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Discover the BNCN members below.
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DYNAMO
DYNAMO is a workspace for contemporary workspace, with main focus on co-production and residencies, and on top of that, we present guest performances and an annual circus festival in Odense, Denmark.
DENMARK
ORKENFORTET
Culture Association for kids and youngsters with financial support from the municipality of Copenhagen.
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Helsingør Teater - Passage festival
Helsingør Teater organises PASSAGE Festival, the biggest street theatre festival in the Nordic countries. The festival takes place annually at the end of July/ beginning of August. Activities take place centrally in Helsingør as well as in the periphery of the municipalities, in natural as well as urban settings. The PASSAGE programme consists of traditional street theatre performance but also challenges the concept of street theatre by programming more exclusive performances and other activities like poetry readings and philosophical talks. Especially non-language based disciplines as circus, street theatre and contemporary dance are of great interest of the festival, as they have proven very efficient in including a diverse audience.
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Circus Studie Folie
Circus Studio Folie is a circus organisation that is running a youth circus and developing contemporary circus in Estonia.
ESTONIA
Tallinn Fringe Festival
Tallinn Fringe is a multi-genre, short performance festival that is blasted all over the Estonian capital for 31 days, indoors and outdoors.
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Cirko
Center for New Circus. Cirko is a contemporary circus venue, presenter and artistic development situated in Helsinki with national and international reach.
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FINLAND
Circus & Dance Info Finland
Circus & Dance info is an independent expert organisation representing the circus and dance sectors in Finland. They produce and disseminate information about the circus and dance sectors’ activities and actors, conditions, results and impacts, and aim to develop these arts in our country. They also facilitate international cooperation and exports in these fields.
Tapanilan Sirkussali brings together circus professionals, circus enthusiasts and a circus school for the next generation of artists. Activities include artist residencies, demos, workshops, open stages, performances and classes for all leves and ages. Tapanilan Sirkussali was officially founded in November 2021 and opened in May 2022 by the Race Horse Company, Agit-Cirk and Linnanmäki Circus School. It occupies a former 600m2 sports hall, and collaborates with the Tapanila Sports Center.
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Riga Cirks
Riga Cirks is a multifunctional and traditional art center that ensures the development and availability of professional circus art. The goals of Riga Circus are the development, updating and popularisation of professional circus art
as well as ensuring its accessibility to all members of society.
LATVIA
Arts Printing House
Performing arts venue that also has contemporary circus, street theatre and children and youth theatre festivals, residency programme and emerging artists programme.
LITHUANIA
Cirkuliacija is a platform that breaks stereotypes about the circus and becomes a meeting point to discuss, share experiences and learn from each other. It also aims to bring cultural events of the highest quality to different post-soviet neighbourhoods with no cultural events.
NORWAY
Acting for Climate
The aim of contemporary circus company Acting for Climate (NO) is to use art to inspire people to act for a more sustainable future. They create and tour their own performances, and are a growing international network of people, artists and activists that nurture collaboration for sustainability. Fueled by the a drive to change the world, they always aim to choose the most sustainable way, and to “walk the talk”. Acting for Climate believes that both the process and the product are political.
Cirkus Cirkör
Cirkus Cirkör is a politically independent non-profit association that was founded in 1995 with the vision to change the world through contemporary circus.
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SWEDEN
JONK! Performing Arts
JONK! Performing Arts presents national and international guest performances of contemporary circus, dance, and theatre in Jönköping County. We want to create creative platforms for artists to come to and for the audience to feel included in. We want to work where the people are but where they may not expect performing arts to be. From markets and city festivals to schools and various stage rooms – the expected and unexpected.
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https://www.jonkperformingarts.com/
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KARAVAN
Karavan is a stage, a company and a platform for contemporary circus that was started in 2009 in Malmö, Sweden. Our organisation includes performances and a circus festival as well as artistic and educational projects. Karavan also hosts daily training for professional artists together with Manegen 5 days a week.
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Subtopia
Cirkus Syd
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Cirkuscentrum Sverige
Cirkuscentrum is a national non-profit association and expert organization that promote circus, supports artistic development, provides daily training and capacity building. Cirkuscentrum also strives to improve the working conditions and the infrastructure for professional circus artists. We foster connections and networks, both domestically and abroad, to nurture the expansion and evolution of contemporary circus.
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Riksteatern
Riksteatern is the national touring theatre of Sweden, constituted as civil society organization with approx. 38 000 members organized in 220 theatre associations all over Sweden. Riksteatern operates nationally, regionally, and locally, and has a unique role as both an organizer and producer, as well as a promoter of the performing arts in Sweden. Riksteatern local organizes performing arts – produced both by Riksteatern and other producers. Riksteatern national produces performing arts. Riksteatern regional promotes performing arts in its respective counties.
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Hringleikur
Hringleikur is a new Icelandic circus company that aims to promote Icelandic circus culture. Our members are circus artists and those who work in the field of circus in Iceland.