Who is it for?
ICCAR is aimed at emerging circus artists with excellent artistic and technical skills who are willing to delve into the different artistic aspects at play in the creation of a contemporary circus performance: dramaturgy, movement, the connection with the object and/or partner, music, lighting, space. In this regard, ICCAR focuses on circus artists who are developing their projects as circus authors.
We understand that emerging artists are people who have just finished training at a professional circus school and also artists who are taking the first steps in their careers as circus authors.
ICCAR is intended for artists who are willing to combine their personal research with a collective learning experience and develop their own practice and performance from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Training offered by ICCAR is organised in 6 modules; professionals who commit to completing the whole training process will be given priority.
Participants will be selected by means of a call, open to both Spanish and international artists.
In the artistic selection we will strive to have a balance among the different genres, as well as diversity in artistic identities and home areas of the participants.
In 2022-2023, ICCAR gets underway with a pilot training programme for 12 artists.
Who is it for?
ICCAR is aimed at emerging circus artists with excellent artistic and technical skills who are willing to delve into the different artistic aspects at play in the creation of a contemporary circus performance: dramaturgy, movement, the connection with the object and/or partner, music, lighting, space. In this regard, ICCAR focuses on circus artists who are developing their projects as circus authors.
We understand that emerging artists are people who have just finished training at a professional circus school and also artists who are taking the first steps in their careers as circus authors.
ICCAR is intended for artists who are willing to combine their personal research with a collective learning experience and develop their own practice and performance from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Training offered by ICCAR is organised in 6 modules; professionals who commit to completing the whole training process will be given priority.
Participants will be selected by means of a call, open to both Spanish and international artists.
In the artistic selection we will strive to have a balance among the different genres, as well as diversity in artistic identities and home areas of the participants.
In 2022-2023, ICCAR gets underway with a pilot training programme for 12 artists.
Training Programme
Module 1: “Translation and transformations of the circus vocabulary from a concept and a thematic proposal”: 3rd -15th October 2022
Module 2: “Movement as inspiration for different reactions to the stage object itself”: 7th-19th November 2022
Module 3: “Music and lighting, two key partners in creating the stage event and a coherent univers”: 9th-21th January 2023
Module 4: “The invisible and its evocative power: What place does it have in the construccion of the construction of the effects that I want to create in the viewer?“: 20th March-2nd April 2023
Module 5: “The symbolic value of the circus object: its extra-everyday use and its relationship with costumes and scenic elements”: 17th- 29th April 2023
Module 6: “Final creation”: 8th-21th May 2023
*This schedule may undergo minor changes
Teaching staff
Roberto Magro
(IT) | Director, professor, circus artist and dramaturge
Jean-Michel Guy
(FR) | Playwright, sociologist, engineer for the French Ministry for Culture
Lali Ayguadé
(ES) | Dancer and choreographer
Natalia Pieczcuro
(PL) | Dancer and teacher of the Fighting Monkey technique
Milan Herich
(SK) | Dancer and choreographer
Simon Thierrée
(BE) | Orchestra conductor and composer
Thomas Bourreau
(FR) | Lighting designer
Claudio Stellato
(IT/FR) | Circus artist and director
Nathalie Maufroy
(FR) | Architect and visual artist
Peter Forman
(CZ) | Director
Associated professionals
Biel Jordà
(ES) | Director, dramaturge and professor
Marta Barceló
(ES) | Actress, screenplay writer, trapeze artist, writer and playwright
Andrea Cruz
(ES) | Dancer
Roberto Olivan
(ES) | Dancer and choreographer
Juliette Beaume
(ES) | Producer
Fragan Gehlker
(FR) | Circus artist
Marc Olivé
(CAT) | Mercat de les Flors programmer
Alexis Simón
(ES) | Iyengar Ioga teacher