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 2023-2024, ICCAR gets underway with the second year training programme for 12 artists.

Would you like to join us?

Frequently Asked Questions

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 2023-2024, ICCAR gets underway with the (second year) training programme for 12 artists.

Would you like to join us?

Frequently Asked Questions

Training Programme

  • Module 1
    “Translation and transformations of the circus vocabulary from a concept and a thematic proposal trough physicals experiences”    : 9th – 22nd October 2023

  • Module 2
    Phase 1 “Our scenic body: how to guarantees a safe, correct and highly effective practice. And how to develop a deeper awareness and a homogeneous expansion of consciousness throughout the bod”
    Phase 2 “Music needs to be listened in order to use the music as a stage partner”. 2nd – 4th November 2023

  • Module 3
    “Movement as an inspiration for different reactions to the stage object itself”.     5th – 17th November 2023

  • Module 4
    “The writing is responsible for the architecture of a play. What are itsi components? A specific study on dramaturgy, lighting and scenographic elements, their coherence and their importance in scenic writing”    : 4th – 15th December 2023

  • Module 5
    “From abstraction to concreteness, how to device a project for the stage”.     11th – 22nd March 2024

  • Module 6
    “Choreographing space, objects and bodies: a creative experience on stage”    : 1st – 14th April 2024

*This schedule may undergo minor changes

*Until June 25th

Teaching staff

Roberto Magro

(IT) | Director, professor, circus artist and dramaturge

Jean-Michel Guy

(FR) | Playwright, sociologist, engineer for the French Ministry for Culture

Natalia Pieczcuro

(PL) | Dancer and teacher of the Fighting Monkey technique

Milan Herich

(SK) | Dancer and choreographer

Simon Thierrée

(BE) | Orchestra conductor and composer

Claudio Stellato

(IT/FR) | Circus artist and director

Nathalie Maufroy

(FR) | Architect and visual artist

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

Calendar