Riga International Conference on Circus Education (Riga ICCE 2022) was held on 10 - 11th of May, 2022 and was the highlight event for the Baltic-Nordic professional circus community, co-produced by BNCN co-hosts Cirkus Syd (SE) and Rigas cirks (LV).

 

This conference was a place to create a new vision for the future of circus education, while listening to inspirational talks, joining in discussions, as well as participating in a variety of workshops. The aim was to inspire towards positive change in the Baltic - Nordic countries and to emphasize circus art as a part of art education, and to promote the synergy of circus with related genres of performing arts - dance and theater. The themes of that year’s conference concentrated on artistic thinking in education, inclusion in arts education, as well as physical literacy in the artistic sense. 

 

It was meant for circus teachers, local authorities, circus and other performing arts artists, educators and people curious about circus.

 

The conference happened in a hybrid way - some parts of the conference was organised online. The language of the conference was English with translation to Latvian and sign language interpreter (for keynotes).
 

This activity was supported by Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Culture Ministry, Baltic-American Freedom Foundation and Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation