TAKE CARE - Circus Life in a Swing
2024 - 2027
Take Care is a Creative Europe project aimed at promoting mental health in the circus sector.
The project addresses the prevention of mental health issues through:
- Awareness raising,
- Training, Workshops and conferences for artists, students, staff, and professionals,
- Facilitating the exchange of best practices for supporting young artists,
- Monitoring the mental health of students
Partners: Take Care is co-financed by the Creative Europe programme of the European Commission and is led by the International Network for Professional Circus Education FEDEC, implemented with the following partners:
- Codarts (NLD)
- Circus Dance Festival (GER)
- Filip Jacobson (GER)
- Miikkael Kukkula (FIN)
- Around about circus (GER)
Actions to come
Conferences
Conferences on mental health issues will be organized at professional events and online. The first TAKE CARE conference will take place on June 7, 2025, at the CircusDanceFestival.
Monitoring Mental Health
In 2025, a call will be made to introduce an online self-assessment form for students on mental health issues in some FEDEC schools. By the end of the project, tools will be provided to introduce a methodology for better monitoring of mental health in circus schools.
Workshops
Various workshops for artists, students, staff, professionals, and directors of circus schools will be organised.
Network exchange for Festivals
The CircusDanceFestival will organize online meetings to exchange best practices among peers and develop new methods for better mental health.
Films
Two artists (Filip Jacobson and Miikkael Kukkula) will create 4 Take Care films to raise awareness of mental health issues in professional circus practice, to be presented live and online.
Resources: Films, tools, and resources will be shared on the FEDEC website.