CARE is an artistic research network based on international collaborations, on an artistic level, with established and upcoming contemporary circus companies with different backgrounds. Most of the networks existing for circus arts are run by and for administrators and producers. It is very important to create meetings built around the actual artistic work that the whole circus cultural system lies upon. In CARE the focus is on a very fundamental level of circus arts: how is the art created. Without focus on artistic research the work created ends up repeating old practices and patterns. Work without research behind it only answers the question ‘what’. Research brings up many new questions and the process of working around these questions gives the work depth and strength, like when weaving a net. The commitment to artistic research roots the artist and the company stronger in to the topic of the work, the history of the art-form and the artistic community around them.CARE makes it possible for international artists to meet and collaborate in interdisciplinary labs, artistic network meetings, seminars and residencies. The partners want to find innovative ways to approach their future artistic work with contemporary circus through the artistic network meetings and through physical research. The importance of multilateral interaction is vital for contemporary circus. The very essens of circus is international (both historically and today). The circus educations around the world have students from all over the world and the ensemble of a circus performance very often have artists from several countries.CARE can help to strengthen the creative practices and provide a platform where new tools and approaches can be shared by the different artistic partners. Since the partners are “key-companies” from their own countries with a lot of local contacts these experiences will be spread wider.