MOBILE CIRCUS FOR PEACE
Bringing Joy to the World
THE MOBILE CIRCUS FOR PEACE
MISSION UKRAINE
POLAND & UKRAINE
Witnessing the suffering of Ukrainian people, we decided to support with our mobile circus team a safe space of playful encounter and creative empowerment of children and young people fleeing from the war . What brought us together is our common belief in the power of the circus and the wish to support Ukrainian families, therefore we set up a temporary circus space at the Ukrainian border in Poland.
Since April 2022 The Mobile Circus for Peace has provided changing teams of artists & animators, performing shows and workshops. The aim was to create a peaceful environment for playful learning and transform the tension and fear present in the young people. We offered a wide range of youth activities for Ukrainian kids of different ages with the aim to empower and inspire their joy and hope through movement, creativity and playfulness.
Ukraine Border, Poland
ABOUT THE MOBILE CIRCUS FOR PEACE
THe VISION
Circus is an ageless delight. Young or old, rich or poor, east or west, north or south, circus reaches all of us” – Ernest Hemingway
The vision of the Mobile Circus for Peace is to create a peaceful environment for playful togetherness to transform tension and fears. We wish to empower especially young people to express themselves and enter a creative dialogue through interactive circus arts. We share the belief that playing and creativity can be a consistent source of inspiration, wellbeing and resilience in a world. During these recent chaotic, confusing and frightening times, we want to counteract these influences with Motivation, Joy and Hope promoting a Sense of Solidarity among local communities.
Mobile Circus for Peace is an open team representing different cultural and social backgrounds: artists, performers, pedagogues and peace activists who support a culture of solidarity through sharing magical moments of joyful togetherness in difficult times. We utilised performances, workshops, animation, singing, dancing mime, aerial acrobatics, improvisation and the art of clownery to entertain & distress any age group.
Ukraine Border, Poland
WORKSHOPS & EXHIBITIONS
CIRCUS LAB
Circus for Peace allows us to create art that is purely physical and full of emotion. It’s important to have an outlet for our emotions, feelings, worries, even joy!
Prior to the main show for several days Mobile Circus for peace hosts the Circus Lab where the community has the opportunity to participate in workshops, jam sessions, exhibitions, open training classes, community gatherings – all under the roof of a Magical Circus Tent.
Circus activities to support local communities include: circus workshop – pedagogical activities for smaller groups of kids, circus animation – circle games, stations to try out disciplines, face paint, bubbles. circus shows – small performances for the kids and their families open circus space – a safe space where kids can taste the circus magic & play together mobile circus action in the places and surrounding, where Ukrainian people are staying longterm (shelters, accommodations) or in places of transition (railway station, border crossings) Life is a Circus Show. The Grand Finale where the audince has an active role in the Circus Show with acting, singing, playing and physical acts, and young local talent will be trained to participate in The Grand Finale.
Ukraine Border, Poland
UKRAINE TOUR 2023
LIFE IS A CIRCUS
THE MOBILE SHOW
Based on Ukrainian traditional fairy tales we developed an “un-scripted” story with an universal message of Joy and Hope The fairy tales are a thematic Framework where Ukrainian Artists and the Audience can actively share the same messages through the magical language of the Circus art.
The characters of the story will be interpreted by the performers according to their personalities and specific talents, and their artistic acts will be their own way to express the message of the story inviting the audience to join the story in a participatory way.
Ukraine Border, Poland
VOLUNTEER & JOBSHADOWING
VOLUNTEER
EVERYONE HAS A ROLE
Our activities are aimed to develop a network of experts and practitioners from the Youth work field interested in circus pedagogy.
We have together explored how youth work can support humanitarian solidarity in a crisis situation. We have hosted the Job Shadowing project in Przemysl, Poland at the Ukraine Border. We have invited various International experts with the aim of empowering people, join our actions and develop future opportunities for collaboration.
Ukraine Border, Poland
MOBILE CIRCUS FOR PEACE
The TEAM
UKRAINE TOUR 2023
Tomek Lubotzki
Mobile Circus For Peace – Project Director and artistic facilitator working since 2004 with the circus arts in various crisis areas in the world (Palestine, Bosnia, Greece, Poland, Ukraine) – supporting with mobile circus teams to create a safe space of playful encounters and creative empowerment of children and young people suffering from war and crisis.
Viktoriya Nikolova –
Co-founder of the MobileCircusForPeace Project – having a background in architecture she supports the logistics of the set up of the circus space and coordinates the social media of the project. She is also helping with documentation of the project activities and taking care about the transparency the finances. Her passionate way of working with the kids is also a wonderful inspiration for the whole team
Aaron Attila
As an experienced circus pedagog he coordinates the educational work of the Mobile Circus for Peace project, supporting the development the pedagogical approach in the circus activities with the children. As the educational supervisor he supports the preparation of the internal training for the team, helps with the coordination of the workshops, setting up quality standards for the pedagogical work and evaluating together with the team regularly the impact of our work.
Jorge Pozuelo
as an talented musician and experienced performer he supported to develop the show elements for the performances of the Mobile Circus For Peace Project. He inspired the circus animation component and coordinated the musical side of the project activities performing with live instruments and preparing dance choreographies with the children. His unique talent to combine circus, music and theatre supported to develop the artistic vision for the project
Lviv, UKRAINE
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