Professional Forum
Join us from January 21 to 25, 2025 for the Professional Forum to showcase the work of companies programmed at the Biennale and to develop new ideas and practices in the sector.
Diversity of form and approach is fundamental to the creative circus. It’s what gives it its strength and enables it to flourish. This week promises to be rich in discoveries, with 18 shows, including 8 new productions and 3 premieres to be seen across the Aix-Marseille metro area.
The program also includes presentations of new projects in partnership with Artcena, and a number of issues for discussion: revival of the repertoire, the circus in the former Yugoslavia, recruitment issues in the administration-production-distribution professions, sustainable distribution for shows under the big top, artistic and cultural education and the socially engaged circus, and the digital arts.
For this 6th edition of the BIAC – Biennale Internationale des Arts du Cirque, we are delighted to welcome the annual general assembly of the international Circostrada network.
Guy Carrara, Raquel Rache de Andrade, and Simon Carrara
Leadership team for the Archaos national circus center and the BIAC
Tuesday 21 January / Itinerary A
Wednesday 22 January / Itinerary B
10am • Marseille
2:45pm • Aubagne
Défiler nos frontières
4:30pm • Aubagne
7pm • Aubagne
Wednesday 22 January / Itinerary C
9:30pm • Marseille
2:45pm • Aubagne
Défiler nos frontières
4:30pm • Aubagne
7pm • Aubagne
Thursday 23 January / Itinerary D
10am • Marseille
1pm • Marseille
7:30pm • Marseille
Thursday 23 January / Itinerary E
10am • Marseille
1:30pm • Marseille
7pm • Martigues
21h • Martigues
Thursday 23 January / Itinerary F
10am • Marseille
2pm • Marseille
En piste !
7:30pm • Marseille
Friday 24 January / Itinerary G
10am • Marseille
2:30pm • Marseille
6:30pm • Marseille
8pm • Marseille
Friday 24 January / Itinerary H
10am • Marseille
2:30pm • Marseille
5pm • Marseille
6pm • Marseille
8pm • Marseille
Friday 24 January / Itinerary I
10am • Marseille
2:30pm • Marseille
7pm • Aix-en-Provence
9pm • Aix-en-Provence
Friday 24 January / Itinerary J
9:30pm • Marseille
3pm • Istres
7pm • Istres
Saturday 25 January / Itinerary K
10am • Marseille
2pm • Marseille
4pm • Marseille
7pm • Marseille
9pm • Marseille
Shows not part of the itineraries
How to register for the Professional Forum?
The Professional Forum is reserved for people working in the performing arts sector, and advanced registration is required. To accommodate a harmonious balance of programmers, artists, producers, presenters, journalists, and circus schools, registration is curated. Only two people per organization can register.
Please send your registration requests to pro@archaos.fr
Be sure to act quickly as the places are limited.
Once your request has been validated, the link to the registration platform will be sent to you.