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Estonian Contemporary Circus Development Centre Getting together There have always been people enthusiastic about Estonian circus, and thanks to them, circus in Estonia has flourished. Finally, different actors have come together to found an umbrella organisation for circus in Estonia— the Estonian Contemporary Circus Development Centre. Their first event, the Estonian Circus Festival, will take place in April. The main aims of the Development Centre are: • To develop Estonian contemporary circus in order to increase recognition and funding of the art in Estonia. • To increase the competitiveness, sustainability and export of Estonian contemporary circus, and to improve the cooperation between different fields of art. • To develop international collaboration. The first circus development centre in the Baltics The Estonian Contemporary Circus Development Centre (Circus