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Circostrada Network
Circostrada Network is a European platform for the street arts and circus, dedicated to information, observation and professional exchanges. Representing more than 50 members from 17 countries, the network is working to develop the structuring and recognition of these sectors in Europe. HorsLesMurs, French national information centre for street arts and circus arts, is the general secretariat of the network. Created in 1993 by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, it supports artistic activities through observation, documentation, training, expertise, research and publishing.
Focus
New publications online! Have a look at our section "Publications" where you can download several guides and studies free of charge.
News
In this section, you will find a selection of updates on the circus and street arts, including upcoming festivals, recent publications, institutional news, calls for projects, as well as a great deal of other information.
Developing innovative work organisation practices in the cultural sector in Europe. An IETM publication - Researched and edited by La Belle Ouvrage.
By providing these accounts, this publication intends to encourage people involved in the cultural sector to seize upon the vast issue of work, and more particularly of working together, and turn it into an area of experimentation in which they can translate the core values of their day-to-day activities into the artistic and cultural projects they oversee.
In 2010, the European Federation of Professional Circus Schools (FEDEC) launched a reflection process and a network consultation about Educational and Artistic Directors’ skills. This work led to MAILLONS, a programme of workshops aimed at enhancing the skills of Educational and Artistic Directors of FEDEC schools, to be implemented from 2011 to 2013.
In 2011, Maillons’ workshops focused on the topic of "Ethics and Deontology in Education", and developed a network Charter on Ethics and Deontology that has recently been published. This common tool is the fruit of consultations carried out internally by FEDEC school directors with their educational teams, the sharing of their experiences in teaching circus arts and network discussions on ethical and deontological issues.
This first Charter on Ethics and Deontology consists of recommendations and non-binding principles, allowing each school to take up its content and breathe life into it through its educational project. Download it here.
For more information: www.fedec.eu
Our Publications
You will find in this section our latest publications. You can download them free of charge in different langages (.pfd version). Previous publications may be downloaded from the section Presentation > Background.
The University of Winchester, in partnership with Circostrada Network, Gledališče Ane Monro and the Advanced Itinerant Learning Programme for Street Arts (FAI AR), organised the second edition of the Street Arts Winter Academy. This closed seminar, held from 23rd to 25th of March
2012 in Winchester (UK), gathered European professionals and academics to tackle the issue of artistic practice as research.
Circostrada Network proposes in this publication a synthesis of the discussions on the structuring of the transmission of skills within this artistic sector, as well as existing schemes and good practices.
Agenda
Under this heading, you will find the programme for upcoming activities organised by the network as well as events in which the network has officially taken part.
> Street Arts and Circus: Encouraging European Cooperation Projects 2013
> Public Strategies for Circus and Street Arts
> European Capital of Culture Programme and Circus Arts
> Education in Street Arts
Online Information
In this section you can find a list of links to useful online ressources providing contacts and documents.
Circostrada Network receives the support for bodies active at the European level in the field of culture (category networks) in the framework of European programme Culture 2007-2013.
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Coordinated by the centre of resources HorsLesMurs
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.