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17-12-2025

Entrance exam 2026

Applications open earlier than expected! Do you dream of a career in the circus arts? Now is the time to take action and start preparing your application! Applications for the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗗𝗡𝗦𝗣 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺 are now open. Prepare your application and take the first step toward your future

16-12-2025

Review of the Circus Research Assembly

As part of its activities supporting circus research, CNAC organized an assembly on December 10-11, 2025, bringing together researchers, artists, educators, and professionals from the sector. These two days highlighted the richness and diversity of ongoing work: archives, contemporary circus

16-12-2025

VAE Jury - December 2025

Thanks to the VAE jury for their presence and commitment during the juries on December 8-9 : Barbara APPERT RAULIN Co-Director of the training department at CNAC ; Mathieu ANTAJAN 🦊 – Co-Director of the training department at CNAC ; Valérie Fratellini – Deputy and Academic Director at Académie

28-11-2025

Anna Vigeland Research Residency

CNAC welcomes Anna Vigeland in residence, PhD student at Condordia University, Montreal and winner of the 2025 Circus Research Support Call. Her project, « Echoes from the Crowd – la mémoire des spectatrices », explores the living memory and forgetting of circus spectators. Throught the study of

27-11-2025

Discovering Circus Trhough art: A new workshop in the circus mediation program

Today, the CNAC and the museum of Fine Arts and Archeology of Châlons mediator's are welcoming a CM1-CM2 class from Notre-Dame Saint Thérèse School at the CNAC resource center for a workshop "Circus in art". This is an opportunity for the students to explore various representations of the circus and

21-11-2025

Anna Tauber & Fragan Gehlker - Research Residency

Anna Tauber and Fragan Gehleker (Association du Vide), accompanied by Aziz Drabia, continued their project "The nostalgia of the spectacular", winner of the 2025 Circus research support call (CNAC) during a residency at the CNAC resource center. With "The nostalgia of the spectacular", the team

29-10-2025

the European Hand to Hand project - Publication of its results

The Hand to Hand project, co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union, has reached its conclusion. Coordinated by Le Palc – National Circus Hub of Châlons-en-Champagne, the project explored the connections between circus arts, the world of work, and relational ecology through

16-10-2025

Marion Collé et Suzanne Sebõ - Research residency

This week, CNAC welcomed in residence Marion Collé and Suzanne Sebõ, both winners of the 2025 circus research support call. Their project, « Les enroulés : une notation poétique », aims to translate the practice of the tightrope into a sensitive and visual language. By combining writing, drawing

15-10-2025

Marion Guyez - Research residency

CNAC welcomed Marion Guyez in residence, circus artist and teacher-researcher, and winner of the 2025 Circus research support call. Her project, “Devenir dramaturge pour le cirque”, explores the emergence and role of dramaturges in contemporary circus: their career paths, collaborations with artists

02-10-2025

JCN - Jeune Cirque National

What is Jeune Cirque National? It is a professional integration support program for european circus companies that hire one or more graduates from the last three class of the DNSP AC (National Higher Professional Diploma for Circus Artists) for a circus project. Eligible graduates must come from one