Description:

In the last ten years, Stichting Rotterdam Circusstad - ‘Rotterdam Circus City’ - has grown to become a multi-disciplinary institution. It promotes new circus theatre, which has experienced an explosion in growth in the Netherlands with the creation of two internationally prominent circus academies. Rotterdam Circusstad has been the driving force behind innumerable projects, not just at a professional level, but in the community as well. The most prominent project is the annual Circusstad Festival, when a broad range of Dutch and international top circus is presented.

The departure of its founder Maaike van Langen means that Circusstad is now looking for a new artistic director. In collaboration with the managing director, the artistic director will be responsible for the senior management and direction of the organisation. The senior management develops policy for programming, audience experience, talent development, and participation and translates it into concrete projects. The artistic director provides substance to the programming of the Circusstad Festival and projects in the area of talent development and social circus with international developments in circus as compass and the city of Rotterdam as inspiration. The artistic director is the face of the festival, as the person with ultimate artistic responsibility.