The first ever CIRKO Festival: 18th-29th October 2006

The CIRKO Helsinki Contemporary Circus Festival 2006 is an event for all interested in modern circus and the performing arts. During the week and a half there will performances by 13 acts from France and Finland at various venues throughout Helsinki.

The festival, being organised or the first time, is enabled by the tight cooperation between Cirko –Centre of New Circus and Centre Culturel Français, the City of Helsinki, The Cultural Office of the City of Helsinki and 5-3-1 the Festival of New Juggling.

Cirko - Centre for New Circus was established in Finland in the autumn of 2002 for the purpose of gathering together the resources of new circus groups and artists and to promote new circus. In the spring of 2004 the Finnish Cultural Foundation granted Cirko significant three-year funding for a development project, giving Cirko the decisive impetus for starting its activities. Cirko was established as a response to the development of new circus in Finland in the mid-1990s.

A few of the performances include:
From France: Compagnie Pré-O-C-Coupé´s LES KUNZ fascinates, COUNTREPOINT by Les Objets Volants, Compagnie XY
From Finland: Ville Walo and Kalle Hakkarainen´s DISCUSSIONS, Tatu Tyni introduces his production MULTIMAGIGA

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