"With Care" Journal

The journal With Care sought to gain a better understanding of the mental health of students undertaking vocational training in the circus arts in 2026.

You will find stories, doubts, hopes, insights, and questions gathered through conversations with those directly concerned. It was designed to give a voice to those who study, build their professional careers in the circus sector, and live their daily lives within circus schools.

This journal is based on qualitative research conducted by Agathe Dumont and complements a quantitative study carried out by the research department at Codarts (Rotterdam University of the Arts, the Netherlands).

These various research projects provide the starting point for a broader reflection led by FEDEC and involving the entire professional sector, as part of Take Care, the first-ever EU project dedicated to supporting mental health and well-being in the circus arts sector. Taken together, the project’s activities provide an empirical overview of the current situation and aim to send a strong message to our sector about the importance –both now and in the future– that must be given to the mental health of the people within it.

Although this work was carried out alongside professionals in the field, we remain aware of its incomplete nature; nor does it claim to be exhaustive.

We hope that these testimonies will resonate with you, stimulate your thinking, and raise your awareness of lived experiences, while also allowing everyone to see themselves reflected in them and to put their own situation into perspective.

Enjoy the read, and happy exploring!

• Interviews and text by: Agathe Dumont
• Graphic design: Angeline Ostinelli
• Printed by: R·DRYER STUDIO
• Coordination Take Care : Sarah Weber
• With Care: Léna Augurelle, Isabel Joly, Louise Nossent, Sarah Weber

Typographies

BBB ReadMe is one of the post-binary typefaces distributed by Bye Bye Binary. Designed by Eugénie Bidaut, Ludi Loiseau and Clara Sambot, it was developed with a focus on achieving a “high level of readability” for people with cognitive conditions that can affect reading (dys disorders, ADHD and ASD).

Luciole is a typeface specifically designed for people with visual impairments.
Type design by : Luciole & Laurent Bourcellier & Jonathan Perez