Take Care : Conference #2

This year, the Circusstad Festival will be a key moment to discover the progress of Take Care, the first-ever European project dedicated to mental health and well-being in the circus arts sector!

Alongside its diverse programme, the festival will host the second Take Care conference on May 2nd.

👉 Come and discover the initial results from the survey conducted by Codarts researchers, in collaboration with 17 schools within the FEDEC network.

👉 Gain valuable perspectives from artists who will share their professional experiences, including their challenges with mental health.

The festival presents an excellent opportunity for professionals, students, and anyone interested in mental health in the creative industries to gather and engage. 

Practical info

📅 Saturday 2 May 2026
🕐 9:30-16:30, followed by evening performances
📍 Circusstad festival, Rotterdam (NLD)
👉 Registration required: conference + lunch (17,50€) | conference without lunch (free). If you want to join the full 3-day Professionals Programme at Circusstad Festival, including the Take Care conference, please register via this link.

Programme

09:30  Walk in, coffee
10.00  Take Care Conference part 1  (in collaboration with FEDEC and Codarts) | Introduction, keynote, workshop & presentation of the first results of the Take Care survey.
12.30  Lunch                         
13.30  Cristian Boscheri - Pleaser (première) 
14.45   Take Care Conference part 2  (in collaboration with FEDEC and Codarts) | Roundtable with artists from the festival, Conclusion.
16.30  Closing drink

Optional: (not part of the showcase program)
17.00  Codarts Circus Arts 3rd year’s group performance (1h)
17.00  Marica Marinoni & Jef Everaert (IT/BE) - In Difference (1h)
20.00 Gravity & Other Myths (AU) - The Mirror (1h15)

Acknowledgments

Take Care is a European project co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Commission, and led by FEDEC - International network for professional circus education, with the following partners: Around about circus (DEU), Circus Dance Festival (DEU), Codarts (NLD), Filip Jacobson (DEU) and Miikkael Kukkula (FIN).