ON THE EDGE
PLATFORM MEMBER Festival for experimental circus arts Since its foundation in 2020, ON THE EDGE has been able to establish itself as a permanent fixture
Throughout the selection process, circusnext Platform members are present alongside the artists, by hosting them in residency, organising performances and meetings with audiences during presentations of works-in-progress, workshops, etc. They showcase artists from other European countries, thus contributing to the internationalisation of their professional careers.
They raise awareness among political decision-makers and the general public by promoting a high-quality contemporary circus that is representative of the diversity of circus creations.
They take an active part in the life of circusnext Platform through collective meetings, reflection on the programme, and by communicating about the circusnext project and its label.
circusnext Platform members take part in all steps of the selection process:
PLATFORM MEMBER Festival for experimental circus arts Since its foundation in 2020, ON THE EDGE has been able to establish itself as a permanent fixture
PLATFORM MEMBER Stage and workspace for circus and performing arts Dynamo was created in 2017 by circus artists Gry Lambertsen and Rune Vadstrøm Andersen out
PLATFORM MEMBER Up – Circus & Performing Arts is an international creation center for circus arts located in Brussels (formerly Espace Catastrophe). For 27 years,
PLATFORM MEMBER The cooperative Teatro Instabile di Aosta was founded by Marco Chenevier in 2005 as a production and distribution company. It has also been
PLATFORM MEMBER Teatronas is a theatre company based in Kaunas, Lithuania. They run the international festival of contemporary circus Cirkuliacija. It’s a platform dedicated to
PLATFORM MEMBER Teatro da Didascália is a cultural cooperative founded in 2008 in Joane, Portugal. Their activity unfolds between the production of transdisciplinary artistic projects
PLATFORM MEMBER Subtopia is a creative cluster of companies and organisations dedicated to arts and creative industries. Located in the south of Stockholm, Subtopia brings
PLATFORM MEMBER Founded in 1996 in Genova, Sarabanda is a cultural association working at the national and international level for socio-cultural development of the Italian
PLATFORM MEMBER ROOM 100 is a Croatian contemporary circus collective founded in 2010 by Antonia Kuzmanić and Jakov Labrović. As creators, performers, and producers, they
PLATFORM MEMBER Rīgas Cirks is a contemporary art center dedicated to circus arts. Housed in the only permanent circus building in the Baltic States, this
PLATFORM MEMBER PERPLX is one of the four workspaces for circus arts in Flanders (Belgium). It has an important support and stimulation mission with the
PLATFORM MEMBER Mercat de les Flors is a public consortium created by the City of Barcelona and the Government of Catalonia, with support from the
PLATFORM MEMBER Centre for Circus and Street Arts Latitude 50 is a centre for circus and street arts located in Marchin, Belgium. Each year, it hosts around fifteen performances, co-organises
PLATFORM MEMBER Circus and itinerant arts factory La Grainerie is a circus and itinerant arts factory dedicated to the development of the circus field and
PLATFORM MEMBER La Central del Circ is a creation center which provides to circus artists resources for creation, training, and continuous education. Its mission is
PLATFORM MEMBER Tollhaus Karlsruhe was founded in 1982 by Bernd Belschner and Britta Vehagen as a socio-cultural centre. From its beginnings as a small stage
PLATFORM MEMBER Based in Saarbrücken, PERSPECTIVES is the only Franco-German, binational, and cross-border festival entirely dedicated to the performing arts. Over the course of ten
PLATFORM MEMBER The Circolo Festival is a major contemporary circus festival in the Netherlands, offering audiences a diverse programme that includes both family-friendly shows and
PLATFORM MEMBER Cirkusfera is the key organization for the development of contemporary circus and street arts in Serbia. It brings together multidisciplinary artists who work
PLATFORM MEMBER Cirkorama is a collective of artists dedicated to promoting the development of contemporary circus in Croatia. Their work spans several areas, including education,
PLATFORM MEMBER Since 2002, Cirko – Center for New Circus has been working to promote and develop contemporary Finnish circus. In 2011, the Cirko circus
PLATFORM MEMBER Deployed since 2013 on the edge of Aix-en-Provence, the Centre International des Arts en Mouvement is an open and dynamic space dedicated to
PLATFORM MEMBER The Berlin Circus Festival began in 2015 as a key platform for contemporary circus as an art form in Germany, where circus is
PLATFORM MEMBER CIRQUEON is an umbrella organization for the support and development of contemporary circus in the Czech Republic. The main purpose of Cirqueon is to
PLATFORM MEMBER National Centre for Circus Arts Normandy Linked to the Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf in the new Platform ‘2 Circus Centers in Normandy’, La Brèche is