Filyfolia Circus

Based in L'Albenc , Isère , CirQue Filyfolia is a professional company that has been developing a project combining creation, performance, and education in circus arts since the 1990s . A member of the French Federation of Circus Schools and the FREC Rhône-Alpes, the company is active in both professional live performance and amateur circus arts, as well as in cultural outreach.

The company states that it has been creating and presenting its shows since 1996. Its team brings together artists with diverse backgrounds, some self-taught, others trained at prestigious institutions such as the Fratellini and Montreal Circus Schools, the Cirque du Grand Céleste , or the Cirque Reno . Throughout its history, Filyfolia has presented more than 800 performances in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, throughout France, and abroad, notably in Belgium , Switzerland , and Romania .

Art project

Filyfolia's artistic project is based on a meeting between traditional and contemporary circus . Juggling, acrobatics, balance, clowning and aerial disciplines can interact with dance, theatre, puppetry, shadows, magic and above all music, which plays an important role in the company's creations.

• Juggling
• Acrobatics
• Balance
• Clown
• Aerial disciplines
• Dance, theatre, puppetry, shadow puppetry
• Magic
• Music (central to the creations)

collective design

The shows are created collectively. The artists participate in the writing and staging, with the support of artistic advisors and directors. Filyfolia's world prioritizes humor, poetry, the absurd, a close connection with the audience, and a form of circus where technical prowess remains at the service of the characters and the dramaturgy.

Shows (examples)

• Filyfolie’s — a new circus cabaret blending juggling, aerial arts, balancing, acrobatics, clowning and live music.
• The little week in a fanfare — combines clowning, comic magic, cup juggling, light balls and clubs, acrobatics, balance, puppetry and music.
• After us the deluge — brings together clowning, juggling, acrobatics, balance and music in a deliberately offbeat universe.
• Back to the land — continues the research around a musical, humorous and acrobatic circus.

Performance formats and venues

The company adapts its shows to extremely diverse contexts. It performs in theaters, on the street, outdoors with tiered seating, or under a big top. This flexibility allows it to participate in cultural seasons and festivals, as well as in rural communities or for specific projects.

Recent activity

Filyfolia remains very active in 2026. Its calendar includes numerous performances in Isère and several other French departments, which confirms that professional creation and distribution remain at the heart of the project.

• Isère
• Savoy
• Haute-Savoie
• Loire
• Drome
• Vaucluse
• Eure-et-Loir

Transmission and educational activities

But Filyfolia is not limited to presenting shows. The company also presents its activity as a "school of circus arts" and develops educational projects allowing different audiences to discover and practice circus disciplines.

• Interventions in school, institutional and community settings
• Workshops for children, teenagers and adults
• Creation of collaborative projects guided by professional artists

Pedagogical approach and subjects taught

In these projects, circus arts become tools for expression, encounter, and cohesion. Participants are not solely focused on technical initiation: the approach can lead to the creation of an amateur show, working collectively, and experimenting with staging and audience interaction.

• Acrobatics
• Balancing on a wire
• Balance ball
• Unicycle
• Juggling
• Trapeze
• Clown
• Juggling with balls and clubs, balancing, acrobatics, clowning

The pedagogical approach directly benefits from the artists' professional experience: techniques are not isolated from their stage dimension. Acting, music, character, writing, and collective creation are all part of the structure's identity.

International and social dimension

Filyfolia has been developing an international and social dimension for many years. The company is a partner of Casa de Clovni , in Romania, which works with children and young people living or having lived on the streets in the Timișoara region.

This project combines social support, literacy, educational activities, circus arts, and theatre. The "Children of the Circus" festival provides an opportunity for the children and young people involved to come together and showcase their talents.

Affiliations and contact

The Cirque Filyfolia association is now well established in L'Albenc and belongs to the network of the French Federation of Circus Schools (FFEC) and the FREC Rhône-Alpes. The FFEC currently lists Krystel Ranc as a contact for Filyfolia.

Positioning and uniqueness

For a directory of circus schools, Filyfolia should be distinguished from a school that simply offers an annual schedule of weekly classes. The current publicly available information does not include a 2026-2027 schedule organized by age group, nor an annual fee schedule comparable to that of a traditional amateur school.

Its appeal lies more in the interplay between professional company, education, school and institutional projects, workshops, amateur creation, and cultural outreach. This dual identity allows participants to discover circus techniques directly through contact with professional artists and to integrate the practice into a genuine creative process.

CirQue Filyfolia is thus a unique player in the Isère circus scene: a professional company still active, with several decades of creation and dissemination, which also uses its artistic experience to transmit the circus arts and support collective projects with children, young people and adults.