Finalists circusnext 2025

by Emilie BonaventureFINALISTS 2025

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Finalist projects!

A jury made up of representatives from European partner venues and artists has selected 12 projects from 17 contemporary circus authors, showcasing a diverse range of formats.

The 12 Finalist projects 2025

ORIANE LAUTEL (BELGIUM)

Des amoures chiennes aux amour-lichen · Static trapeze

CIE INELUCTABLE · MARIUS FOUILLAND, AIMÉ RAUZIER (FRANCE)

CE(UX) QUI RESTE(NT) · Floor acrobatics

KIMERA · CECILIA ALICE MANFRINI, AIVJÀ PEZZA (ITALY)

ES · Floor acrobatics, handstand, fakir

MARICA MARINONI, JEF EVERAERT (FRANCE)

In Difference · Cyr wheel

JUAN CARLOS PANDURO ROMERO (SPAIN)

Salar la Pena · Handstand

MAISON DE LA · ANTOINE LINSALE (FRANCE)

Bestiaire/Vestiaire · Floor acrobatics, silk, hair/head hanging

JAKOB JACOBSSON (THE NETHERLANDS)

Insomnia · Rope

FARÖ CÉLESTE · JUSTINE BERNACHON-IRISARRI (FRANCE)

Hack the circus · Handstand, aerial

!UKBUM! · JEF KINDS, MIA DROBEC (BELGIUM)

Arbo · Aerial straps

CIE DISSOCIÉE · MARCELO NUNES (FRANCE)

Hertz · Static trapeze, fakir, clown

CIE BETTERLAND · MARION COULOMB, PEPITA CAR (FRANCE)

BODY TERRITORY · Rope, knife throwing

DAVID MARTIN (SWEDEN)

Metaphoric Objects · Juggling

Upcoming supports

The Finalists will be supported by circusnext and its European partner venues through :

Co-production
Residencies
Work-in-progress presentations
Trainings

Next steps

Selection of Laureates · May 2025

The Finalists will present their work-in-progress on stage to an invited audience of professionals and the jury, who will select the 4 Laureates projects circusnext 2025.

circusnext Revelations · 12 & 13 June 2025

The 4 laureate projects circusnext 2025 will be presented to the public on the stage of the Théâtre de la Cité internationale (Paris, France).