circusnext residency: Aurora Dini
circusnext 2026 finalist Aurora Dini is an Italian circus artist based in France. After different professional experiences (collective creation, stage and street performance, actress for theater company, assistant director, educational circus workshop in…
w/ network Contemporary Circus on Tour
Cirko 2026 Programme Brochure
Introducing w/: A New European Co-Production Network for Contemporary Circus
Updated 1/2026 A new push for contemporary circus begins with the launch of w/ (pronounced “with“), a network of circus presenters across Europe and the UK. The launch takes place at the CircusExpo event in Stockholm, where w/ will unveil its…
Open office
The third Open office event of the autumn, organised jointly by Zodiak, Cirko and Dance House Helsinki, will take place on Monday, 4 November from 13-17 at Cirko in Suvilahti, Helsinki. This time, we will focus on helping with questions regarding touring,…
Tobias Piero Dohm’s open rehearsal at Cirko on October 23rd
Berlin-based circus artist Tobias Piero Dohm will work at Cirko – Center for New Circus’ residency in October. As part of the residency, Cirko will host a work-in-progress of the project Raum · Zeit by Dohm and sound designer Fabian Laute on Wed…
An open office once a month for artists and producers
Cirko, Dance House Helsinki and Zodiak will launch a joint Open office in Helsinki in autumn 2024. These open pop-up offices will offer practical advice, discussion support and a shared workspace for artists and producers in the dance and circus fields.…
Lightsphere and the Night of the Arts at Cirko
In 2022 Cirko started working with Hands some Feet Circus Company on co-producing their new family production: Colorsphere. The show is created together with Kerttu and Adam Opus from Company Opus and Liisa and Jeromy Nuuk from Hands Some Feet. Colorsphere…
The autumn season at Cirko is bursting with colour for families as well as for mortals contemplating dying in a humoristic way – and more affordable tickets for everyone
Summer is about to bloom but plenty of new futures are also already sprouting for Cirko’s autumn season, like a new spring in the making. The programme includes two performances with a very different mood: Colorsphere by the Finnish-Australian circus…
NouNous Festival for the 5th time in Cirko 30.11.-4.12.2022
NouNous Festival is here again! The popular festival brings the best of Finnish and international physical comedy to Helsinki. This year, the themes of performances take us from the world of constant movement through divine lies to the peaks of energy and…