For artists who have gone through the circusnext Platform programme, the question of what comes next often remains open: how to develop a lasting artistic identity, build a sustainable practice, and establish roots in a local context?
Designed for emerging artist-authors with projects they need time and space to grow, the programme is co-built with a network of partners across France. It combines creation residencies, touring support, one-to-one and collective artistic mentoring, and exploration of audience relationships.
A space to develop skills and consolidate a professional career.
With the support of the Fondation de France.
How ?
Creation support: residencies, touring opportunities
Mentoring and advice: individualised and collective pathways, artistic labs
Openness and diversification: community engagement, cross-sector dialogue
Visibility and network-building: expanding professional connections, local embedding
For whom ?
circusnext France is open to authors who :
have been identified through circusnext Platform in a previous edition
live and work in France
are at a second stage of their emergence as artists
With whom ?
circusnext France is built with a network of partners across Île-de-France and the wider country, committed to supporting emerging circus authors :
