About CircusDanceFestival
The CircusDanceFestival is dedicated to making current aesthetics and discourses in the field of contemporary circus and dance visible. It fosters political, experimental and interdisciplinary works. In 2019 the festival was founded by the company Overhead Project as a model project of the structural funding TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund.
The CircusDanceFestival initiates European research projects between circus and dance academies. It accompanies international co-productions and youth and emerging artist programs and issues circus-theoretical publications. The festival establishes international exchange and dialogue and fosters critical and academic discours. It creates sustainable impulses for the development of contemporary circus as part of the funded performing arts in Germany.
Close to the borders of circus countries like France, Belgium and the Netherlands, the CircusDanceFestival is located in North Rhine-Westphalia, a Federal State with one of the most versatile arts and culture landscapes in Germany. With the initiation of numerous model projects, the CircusDanceFestival lays an important foundation for long lasting structures for contemporary circus in Germany.
About Overhead Project
For over 15 years, the Overhead Project company has stood for performances on the border between contemporary circus and dance. The company, under the direction of choreographer and circus artist Tim Behren, is the initiator of the CircusDanceFestival.
More about the company at: www.overhead-project.de