Registration deadline
January 7, 2026
Maximum participants
8
Cost
Subsidized rate: $57.00
Actual value: $377.00
When?
January 12, 2026
10 AM – 5 PM
Where?
En Piste Office
This training aims to demystify the process inherent in any grant application and provide a general overview of available aid, eligibility conditions, and how to adequately and effectively approach each new application. Dedicated to individual artists or those leading a collective project, this activity’s main objectives are to enhance their knowledge of various funding programs and equip them to guide them in ensuring the coherence of their submitted project to improve their chances of success. This training is adapted to the specific needs of the circus community regarding the habits and specific requirements of circus creation and touring, writing vocabulary, technical and budgetary aspects, etc.
Specific Objectives: by the end of the training, participants will be able to:
Find information about grants accessible to them, according to their situation and project (promotion, touring, creation, career development, etc.) and what they entail;
Understand the general programs existing at various funding levels and their specificities;
Have an account on the various arts council platforms
Trainer
Alice Kop
Holder of a degree in art history from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and in cultural organization management from HEC Montréal, Alice Kop has forged her career as a manager in the circus arts field since 2007. While serving as executive assistant at Cirque Éloize from 2007 to 2010, she volunteered with her fellow circus artists. She notably assisted Cirque Alfonse with the registration of their NPO and their first grant applications, quickly understanding the various challenges of the industry for young creators.
As Tour Director until 2012, she discovered the challenges of distribution, on-site management, and logistics specific to circus arts. She worked with TOHU, Moment Factory, Cirque du Soleil, En Piste, the 375th anniversary of Montreal, and Cirque Éloize. These rich and varied experiences allowed her to understand the industry inside out and to develop a vision for the needs to be met and the projects to be implemented to address them.
In 2020, she co-founded La compagnie des autres with Antoine Carabinier Lépine and Nicolas Fortin, a service organization whose mission is to support creation in circus arts. As head of the company, she is resolutely committed to the diversity of proposals in circus arts.