Next Door Circus Magazine Next Door Circus Magazine No.1 | страница 3

KNOCKING
ON THE
NEIGHBOUR’S
DOOR

INDEX
ESTONIA
by Liina Eller5

BRIEFLY ABOUT CIRCUS IN ESTONIA

TALLINN TREFF FESTIVAL

6

by Māra Ganģe
LATVIA

6

BRIEFLY ABOUT CIRCUS IN LATVIA

by Māra Pāvula.

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by Māra Pāvula

FINALLY THERE IS A CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS
FESTIVAL IN LATVIA - FESTIVAL RE RE RĪGA!

KULDĪGA AS THE TOWN LOVING FRENCH CIRCUS?

By Māra Ganģe

INTERVIEW WITH SEBASTIEN KANN

by Māra Pāvula

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9-10

LITHUANIA
BRIEFLY ABOUT CIRCUS IN LITHUANIA

by Māra Pāvula

“CIRCUS IS A SERIOUS MATTER”, ANNOUNCES
CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS FESTIVAL IN VILNIUS

By Arts Printing House

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12

HOW TO CREATE CIRCUS WHEN THERE IS NO
CIRCUS. Testimony of Lithuanian artist

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Konstantin Kosovec

EUROPE
BALTIC-NORDIC CIRCUS NETWORK IN PROGRESS

by Jonna Leppänen

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There are some new circus trends in the Baltic
States, but it is still too early to speak of a homogeneous movement, since each country has
chosen a different path of development of this
artistic genre. In Estonia, it is present in education, in recreation and youth circus. In Latvia the
new circus occurs mainly due to foreign, particularly French, artists through theatre festivals
and for the last two years presented by International World Music and Street Art Festival RE RE
RIGA!. Lithuania has recently w
itnessed the birth
of its first circus companies follow
ing the annual
organization of an international circus festival
New Circus Weekend in Vilnius during the past
7 years. This festival not only presents different
shows, but organises practical workshops and
theoretical lectures for students and professionals. By linking the approaches of these three
countries, exchanging experience and passing
from a national level to regional, I believe, it
would be strengthen the contemporary circus
culture and obtain the recognition for contemporary circus as an art form itself in the Baltics.
Next Door Circus, Plate-form for contemporary
circus an street art in Baltics, is new project
aiming to encourage international cooperation
between artists and develop contemporary circus and street art in the Baltic States. The Magazine you are holding in your hands or reading
on your screen is the first step we have decided
to make. This is the first issue, but definitely
not the last. We are planning to cover important
topics for the development of Baltic contemporary circus and street art four times a year. The
next step in the project w be the creation of the
ill
data basis of artists and other circus-oriented
organisations from the Baltics. At the moment
we are gathering the information and hoping to
publish the first part in September 2014.
Next Door Circus is building a digital platform
where in the line w magazine and databases
ith
you could find a list of books concerned w
ith
circus and research written and available in the
Baltics as well as interactive wall of circus news.
In order to strengthen circus culture in the region
we have to build a community. We have to cooperate!
Keep follow
ing our project!
For the sake of circus,

Māra Pāvula,

Next Door Circus founder and director,
www.nextdoorcircus.org
facebook.com/nextdoorcircus