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Gaëtan Levêque
Cirko – Center for New Circus
Since 2002, Cirko – Center for New Circus has been working to promote and develop contemporary Finnish circus. In 2011 the Cirko circus building opened in Helsinki’s Suvilahti – 1,400 square metres of office and performance space, custom made for contemporary circus.
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CircusInfo: Prominent circus development centre in Helsinki gains a new director – An interview with Cirko’s Jarkko Lehmus
Cirko – Center for New Circus, founded in 2002, is a prominent contemporary circus venue and artistic development centre in Finland. One of the key actors in the field, they…
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Cirko has a new director
The board of the Center for New Circus Cirko has chosen Jarkko Lehmus as the new director. Lehmus has been the acting director since March 2022. He holds an MA in Cultural Policy…
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Culture Kids
Culture Kids is a programme that pairs children living in Helsinki with a sponsor from the world of arts and culture. All of the city’s little ones born in or after 2020 are…
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Call Out for the Circus
What does the future hold for contemporary circus art in the Nordics and the Baltics? Most of what I am going to say has been said already by people before me. But not exactly how…
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