National Circus Poles (PNC)
The labeling of the national circus poles (PNC) in 2010 crowned ten years of proactive policy led by the Ministry of Culture to promote the structuring of this discipline and support its artistic development.
The National Circus Poles participate in the renewal of artistic forms and aesthetics of the circus. They organize their activities mainly around support missions and support of creation and dissemination in the circus field.
The PNC brings together 14 reference institutions in support of the creation, production and dissemination of circus arts. They constitute a structuring network in favor of the circus’s influence, as well as the renewal of its artistic forms and aesthetics for the benefit of the widest public.
Learn more: Order of 5 May 2017 setting the terms of reference for the «Pôle national du cirque» label
Interactive map of the national circus centres
Discover the 14 structures labeled "Poles nationaux du cirque" by the Ministry of Culture.
The 14 NCPs
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
THE WATERFALL
National circus centre
Avenue de Tourne – 07700 Bourg St Andéol
Tel: 04 75 54 40 46
lacascade.org/
THE CITÉ INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DU CIRQUE (Métropole de Lyon – Auvergne Rhône Alpes)
(National Circus Pole in advance)
Bretagne
THE MAGIC SQUARE
National circus pole of Lannion-Trégor
Human Rights Square, 22300 Lannion
Tel: 02 96 37 19 20
www.carre-magique.com/
Great East
THE PALC
National circus centre
34 Avenue Maréchal Leclerc - 51000 Châlons-en-Champagne
Tel: 03 26 65 90 06
https://lepalc.fr/
Hauts-de-France
CIRQUE JULES VERNE
National circus center of Amiens
Place Longueville - 80000 Amiens
Tel: 03 60 01 02 40
www.cirquejulesverne.fr/
THE PRATO
National circus center of Lille
6 avenue de la Filature - 59000 Lille
Tel: 03 20 52 71 24
www.leprato.fr/
Ile-de-France
FIRMIN GÉMIER THEATRE/ THE SWIMMING POOL
National circus of Antony and Châtenay-Malabry
254, avenue de la Division Leclerc – 92290 Châtenay-Malabry
Tel: 01 41 87 20 84
www.theatrefirmingemier-lapiscine.fr/
Normandy
THE BREACH
National circus center of Normandy
Rue de la Chasse verte – BP 238 – 50 102 Cherbourg-Octeville cedex
Tel: 02 33 88 43 73
www.labreche.fr/
CIRCUS-THEATRE OF ELBEUF
National circus center of Normandy
2 rue Henry - BP 80356 - 76500 Elbeuf
Tel: 02 32 13 10 49
www.cirquetheatre-elbeuf.com/
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
AGORA CULTURAL CENTRE
National circus pole of Boulazac
BP161, 24755 Boulazac Cedex
Tel: 05 53 35 59 65
www.agora-boulazac.fr/
THE SIRQUE
National circus center of Nexon in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Castle of Nexon BP 20/ 87800 Nexon
Tel: 05 55 58 34 71
lesirque.com/
Occitania
THE GLASSWARE OF ALES
National circus centre Occitanie
Cultural centre of Rochebelle
Chemin de St Raby – 30100 Alès
Tel: 04 66 86 45 02
www.polecirqueverrerie.com/
CIRCa NATIONAL HUB
National circus pole in Occitania
Avenue of the Arts - 32000 Auch
Tel: 05 62 61 65 00
www.circa.auch.fr/
Pays de la Loire
LE PLONGEOIR – CITÉ DU CIRQUE
Pole Cirque Le Mans Sarthe Pays de la Loire
6 Bd Winston Churchill
72100 Le Mans
Tel: 02 43 47 45 54
http://www.leplongeoir-cirque.fr/
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
ARCHAOS - POTHE NATIONAL CIRCUS
National circus centre Mediterranean
22 Boulevard de la Méditerranée - 13015 Marseille
Tel: 04 91 55 61 64
www.archaos.fr/