Residency programme of the École Nationale de Cirque de Châtellerault

The École Nationale de Cirque de Châtellerault – ENCC – was founded in 1995. The school’s mission is to provide professional training in the circus arts. For several years, the school has chosen to focus on creative circus. In addition to all the activities carried out by the circus arts professional training, the school hosts circus companies in residence.

The school encourages experimentation, reflection and creativity and plans to strengthen the relationship between the residents’ new creations and the artistic training of the circus arts students. The school aims to create an active, critical and dynamic environment.

A maximum of 4 projects will be retained after being selected by a committee of directors of circus organisations and professionals which will be organised by the ENCC in May 2023. The jury’s decisions will not be motivated or subject to appeal. The choice of companies will be based on the richness and originality of their proposal, their artistic and aesthetic approaches, but also on their specific educational proposal in interaction with the ENCC students. The results will be announced by email, on social networks and on the website www.ecoledecirque.org.

(Please favour a stage work residency as lighting design is not possible)