The Federation operates under the control and leadership of the Board of Directors.
The members of the Board are elected for a two years term with the exception of the President and the Executive Director whose mandate has no limit.
The Federation operates under the control and leadership of the Board of Directors.
The members of the Board are elected for a two years term with the exception of the President and the Executive Director whose mandate has no limit.
Mr. Pilz’s work serves to preserve and promote Prince Rainer III’s vision for the Festival, created in 1974, to demonstrate that circus arts, including the presentation of animals, are an important part of European – and the world’s – cultural heritage; to offer the circus a prestigious platform for its presentation; and to celebrate the creativity and innovation of all its performers.
Mr. Pilz serves as the current President of both the European Circus Association and the Fédération Mondiale du Cirque.
He is Member of the Italian Circus Friends Club (C.A.de.C.-Club Amici del Circo) since 1982, Board Member since 1996, and became its President in 2001.
He has a lifetime passion for circus arts. Collaborates as a freelance writer with different Italian circus related papers, like the official Circus Review magazine “Circo” since 1988, and with local, national and international newspapers and magazines since 1990: “Il Giornale dello Spettacolo”, also with the main theatrical magazine in Italy “SIPARIO” since 2011.
Co-author of the two volumes “Quaderno di studi sulle arti circensi” published by University of Milano, professor Alessandro Serena, 2010-2011. He is Board Member of the European Circus Association (ECA) since its foundation and in January 2020 he was elected Board Member of the Federation as a delegate of the ECA.
Chimelong Group has built and been operating three circus theaters in the two resorts of Guangzhou and Zhuhai, China since 2000, with a total of 16,000 seats. More than 600 artists from 30 countries perform at the stages every day. The Circus Shows have attracted 43 million audiences since last 20 years. Meanwhile, Chimelong Group has organized China International Circus Festival in Zhuhai since 2013.
Dale is sincerely cooperating with the senior management team to keep developing the business, and he emphasizes that there are still a lot to work together to improve the Circus Arts worldwide, especially with the partnership between Chimelong Group and Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo. Under the Belt and Road initiative, he hopes the value of cultural from Chimelong Group would play a bigger role in the integration of China and Western cultural.
– Jury Member for the 44th Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo
– Jury Member for the 6th China International Circus Festival
– Jury Member for the 5th China International Circus Festival
She is the director of J.S. Creations a boutique act creation and artist management company.
Jasmine sits on the advisory committee of the Circus Center, Addis Ababa and works on various social circus programs with indigenous communities. She is passionate about circus history and culture and represents the Australian Circus industry for Parliamentary Inquiries She is currently working on a project to ensure that Circus is recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in Australia.
He went on tour with Circus Roncalli in 1984 as public relation manager.
Helmut Grosscurth and Dirk Kuik founded together the Circus Verlag publishing company and they publish Circus Zeitung since 1993. They published also the quarterly Planet Circus magazine during 20 years (1997-2017).
Helmut is the President of the German Circus Fans Association and Managing Director of the European Circus Association.
Membership is reserved for national or regional associations, organizations or other entities that bring together circus owners, directors, artists, animal trainers and/or festivals. Only the members have the right to vote.
Its main objective is to join forces to overcome the barriers and adversities that circus culture is still faces, all for the good of circus arts focusing on its preservation and promotion at the same time.
Associated Members are also organizations and institutions. They tightly work with the Federation to identify projects of mutual interest and they support and contribute to the Federation’s activities.
The Board of Directors’ work is assisted by a number of dedicated individuals with substantial expertise in production, communication, government and public relations, in law and policy making procedures.
He (1976) always dreamed of becoming a circus director. After graduating in business management in 1995 Alex started his circus carrier. For several years he worked for the Dutch National Circus Herman Renz and the international television company Endemol.
In 2001 he started to work as an independent producer and founded his own company: “Impresariaat Sijm”. He managed to build up very soon three different annual circus productions. Employed dozens of workers and the programs were seen by more than 100.000 visitors. In 2018 he decided to go for a different orientation and started an academic course to become a trainer and coach.
In the beginning of 2020, just before the “Corona” crisis he successfully sold part of his company.
From 2021 Alex Sijm plans to give lectures and training sessions for the corporate sector. In cooperation with several non-profit organizations he continues to create circus shows focusing more on the social character of the production, like: the famous Gay Circus Amsterdam and the Circus for (health) Care.
Benefactors are individuals, organizations or companies that share the Federation’s values and enthusiasm to preserve and promote circus arts. They donate services, products or funds in furtherance of its objectives.
Friends of the Federation are individuals and organizations. Friends actively support the Federation’s activities and share its values.
In recognition of the outstanding contribution to the preservation, development and promotion of circus arts, the Federation each January offers this prestigious designation to the selected candidate.