Circ-Exchange-Week

Circ-Exchange-Week

This year for the first time the Zirkusquartier is hosting the Circ-Exchange Week: a whole week’s programme for emerging circus or physical theater artists who have recently finished an education or have recently started to work in Switzerland and would like to gain a foothold here (max. since 3 years / a completed education is not mandatory).

Circ-Exchange Week is part of the wider ongoing Circ-Exchange project, which is facilitated by Zirkusquartier and aims to connect and strengthen the Swiss circus scene. Circ-Exchange Week is a full-time week for emerging artists to gather, get to know each other, create, share and learn.

Date: November 3 – 9 (3rd and 9th are arrival and departure days)
Time: 10:00 – 18:00 + occasional evening activities

The Zirkusquartier will provide food and accommodation on site. Travel costs cannot be covered.
The deadline for registrations is October 13!

Program

• Practical time for research and creation. There will be collective warm-ups, workshops, sharings and feedback sessions as well as time for yourself to work your own project or idea. At the end of the week there will be a public sharing at Zirkusquartier.

• Theoretical time dedicated to production topics such as dossier creation, networking, distribution, etc. In addition to the joint sessions, there will also be a production café with an expert from artFAQ and ProCirque.

• Discussion time, where we want to create an intimate space to share experiences and thoughts and discuss political, social and personal issues that affect our lives and work as artists.

On Wednesday, November 06 there will be a Circ-Exchange Evening – a meeting of the circus scene. On this evening, established circus professionals will visit Circ-Exchange-Week to exchange ideas, get to know each other and strengthen the scene.

To round off the week, there will be a public sharing to share excerpts from the work and experiences of the week with the public.

The Circ-Exchange Evening can also be attended independently of the Circ-Exchange-Week. The Circ-Exchange Sharing is public and based on hat collection.

Circ-Exchange Week is hosted by Luisa Schmitz (she/her) and Caro Wuttke (she/her). Both are circus artists themselves, live in Zurich and are connected to the Zirkusquartier.

Registration

To register, please send us an email to charlotte.mathiessen@zirkusquartier.ch by October 13 with a short text telling us what you would like to work on and what your needs are for Circ-Exchange Week . Please answer the following questions in your email:

• What project or idea do you want to work on practically? Which technical needs do you have? (Remark: it’s not necessary to have a fixed project, it can be an idea or something you want to research. The open sharing at the end of the week is really casual with no pressure to show anything finished.

• Do you have a specific need/interest of a production related topic, which you would like to learn more about?

• Is there a topic for the gathering time, you would like to propose, share, discuss, learn more about?

• Is there anything else you would like to bring to Circ-Exchange Week and share with the rest of the participants and the moderation team? This can be a creation method, a topic to discuss or what ever is on your mind. (This is not obligatory, but as far as possible we would love to facilitate a space, where the participants are able to shape the week as well).

Due to logistical reasons, we can only host up to 12 participants. If there are more registrations, we will decide respecting the needs of the registered persons, who can take part.

We are really looking forward to hear from you.

Caro Wuttke

Luisa Schmitz