Artists or companies from Spain or abroad who wish to encounter artists from other aesthetic disciplines around a specific topic to share and investigate without any plans for production.

The residency will be an encounter between one or more circus artist(s) and:

• Other artists who aren’t circus practitioners or with whom they’ve never worked
• An artist, professional or specialist unrelated to the circus but who could cultivate research-creation.

The encounter might also be carried through in other ways. La Central del Circ will give free rein to the imagination of the resident artists according to their requirements.

For example, previous dynamic residencies have seen the participation of professionals from the worlds of photography, choreography, university and scientific research, lyric song and music, etc.

The residencies will take place between July 2018 and July 2019 with an obligation to start in 2018. More specific dates will be agreed with the companies according to their future commitments and the availability of work spaces.

Due to the high occupation rates of rooms and with the aim of allowing companies maximum opportunity to have access to a space, changes of date will only be accepted once residency dates have been agreed between the company and La Central del Circ. Such changes will need to be requested at least one month in advance.

Each successful project will have:

• access to a creation room for 2 weeks
• a bursary of 600 €, for covering food and transport costs for the company or artist during the residency. In the case of artists whose tax residency status is outside Spain, this amount is inclusive of tax.

An agreement will be drawn up between each chosen project and La Central del Circ.

At the end of the residency there are plans for a performance of the finished project within the framework of an open rehearsal.

Project selection will be undertaken by a commission made up of the Project Manager, Art Director and the Artistic Council of La Central del Circ, a group of artists with broad experience in their field and knowledge of the circus community.

Where the commission sees it appropriate, some candidates may be offered the "Micro-residencies" format (short residencies without financial assistance).

La Central del Circ reserves the right to declare any category of the grant unfilled.

The application file must be completed exclusively online at the following link.

To prepare the application, the following application form template can be consulted.