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Next Door Circus is a platform for contemporary circus and
street arts in thr Baltic states. It has existed in our minds
for a long time, but was officially registered in March 2014.
Now that the first anniversary of the organisation has passed, it’s time to remind you what we did this year and to
look forward to what we’re working on next.
Our Mission
Encourage international cooperation
between artists, develop Baltic contemporary circus and street arts and to
promote Baltic circus internationally. We
believe that the development starts with
sharing and collaboration
How do we work?
• Databases
We are working on mapping the Baltic
circus. Each artist or qn institution will
hqve its profile on or website presenting
their work and their needs.
So if you are an artist or institution contact us and fill out the form.
• Library
We are working on collecting all the academic research on circus done in the Baltics and on cataloguing the circus books
in the libraries.
• International networking and advo-
cacy
Next Door Circus is a part of the Baltic
Nordic Circus Network and will soon join
Fresh Arts Coalition Europe and the European circus arts network Circostrada.
We are your ears, nose and mouth in the
circus world.
We can help you to gather advocacy
information locally and inform you about
possibilities abroad.
Events
Next Door Circus organises events in
cooêration with diffeent partner organisations.. We participate in making joined
applications with other institutuions in order to bring workshops and educational
tools for artists in Baltic states. If you have
an idea, and the willful to organise circus
event in Baltics, we will be happy to help
you as much as possible.
How can you support us?
• Fill out the form and let us know about
you!
• Like and share us on social media!
• Volunteer: all kinds of help are welcome!
• Donate and help things happen faster!
It will give you more visibility,
help you to make contacts
and overall: if we show how many we are,
it will be easier to advocate for the sector
.
• Magazine
Twice a year we publish an online magazine to inspire and to share good experiences from the Baltics and abroad. It is
as well a place where local actors from
the art field can express their thoughts,
needs and make themselves heard. We
are sure that talking and writting about
circus is an important tool in order to develop the sector.
Next Door Circus workshops during RE RE RIGA! 2014;, in Photo Natalie Oleinik and Sebastian Kann as trainers,
photo by by Renārs Derrings (c)
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