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Contents Key Figures A Biennale of Creations A Success with Audiences An International Crossroads and a Professional Marketplace
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“ …It has become indispensable to take part in the BIAC, which now plays the same role for the circus arts as the Festival d’Avignon does for the theatre.“ Fabienne Darge Le Monde — 5 February 2019
" This festival, which prioritizes quality and originality, has grown so much over its three editions that it is now the biggest event of its kind in the world.” Gilles Renault Libération — 4 February 2019
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Key Figures 114 400 spectators including 77 500 in Marseille Shows performed to 93% capacity audiences 288 performances 67 shows including 29 original creations More than 650 circus professionals from around the world attended the Biennale to see the original creations More than
500 web and newspaper articles.
46 radio interviews (more than 9 hours of air time) 30 television reports (200 minutes in total) 5
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A Biennale of Creations “According to Damien Droin, the founder of the Hors Surface company, ‘The moment the Biennale takes a chance by putting us on their program, other professional venues follow suit.’”
Starting with its very first edition, Archaos has always wanted the Biennale to be a true showcase for new contemporary circus creations. In 2019, the BIAC welcomed 29 such creations.
Martine ROBERT Les Echos — 13 February 2019
COPRODUCTION: This year, 13% of the Biennale’s budget was devoted to coproducing performances and, in total, 18 shows by French and international companies received some form of financing. SUPPORT: 20 companies that were present at the Biennale had previously been given residencies by Archaos and its partners to help develop their creative work.
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PROGRAM: 21 French companies and 8 international companies presented premiere performances of their shows at the Biennale.
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PROMOTION: The BIAC 2019 program attracted more than 650 circus professionals from France and around the world who came to discover new creations.
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A range of methods are used to foster new creations:
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A Success with Audiences The 2019 edition of the BIAC attracted 114 400 spectators, including 77 500 in Marseille.
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An International Crossroads and a Professional Marketplace “The event has established itself as an international marketplace and showcase with more than 650 cultural programmers‌â€? Martine ROBERT Les Echos - 13 February 2019
The 2019 BIAC program attracted more than 650 French and international industry professionals who attended the performances and exhibitions..
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Thanks to the richness and diversity of its program, its geographic location, and the time of year it takes place, in just three editions the BIAC has become a not-to-be-missed international event for the performance arts. It is the key meeting place for cultural programmers, artists, journalists, arts institutions, researchers, and, more generally, everybody who is contributing to the development of the contemporary circus around the world. As both a showcase for performances and creations and an event that draws professionals from around the globe, the Biennale facilitates the international movement of artists (import/export).
> The week of Professional Forum events organized in collaboration with ARCADE From 22 to 27 January 2019, the six-day Professional Forum offered an extensive program of events and conferences with a special appeal to specialists from the circus sector and, more generally, the performance arts sector. 331 participants from 25 countries, 14 performances, 5 guided visits of exhibitions and installations, 12 round tables, 55 panel members, 1200 kilometers travelled across the Sud Region .
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THE PROFESSIONAL F O R U M PA R T N E R S : Arcade, SACD, Institut Français, Circostrada, FRAC, ARTCENA, Territoires de Cirque, Théâtre Antoine Vitez, CNAC, Faculty of Arts, Letters, Human and Social Sciences at Aix-Marseille University, LESA, Circus Next, ICiMa, Alternatives théâtrales, THEMAA, Ecole Nationale Danse Marseille, Poétique de l’Illusion 9
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