Community research
Working with public spaces
Nenúrio Circus works where people already gather. Our research into street clowning and alternative spaces shapes how we build workshops, productions and community projects across Brazil.
Across public cultural programmes and social funding partnerships, we develop initiatives that bring circus skills into neighbourhoods and libraries, and we manage each production with public sector partners.
Selected initiatives
PROAC 39/2021 award
In 2022, Nenúrio Circus received the PROAC 39/2021 award for recording its Hula Hoop Workshop.
Circus in the Neighborhoods
In 2023, the company carried out the Circus in the Neighborhoods project through FIA, the Childhood and Adolescence Fund.
1st Buracão Clown Festival
In 2024, the company produced the 1st Buracão Clown Festival through the Paulo Gustavo Law of Iracemápolis.
Practice in the neighbourhood
Youth, skills and shared space
Our workshops bring circus techniques to neighbourhood youth, passing on practical skills while the participants shape how public space is used.
The method is participatory: we begin with the place and its people, then build the work together.
