Bounce Programme for Circus and Outdoor Arts
Know before you apply
- Circus and outdoor arts professionals
- Mid-career practitioners with 4–10 years experience
- Applicants with a concrete ongoing project
- Requires 4–10 years professional experience
- Travel, per diems and accommodation covered
- CV must be in English, one page
Bounce is dedicated to contemporary circus and outdoor arts professionals who wish to expand their creative, relational and business capacities, and reflect on their professional environment in the light of the topic of fair practices and working conditions.
BOUNCE is a mentoring programme designed to offer a supportive space for contemporary circus and outdoor arts professionals with 4 to 10 (maximum) years of experience. It offers opportunities for networking, extends professional connections, and fosters awareness around fair practices and equitable working conditions, while providing tools to advance the mentee’s project and to make them better equipped to implement change in their professional practice.
Example of contemporary circus and outdoor arts projects that can be submitted (non-exhaustive list) include:
Production of a festival programming;
Editorial projects (print and digital);
Development of a cultural centre programming;
Production of academic events (laboratories, symposiums, hackathons, etc.);
Development and production of residencies.