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

👇Download the full programme at the bottom of the page for complete details on all sessions.

• 09:30 | Walk in & coffee
• 10.00 | Opening | Valentina Barone
• 10:15 | Keynote | Stephanie Hulsebosch, Head of Education & Innovation at Codarts
• 11:10 | Workshop | Jorrit Terpstra, Performance Psychologist at Codarts
• 12:10 | Presentation of the first results of the Take Care survey | Rogier van Rijn, Associate Professor at Codarts
• 12:30 | Lunch
• 13.30 | Cristian Boscheri - Pleaser (première)
• 14:45 | Roundtable
• 15:40 | Introduction and screening of “my own box” | Short movie by Filip Jacobson with Alice Rende
• 16:00 | Closing
• 16:30 | Cocktail

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).