Preference for these residencies will be given to Catalan and other Spanish companies, although applications from companies from other European countries will be considered.

These residencies have been conceived for companies working in a long format of more than 20 minutes and who need to concentrate on the creative process over the next few months before performing their resultant piece in an exhibition space.

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::

• use of a creation room for 3 to 6 weeks (For this category and In Study (En Estudi) there is a possibility that a maximum of 2 projects might enjoy a two-week residency in France with the programme Residències Creuades/Crossed Residencies.) 
• a bursary of 1 500 € for covering food and transport costs. The final amount of the bursary may be increased or decreased in line with the number of company members, the number of weeks the residency lasts and any other assistance the project may receive. In the case of artists whose tax residency status is outside Spain, this amount is inclusive of tax.
• artistic monitoring and assessment in the field of production/recruitment from La Central del Circ.

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.