Professional circus companies who create works for the international touring market. Individual artists will be considered if they regularly tour full-length circus works. Please note that projects not conceived for touring, circus acts, and amateur or student works are not accepted.

Pitch sessions are an important element of the MICC Annual Market each July, but online pitch sessions and coffee hours are now taking place on a more frequent basis throughout the year, often with a specific theme or focus.

We are currently accepting submissions for the MICC 2021 ANNUAL MARKET 2021!

Deadline is June 7, 2021

Artists and companies may always submit projects on a rolling basis via our platform (see link below). Ad hoc selection committees evaluate projects, and the MICC team notifies selected artists, in preparation for each session.

Deadline for current Annual Market 2021 submissions is: JUNE 7, 2021

Only MICC members may submit a project, but there is no additional fee to submit or pitch.

Tour de piste Pitch Sessions: 

• Length : around 90 minutes
• 5-7 companies/projects featured
• Each artist/company offers a 5-7 minute prepared pitch, with follow up questions
• General Q&A and one-on-one chat opportunities at the end of the session as time permits

Circus Coffee Hours :

• Length : 1 hour
• 4-7 companies featured
• Hour begins with a round-robin including attendees, plus 2-3 minute project presentations
• Attendees engage more deeply with each company in break-out rooms; attendees travel to as many break-out rooms as time allows.

Virtual Showcases:

• Length: 15-20min
• Artists and companies are free to propose how they will structure their time.
• May include: pitching your current touring production, introducing your company’s vision and history, welcoming us into your rehearsal, showing us an excerpt of your current project, etc...

The following types of projects are accepted:

1. Tour-ready full-length contemporary circus productions (highest priority) 
2. Full-length contemporary circus productions currently in creation (tour-ready within the next year) (second priority)
3. Digital projects/projects seeking presentation via digital platforms