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Baltic Nordic Circus Network News by Jonna Leppanen Writers Māra Pāvula Māra is the Co-founder and Director of Next Door Circus. She believes that developement starts with collaboration. Having developed her passion from academic research, she enjoys questionning circus esthetics and its social impact. Monika Neverauskaite Monika is the first Lithuanian to graduate from Codarts Circus Arts Rotterdam, a university of dance, music and circus. Her main discipline is cyr wheel. For her it is a tool of expression and freedom of movement. Dan Renwick Dan is an Australian physical comedy performer and teacher based in Tallinn, Estonia. He helps to organize the TaDaa Festival and Open Tsirkus Stage. Anu Tähemaa Network ,eeting during Subcase 2014, photo by by Johanna Mäkelä (c) Network meeting in Subcase The network had its third meeting during Subcase on February 13th. In the meeting the representatives decided to prioritise collecting and sharing information during the present spring. Three new project propositions inside of the network where made. More information will be published as soon as we will have response from funding bodies. The first grant for the network The Nordic Culture Point decided to award the network for 20 000€. The grant will be targeted to network coordination and two artistic workshops in autumn 2015. Networks website The network’s website will open during April. All the network members will be introduced on the website and the circus events in the Baltic Sea region will be collected on the website. There you will find the latest network news. /// 46 CIRCUS EVENTS of the network members • Estonian Circus Festival (Circus Month), April 1st-30th,Tallinn. • Lack of Art Festival, April 11th-12th, Tallinn • Cirko Festival, May 7th-17th, Helsinki • Silence Festival, June 4th-6th, Kittilä • RE RE RIGA! Festival, Aug 7th-9th, Riga • Circus Village Festival, Aug 7th-16th, Oslo • Circus Tree Festival Aug 26th-29th, Tallinn • Circus Village Festival, Aug 29th-Sept 5th, Sandvika • New Circus Weekend Sept 10th-13th, Vilnius If you have a circus event, festival or seminar, that you would like to introduce on the website or any questions, please contact [email protected] An ex \