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.
The programme offers the following:
- A 16-hour development programme with a facilitator from Circostrada members and external experts
- Participation in a kick-off event in order to meet the other participants and facilitators (including travel, per diems, and accommodation)
- 1 on-site and 2 online workshops guided by experts and connected to fair practices and equitable working conditions
- Participation in the Circostrada General Meeting (including travel, per diems, and accommodation) and/or in FRESH events (including travel, per diems, and accommodation)
- Opportunity to engage with the SPARK Participatory Research Lab on Fair Practices and Equitable Working Conditions with the Performing Arts Coalition (PAC) led by five performing arts networks: ASSITEJ, Circostrada, EDN, EFA, and IETM
There is a kick-off gathering on 17–21 May 2027 in Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal) and a wrap-up in August 2028 in Riga (Latvia).
