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 I will do it. We can’t see the future. We can only see the past. What is…
Football juggler Simon Llewelyn and the power of play
Simon Llewelyn grew up in Belfast playing rugby and football. A growing interest in performing arts brought him to Belfast Community Circus, and later to summer circus camp in America and circus school in Europe. He managed to combine two of his loves and…
Fourth edition of NouNous Festival at Cirko in December
NouNous Festival is here again! Almost like a tradition, in the first week of December friends of comedy are treated to Kallo Collective’s unique, this year 5-day festival. The popular festival brings the best of Finnish and international physical…
Residency in Orbit
Saana Tolonen and Carina Klingsell worked on their new project with the working title Orbit in Cirko’s residency in late September. The performance is being created around the two props, Chinese pole and aerial hoop, that are attached together with a…
Interview: Be Flat
Follow me is a performance by two Belgian urban acrobats, Ward Mortier and Thomas Decaesstecker, which invites audience to participate in a walk full of parkour and street acrobatics. Artists answered to some questions about their backgrounds and how they…
TECHNICAL PRODUCER for Cirko – Center for New Circus
We are looking for a Technical Producer to join our team at Cirko – Center for New Circus on Sept. 1, 2021 Based in Helsinki, Finland, Cirko – Center for New Circus is a production house that specializes in contemporary circus. Cirko produces shows…
Stage – Suvilahti open-air theater brings performing arts to summery Helsinki
Suvilahti is proud to introduce a new urban open-air theater program that treats live audiences to an assortment of some of the finest acts of contemporary performing arts. A cabaret styled setting with white table cloths invites you to enjoy food, drink…
ESSAY: What Role Does Art Play?
”We all create our own narratives, our own paths. Professional artists have access to valuable and powerful tools, and also the freedom to choose how to use them, and to what purpose. Do we further embrace dystopia because it offers the more accessible…
INTERVIEW: Onni Toivonen
in_between by Circo Aereo premiered last Thursday. COVID-19 brings its own challenges but in the end the premises to create a new show are mostly the same, pandemic or no pandemic. We interviewed circus artist Onni Toivonen about the creation of in_between…
Dramatic Fields – a BNCN project in development
A contemporary circus artist sits across the table from me and starts talking about one of their future creations. They don’t feel that they have that many ideas yet and they are not quite sure how their idea relates to the surrounding world at the…