About us 

We are expan­ding the offer of cul­tu­ral and lei­su­re acti­vi­ties in the Ost­ra­va-Sou­th dis­t­rict and deve­lo­ping cul­tu­ral events in Ost­ra­va and the Mora­vi­an-Sile­si­an Regi­on with unique acti­vi­ties of the new cir­cus, a mul­ti-genre art cour­se inter­twi­ning ele­ments of acro­ba­tics, dan­ce, the­a­ter, pan­to­mi­me, jug­g­ling, clow­ning and live music.

UmCir­kum also has a new cir­cus-tra­i­ning cen­ter with an expan­ded ran­ge of cour­ses for chil­dren and adults focused on selec­ted new cir­cus dis­ci­pli­nes. In the field of cul­tu­re, we orga­ni­ze cul­tu­ral events for the pub­lic. The UmCir­kum resi­den­ce pro­vi­des artis­tic and cre­a­ti­ve faci­li­ties for artists and the­ir new cir­cus and street the­a­ter projects.

Impor­tant and spe­ci­fic atten­ti­on is paid within the acti­vi­ties of the new cir­cus plat­form UmCir­kum to the sup­port of fore­ign coo­pe­rati­on and part­ner pro­jects with new cir­cus lectu­rers, artists and orga­ni­zati­ons from all over the world as well as to the field of social circus.

The main goal of the asso­ci­ati­on is to sup­port the growth of cir­cus art in Ice­land by orga­ni­zing vari­ous cir­cus per­for­man­ces and events, inde­pen­dent­ly and in coo­pe­rati­on with vari­ous part­ners and festivals.

Hrin­glei­kur is a mem­ber of SL – The Inde­pen­dent The­a­ters, the Bal­tic Nor­dic Cir­cus Network and Cara­van, the inter­nati­o­nal you­th cir­cus and com­mu­ni­ty cir­cus orga­ni­zati­on. Some artists stu­died cir­cus art at cir­cus scho­ols abroad, such as the Codarts Aca­de­my of the Arts in Rot­ter­dam and AFUK in Copenhagen.