CATALÀ CATALÀ The itinerant vocation of the circus and traveling shows involves a constant search for points of arrival—places that can host performances, rehearsals, meetings, or simply offer a place to rest. Circus, in its contemporary forms, develops its trajectory in a constant relationship with the realities capable of understanding, sustaining, and welcoming it.
In this dynamic, tied to the need for training, reaching an audience, and storing equipment—and given the scarcity of official opportunities—contemporary circus artists have developed a knack for sensing, discovering, and inventing an infinite number of possibilities. It is thanks to this initiative, distinct from that of theater or dance, that the circus finds its place. Where? In alternative spaces, primarily "alien" to official cultural structures. Over the last thirty years, the link between these locations—often occupied spaces—and circus artists has become indissoluble: it is a connection worth discussing.
