For its 4th edition, La Nuit du Cirque is embracing the theme of “À corps et à cri”, the French notion of raising a clamor with your body (corps) and your cry (cri) to make something possible. The body, the essence of the circus arts. And the cry, both a release and a message. A cry of freedom, of anger, of joy, of happiness, a cry from the heart... A circus of body that cries out, that describes, prescribes.

La Nuit du Cirque as a manifesto. A cry to escape from the consensus. A desire to affirm that the woes of the present day resonate in bodies as much as in words.

144 cultural organizations are joining forces for the 4th edition to present 214 events across France and internationally. La Nuit du Cirque is an international event organized by Territoires de Cirque with the support of the French Ministry of Culture and in collaboration with the Institut Français, Circostrada, circusnext, BUZZ (Germany), and ProCirque (Switzerland).