Festival novog cirkusa will  be held from 26th till 30th November in Zagreb Youth Theater (Zagrebačko kazalište mladih), Zagreb Puppet Theater -Scena Travno (Zagrebačko kazalište lutaka) and Jedinstvo Hall, Prisavlje – announced today at the press conference which took place at the French mediatheque.

-the French mediatheque will be transformed into the Festival Center during the week of the Festival. It is not an every-day situation where a cultural institution pauses its usual year-round activities to such a degree. That is a significant indicator of our cooperation and partnership – said Ivan Kralj, Festival director .

The Ambassador of France, His Excellency, Mr. Jérôme Pasquier also arrived to greet the Festival: – I am very happy that France occupies such an exceptional place in the New Circus Festival. While we are connected with other festivals in Zagreb, with Festival novog cirkusa we foster a special relationship.

- this edition of the Festival brings exclusively performances by women. Two of which are Croatian. "Poppins Descending" by Dubravka Crnojević-Carić is the first local circus performance produced with the promise of support from the Office for Culture of the City of Zagreb (“post-viewing” financing). In that performance, three young acrobats from Triko question their own femininity, it is not recommended for the youngest visitors due to scenes containing nudity. On the other side, the performance "Bambula", directed by the German Croat Ante Ursić, tells about the body as a vessel of memmories. The closing performance by Psychological Art Circus takes place in Jedinstvo Hall, a fusion of virtuous aerial circus, corporeal mime and original soundtrack- the director announced.

The press conference audio file can be downloaded from here