de résidence haute en couleur, entre temps de création et atelier de jonglage collectif où les corps, les sensibilités et les imaginaires rarement présents dans les circuits habituels de création sont moteurs d’expression et de recherche.

🙏 Un grand merci aux foyers Jean Faveris et Kellerman et à leurs personnels pour leurs accueils chaleureux, à Carlo Cerato et aux participant·es

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Dans le cadre du dispositif l’Art d’être ensemble* de la Ville de Paris, avec le soutien de la Fondation de France
*L’Art d’être ensemble est un dispositif créé par la Ville de Paris pour favoriser les actions artistiques et culturelles pour et avec tous les publics.

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EN. Astrat – Disability & Creativity with the Association Les Jours Heureux

🤹‍♂ A look back at the encounter between juggler Carlo Cerato and the residents of the Jean Faveris and Kellerman care homes. This first week of the residency was vibrant and full of life, combining creative work with collective juggling workshops, where bodies, sensibilities and imaginations rarely seen in mainstream creative spaces became real drivers for expression and exploration.

🙏 Huge thanks to the teams at Jean Faveris and Kellerman for their warm welcome, and to Carlo Cerato and all the participants.

Discover the 2027 preselected projects ✨

🙌 The 10 national pre-selection committees reviewed 105 applications and selected 24 projects led by 29 authors from 19 different nationalities.

🎯 Next step: The Selection of Finalists!

📸 Oskars Upenieks -
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

A look back at the Finalist company T.O.A.'s work-in-progress presentation at l'Espace Périphérique 👀 with and

Corvus Obscura explores in-between spaces—between shadow and light, earth and elevation, the visible and the inner self. Trapeze, live drawing, and experimental music intertwine in a search for metaphysical harmony. The stage is permeated by real-time projections of black-and-white drawings, offering a renewed perspective somewhere between imagination and phantasmagoria 🌀

Next step: the Selection of Laureates in September, 2026!

🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

Work-in-progress presentation ✨ TOA · Petra Najman, Ivan Svaguša (Finalists 2026), Corvus Obscura
Monday 20 April at 17:00

circusnext welcomes and (HR) for a ten-day residency at L'Espace Périphérique - .
Join us to discover their project and experience the space in between 🌀

📆 20 April · 17:00 · L'Espace Périphérique - La Villette (Paris 19)
💌 Registration: [email protected]
👀 All info on circusnext.eu

🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

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Finalist Lab Tour ✨ Rīga - Latvia
👀 A look back at the Finalist Lab hosted by

During a 10-day laboratory, the 2026 Finalists worked together under the guidance of Kitt Johnson 🧪 In this shared space, they collectively explored their research and questions, allowing their projects to grow through group exchange.

Next step: artistic residencies across Europe 🌏 and the Selection of Laureates in September!

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🙏 Thanks to Rigas cirks for the warm welcome, and to for her commitment to the artistic projects!

📷 Oskars Upenieks
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union

Circostrada Network, circusnext, FEDEC and IN SITU - European Platform for Artistic Creation in Public Space as European networks and platforms, reaffirm their collective commitment to a safer and more responsible sector.

We are dedicated to strengthening working, training, teaching and creative environments that guarantee the emotional, psychological and physical safety of everyone involved in the circus and outdoor arts sector: cultural workers, administrative and teaching staff, artists, students and all professionals in the sector.

The circus and outdoor arts sector must be a space for experimentation, learning, and collaboration. We have a collective responsibility to ensure that these spaces are based on respect, listening, dignity and integrity for all.

We hold ourselves and our members accountable to these standards. Through our ongoing actions and commitments - including ethical frameworks and dedicated initiatives - we are working to make circus and outdoor arts a safe, inclusive and caring environment where everyone can develop their practice, creativity and professional career in conditions of trust, fairness and safety.

👉 Explore our full list of resources, including projects, tools and charters: https://bit.ly/4lCuJBE

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Seeding Labs Tour 🌱 Balma - France

👀 A look back at the Seeding Lab hosted by
11 authors worked together on their projects during a 10-day laboratory guided by Claudio Stellato 🧪

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🙏 Thank to La Grainerie for the warm welcome, and to for his commitment to the artistic projects!

📷 Lorraine Burger, Lisa Frede
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union