We are Cirkus Cirkör
Northern Europe's largest circus company
Circus artists do what we all do in everyday life: collaborate, fail, control, theorize, put their trust to the test. But they do it 30 feet up in the air without a safety line. Everything is heightened when it’s a matter of life and death.
Borders (2015)
We bring contemporary circus into the future
Cirkus Cirkör was started in 1995 and is the most prominent circus company in the Nordics today. Our umbrella covers performances on tour in Sweden and the world, courses and educational programs for all ages, an upper secondary school for circus, business events and many, many collaboration projects.
Cirkus Cirkör is an idea of how to use the arts to influence, develop and change the world. With curiosity, humour and courage, we explore the diversity and limits of the circus arts. Cirkus Cirkör is a platform where different artistic practices flourish and surprise. We collaborate with many and use the circus as a method to lift and inspire humans.
Cirkus Cirkör houses many artistic practices, and since 2023, we have an artistic advisory board consisting of Alexander Weibel Weibel, Saara Ahola, Jesper Nikolajeff, Hillevi Berg Niska and Katta Pålsson.
Cirkör means Circus Heart
The name Cirkus Cirkör comes from a wordplay with the French words for Circus (cirque) and Heart (ceur). The circus heart can stand for the two chambers: our artistic and our educational work, but also for all the qualities and skills that make circus art and its artists special.
Cirkus Cirkör's history
There are hardly any reasons for contemporary circus artists to stay in Sweden in the early 90s. But after having organised a 24-hour festival at Orionteatern in Stockholm with 200 young artists and creators on stage, more and more people feel compelled to stay here and build something new. Some artists decided to stay in Sweden and started creating a show: Skapelsen (The Creation).
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Cirkör's ensembles
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From circus to nouveau cirque to contemporary circus
Cirkörhuset i snö.
Cirkör House
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Social Circus
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Our circus world
All the facts
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Cirkus Cirkör Non-Profit
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Cirkör in numbers
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Climate-smart circus
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Baltic Nordic Circus Network
Cirkus Cirkör has since the beginning been a member and active within the Baltic-Nordic network BNCN, a cooperation network between 20 circus organizations in the Baltics and the Nordics. The network works to strengthen regional collaborations and the development of the circus sector. BNCN organizes activities to support the circus field in the Baltic-Nordic countries, from workshops to seminars to international residencies – for artists and administrators alike.
The network focuses on competence development, "best practice", increased knowledge and cooperation, and cultural and national identity.
Caravan Circus Network
Cirkus Cirkör is a member of Caravan Circus Network, a European network for circus organizations that primarily work with educational activities for children and young people and the development of circus pedagogy.
FEDEC
Cirkus Cirkör and Cirkusgymnasiet are members of FEDEC, the European Federation of Professional Circus Schools.
