Next Thursday, April 3rd, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, at La Central del Circ, we invite you to the discussion table “Material as a Creative Engine”, featuring artist Vivian Friedrich. This event is part of the 2nd edition of the 360º Accompaniment Circuit within the Circus Promotion Plan (2023-2026).

Vivian Friedrich is a researcher and creator of performative circus. In 2022, she premiered Kristall Bohème at the Mercat de les Flors, a piece dedicated to her family’s glassblowing tradition. She has continued exploring movement and glassblowing in Sklenka Melta, a piece with four performers that has yet to be premiered.

How does research with a given material influence, transform, and expand circus movement? How does one move from material exploration to making it a stage partner or even the central element of creation?

Vivian Friedrich’s ongoing creative journey, merging movement and the art of glassblowing, will serve as a starting point for exploring the relationship between the body, circus, and materiality.

The discussion tables of the 360º Accompaniment Circuit are informal exchange spaces for sharing artistic experiences, knowledge, and inquiries, facilitated by established artists and companies.

This event is aimed at emerging contemporary circus artists based in Catalonia.

Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis (maximum 20 participants).

Every Wednesday, from 10.30am to 11.30am, the Coffee meeting takes place in the common kitchen area of La Central del Circ.

It’s a meeting place for users, artists and companies in residence and the management team of La Central del Circ, with the aim of sharing a while together.

We’re waiting for you!

On Friday, April 11, at 8:00 PM, a new T.E.S.T.! showcase will take place at La Central del Circ. This time, we will see the presentation of ‘Miss SBarbie’ by artist Morgana Morandi.

La 3a  trobada ‘El circ d’avui’, que tindrà lloc divendres 11 d’abril, de 16h a 19h, a La Central del Circ, és un espai de trobada per reflexionar sobre el paper de l’arxiu en el circ contemporani i la seva rellevància en un món saturat d’informació. Ens preguntarem quina memòria volem preservar i què és el que realment necessita ser arxivat per garantir que el patrimoni circense romangui viu i accessible.

La Central del Circ, gracias al apoyo del Fondo de Ayuda para las Artes Iberoamericanas IBERESCENA, abre una convocatoria con el objetivo de reforzar los intercambios existentes con América Latina y de proporcionar recursos y apoyo a proyectos de autores/as emergentes de creación de una pieza de circo contemporáneo.

Every Wednesday, from 10.30am to 11.30am, the Coffee meeting takes place in the common kitchen area of La Central del Circ.

It’s a meeting place for users, artists and companies in residence and the management team of La Central del Circ, with the aim of sharing a while together.

We’re waiting for you!

The Cyr Wheel Meeting is a self-managed activity by the artists, centered around a specific artistic vision: pushing the Cyr wheel toward new artistic horizons through the development and evolution of each participant’s personal approach.

The laboratory ‘The Practice: Staging the Creative Process’ is the second of three research and creation labs taking place at La Central del Circ during 2025, as part of the 360º Accompaniment Circuit initiative within the 2nd Circus Impulse Plan (2023–2026), led by the Centre de les Arts del Circ Rogelio Rivel (CACRR) and La Central del Circ (LCC).

The aim of this lab is to share the creative process through collective feedback and to achieve coherence between the artistic dossier and the staging.

The lab involves artists selected through the Trànsits 2025 open call and students from the Centre de les Arts del Circ Rogelio Rivel.

The 4th meeting, ‘Circus Artists and Dissidences’, will take place on Wednesday, April 24 at 6 p.m. at the Konvent, Cal Rosal (Berguedà), as part of the Kontrast Festival. It will focus on gender and sexual diversity, aiming to give voice to women and dissident (LGBTIQ+) artists within the circus world. We propose an intergenerational dialogue space where the body is reclaimed as a political tool, and where the need for a gender perspective in constructing circus narratives is emphasized.