Here you can find information about all the seminars, pitch sessions, live performances and mingling with participating presenters and circus companies.
Welcome to the CirkusExpo 2025 Online Catalogue, where you can explore the pitches and previews presented at this year’s edition.
Here you can read all you need to know about the registration for CirkusExpo 2025.
Here you will get knowledge on travel, accommodation and other practical information regarding CirkusExpo 2025.
CirkusExpo – the Nordic platform for Circus arts – is presented by:
Riksteatern is a people's movement and Sweden's largest producing and touring theatre company with almost 40,000 members and roughly 220 local theatre associations that organizes performing arts across Sweden. Since 2021, Riksteatern has an extended mission from The Ministry of Culture to develop the contemporary circus in Sweden.
The Swedish Arts Council is a government agency responsible for promoting and supporting various forms of cultural activities and artistic expression. It provides funding, grants, and resources to artists, cultural organizations, and projects that contribute to the enrichment and development of Sweden's cultural landscape. The Swedish Arts Council plays a vital role in fostering creativity, diversity, and access to the arts throughout the country.
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee is the government agency responsible for implementing the national artist policies. Professional artists are the very foundation of a living arts scene. Therefore, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee has been mandated by the government since 1976 to promote artists in their artistic practice and development. The assignment covers to practising artists throughout Sweden in all artistic disciplines.
The Danish Arts Foundation is Denmark’s largest arts foundation with the aim to spread the arts to a wide audience all over Denmark, to promote Danish art internationally, and to pave the way for talented artists. The foundation support creative thinking and innovative ideas by funding more than 6,000 artists and art projects every year. Through more than 60 different funding programmes, the foundation fund the production and promotion of both visual arts, film, literature, music, performing arts, architecture, crafts, and design – and all that transcends the borders of these art forms.
Circus & Dance Info Finland is an expert organization working for Finnish circus and dance. Among other things the organization coordinate the promotion of these art forms abroad by opening new possibilities and connections for Finnish artists and companies, building networks and engaging in and initiating diverse collaboration projects. The organization receives yearly funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture.
To create the richest experience, CirkusExpo also collaborate with key organization and event from the circus field:
CirkusMania is an annual circus festival in Stockholm region. The festival gathers venues and companies to show exciting, creative and varied contemporary circus. In 2024, the festival took place February 9–18 at 30 of Stockholm’s venues. In 2025, the festival takes place February 8–16.
Subtopia which organizes the annual CirkusMania circus festival in the Stockholm region. The festival gathers venues and companies to show exciting, creative and varied contemporary circus.
CirkusExpo 2025 presents 17 projects from Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Those projects were selected by the following selecting committees.
For the Swedish projects, the selection committee consisted of:
Nils Poletti – Artistic director, Östgötateatern
Josefin Rosales – Artistic director Parkteatern and Circus, Stockholm Stadteatern
Stefan Lidström – Producer, Umeå teaterföreningen
Kristina Eriksson – Cirkuskonsulent, Riksteatern Skåne
Sara Ellström – chief producer, Stora teatern Göteborg
Magali Bancel – Artistic and development director circus, Riksteatern
For the Finnish projects, the selection committee consisted of:
Lotta Nevalainen – Head of International Development, Circus and Dance Info Finland
Johanna Mäkelä – Domestic Development, Administration, Circus och Dance Info Finland
Magali Bancel – Artistic and development director circus, Riksteatern
For the Danish projects, the selection committee consisted of:
Gitta Malling – Chair of the Danish Arts Foundation, Chair of the Committee for Performing Arts Project Funding
Trine Wisbech – Committee for Performing Arts Project Funding
David Price – Committee for Performing Arts Project Funding
Magali Bancel – Artistic and development director circus, Riksteatern