Accompaniment space

The accompaniment space of La Central del Circ is a program dedicated to providing comprehensive support to emerging circus artists and companies. Its goal is to offer tools, training, and labs, both in the artistic field and in management, to facilitate their professional insertion and boost their career development. Currently, the program includes two main lines of support:

• Personalized support, tailored to the specific needs of each artist or company.
• Circuit d’Acompanyament 360º, integrated into the Pla d’Impuls del Circ de Catalunya (2023-2026), offering a global vision to address key aspects of an artistic career.

Personalized support

The personalized support program is designed to assist five emerging artists or companies in the process of developing their first project as creators. This support materializes through various meetings with a cultural manager and the artistic direction and coordination of La Central del Circ, among other professionals in the sector.

The goal is to provide assistance in fundamental aspects such as artistic conceptualization, project management, dissemination, and production, while facilitating connections with other agents and contexts that can enrich and drive their creative development.

The supported artists participate in all the initiatives of the Circuit d’Acompanyament 360º training program, part of the Pla d’Impuls del Circ de Catalunya (2023-2026), providing an opportunity to deepen their project and connect with other professionals in the sector.

‘Circuit d’Acompanyament 360º’

The Circuit d’Acompanyament 360º is one of the 14 measures of the Pla d’Impuls del Circ de Catalunya (2023-2026), led by La Central del Circ and the Centre de les Arts del Circ Rogelio Rivel (CACRR). The program includes:

• Knowledge transfer:
  • Training sessions: Theoretical training and tools designed to address key themes involved in the creation of a circus performance. These are aimed at emerging artists from CACRR and La Central del Circ, with the goal of transferring knowledge about specific topics in the cultural sector, such as management, production, communication, technical aspects, programming and distribution circuits, cultural policies, and more.
  • Dialogue tables: Meetings facilitated by established artists and companies focusing on artistic issues related to their career paths. These consist of two-hour informal exchanges of experiences, knowledge, and reflections. They are designed for emerging artists, inviting them to debate and collective reflection.
• Theoretical and practical labs: Organized throughout the year, these labs are structured into three key stages that artists face during the creation process of a circus piece. Each lab lasts approximately one week and is led by established professionals, both national and international, recognized for their careers or their innovative capacity in specific themes. These sessions include participation from CACRR students and the artists supported by La Central del Circ, fostering mutual enrichment and intergenerational knowledge transfer.
• Exhibition circuit: The primary goal is to promote the dissemination of work by the emerging artists and companies included in the program, encouraging their programming in cultural venues, festivals, and strategic fairs. This includes promoting emerging creations, establishing links between performance spaces and artists, and consolidating a stable circuit that provides continuous opportunities to showcase their work.

Would you like to stay informed about the latest news and proposals from the accompaniment space? You can sign up for the specific database here!