Pobles de Circ successfully closes its second edition

Pobles de Circ is one of the measures included in the Pla d ‘Impuls al Circ 2019-2022 has ended this month of December with a very good evaluation by the participating municipalities, and a program of 45 shows and 11 circus workshops that has reached 8,700 public in populations with very few inhabitants. These are municipalities with less than 10,000 inhabitants distributed throughout the territory such as Alcanar (Montsià), Talarn (Pallars Jussà), Sant Hilari Sacalm (La Selva), Bellver (La Cerdanya), Prats de Lluçanès (Osona), Ulldemolins (Priorat) , Sort (Pallars Sobirà).

Both municipalities and companies valued the echo of this program very positively, highlighting very high numbers of the public despite the restrictions established (capacity limitation, municipal or regional confinements, etc.). In total, some 2,500 people attended and participated in the various shows and workshops. It must be taken into account that these were small municipalities with between 400 and 2,500 inhabitants.

Increase

As for 2021, the figures have been higher because a total of 7 towns have participated, by joining the measure of Alcanar, Sant Hilari Sacalm and Talarn. 29 shows and 7 workshops have been programmed with an audience of approximately 6,200 people.

Coordinated by the Associació de Profesionals de Circ de Catalunya (APCC), this initiative has the financial support of the Department of Culture as well as the participating municipalities. Its objective of bringing circus programming to towns with less than 10,000 inhabitants with little presence of this performing art on their cultural agenda has been fulfilled for the second consecutive year. As was done during 2020, all the shows and workshops have followed the regulations set by PROCICAT to avoid COVID-19 infections.

Family and adult audience

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Based on an annual call by the APCC to collect artistic proposals from Catalan circus companies, a selection has been made with the participating municipalities (four in 2020 and seven in 2021) and with experienced circus programmers. And from this catalog of shows, each municipality has organized its programming. From the APCC has taken care to take into account gender criteria, diversity of disciplines and format (large, medium and small) and also so that, during 2021, 20% of the proposals were aimed at an adult audience. The circus workshops have been in charge of spaces close to the towns that already organize formations throughout the territory, to create links with the municipalities.

The 2020 program featured La Persiana Collective, Anna Confetti, Sonríexnarices, Planeta Trampolí, Los Sullivans and Improvistos Krusty Show. Los Galindos, La Churry, Cia Seon, Jam, Todozancos, En Diciembre, Companyia de circ ‘eia’, cia Du’k’to, Entre Nous, Circ Pistolet, Madame Gaüc, Jessica Arpin, Kerol, Pessic de Circus, TQM Collective.