La Verrerie - Pôle national cirque - a Ministry of Culture label
La Verrerie is one of the few industrial heritage of Alès converted into a cultural space, dedicated to circus arts since the 1980s. Certified by the Ministry of Culture as a national circus centre, the Alès cove centre contributes, through its expertise and capacity to develop networks, to the structuring and promotion of circus arts, as well as to the renewal of forms and aesthetics. Today there are 14 National Circus Poles.
A factory of artistic and cultural projects and a factory of social relations
If La Verrerie is a factory of original artistic and cultural projects, it is also a factory of social relations. It implements mediation actions with various structures of the Alésien basin and organizes many meetings including Temps de Cirques, a festival in closed places, one month in Autumn on four departments, colorCIRCus, a week in spring around the arts of movement, inCIRCus a week in public space in mid-June and Occitanie Fait Son
Circus in Avignon in July in Avignon.
A major project to support - the construction of France’s first Green Tent!
In 2024, La Verrerie d'Alès will have a new travelling capital, which will be the first eco-responsible capital in France. Part of the State/Region Plan Contract (CPER), this innovative capital (especially on the thermal side), will be adapted to the circus of creation and the summer and winter exploitation. Of medium size, it will meet the constraints of the project of La Verrerie d'Alès: a summer program as part of the festival Occitania makes its circus in Avignon with very hot temperatures and a winter installation on the site of La Verrerie. This innovative tent can be used in a circular or frontal way, it will have a modular step gauge (from 250 to 400 seats depending on the locations) and a light assembly time. In the face of global warming and environmental requirements, the project will be part of a major eco-responsibility axis and will be a model for the entire profession.
Friend, Accomplice, Engaged or Super Patron, choose your formula
On October 6, 2022, an evening of presentation of the project was organized by the circus pole for the companies of the territory to which intervened Véronique Cottenceau, head of sponsorship at the Drac Occitanie, to explain and raise awareness of the mechanism of patronage to a local business floor alongside the Alès Mécénat Endowment Fund.
Supporting the Vitality of Today’s Circus - "Get On Track"
La Verrerie plays an important role in the artistic vitality of the Rochebelle district, the town of Alès and its agglomeration and in terms of economic benefits for the territory.
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