Upsala-Circus
Modern circus · Creative Europe
CASES
is a circus-cultural project for European cities where migration has become a source of tension
Project schedule

Through modern circus and real people's stories, Cases creates space for local residents and newcomers to get to know one another a little better, so that conversation becomes possible.

Language
Cases in the city
Performance «Cases»
One performance the whole city understands, wordless, for any audience.
Cases trailer
Trailer
A modern circus performance about the migration stories of its artists. The work speaks through the body. No language barrier. 10+
45 minutes, up to 250 spectators
Workshop for culture & integration teams
A hands-on method for your team, creative work that actually reaches people.
Workshop
Audience
A workshop for those who use creative practice in their work with people in difficult life situations: how to find a topic for a creative project that truly matters to your audience.

Based on Upsala-Circus practice.
1.5 hours, up to 30 participants
Digital project «Avatars»
The migration theme in public space, no event needed, in every viewer's language.
Digital Avatars
Story
An interactive digital format: real stories of local residents and newcomers, told in the language of the viewer, opened by a QR code from posters across the city.
10 stories at launch, 50–60 sec each
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For newcomers, everything is unfamiliar. For locals, change brings unease. Without contact, tension grows quietly, and society polarizes. We believe something simple: when someone tells their story, they stop being a category and become a person. That is where dialogue begins

Cases was built on that belief
We're going to small and medium-sized cities

We are looking for partners in these cities: venues for performances and workshops, ambassadors and volunteers, social and integration projects, cultural and creative projects, bloggers and media representatives

We believe culture helps resist the growth of division and polarisation in society.
2026
Sweden · Slovenia · Slovakia · Czech Republic · Poland
2027–2028
We can come to you
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In essence, we are all part of this universe of refugees, for at some point we were refugees ourselves, or we turned others into refugees, making them victims and perpetrators at the same time.

Ai Weiwei
Cases in 2026
Preliminary Tour Schedule
Dates and the list of cities are being confirmed. Preliminary dates are marked with "?".
Hässleholm15.09
Trelleborg17.09
Värnamo19.09 ?
Bromölla21.09
Malmö23.09
Wałbrzychdate TBC
Jelenia Góradate TBC
Kołobrzeg13.10
Jesenice19.10
Velenje21.10
Lendava23.10
Kranj26.10
Mladá Boleslavdate TBC
Chomutovdate TBC
Ústí nad Labemdate TBC
Sokolov16.11
Trnavadate TBC
Nitradate TBC
Žilinadate TBC
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The Consortium
Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme
Cases is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and produced by a consortium of organisations across Europe.
Upsala-Circus gGmbH DE
Beneficiary partner responsible for the artistic and operational cores, managing international tour logistics, and running the communication campaign.
Upsala e.V. DE
Lead coordinator of the project. Provides methodological support for educational components and facilitates post-performance discussion platforms across all tour cities.
Zavod Bufeto SI
A Ljubljana-based cultural organisation working in the performing arts, staging performances, running a festival, a creative laboratory and its "City of Clowns" programme.
Skruv SE
Skruv is a non-profit association that promotes the integration of newcomers from the former Soviet Union (mainly Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus). It works both with Swedes, to share knowledge about the former Soviet countries, and with Russian-speakers in Sweden, to share knowledge about Swedish culture and society.
Caravan Circus Network BE
An international youth and social circus network of 36 circus schools across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and America, advocating the use of social circus as an educational tool, particularly for disadvantaged groups. Based in Brussels.
Cases team
The Team
Performers
Georgii Zozulia
Arina Gribalyova
Vladimir Nozdrin
Music
Daniil Koronkevich, Composer
Artistic Direction
Larisa Afanasyeva, Art Director
Vera Zhukova, Producer
Production & Digital Avatars
Sergei Fomin, Product Manager and Developer
Set & Costume
Maria Chernysheva
Props
Sergei Shakhov, Props Maker
Light Design
Iurii Galkin
Performance Coach
Igor Arefiev
Iurii Kharchenko