The Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin has approved the appointment of Peggy Donck as director of the National Circus Arts Center (CNAC), following the management board’s decision on October 21, 2021 under the chairmanship of Frédéric Durnerin.

Peggy Donck is the production manager of XY Company. Founded in 2005 by Abdel Senhadji and Mahmoud Louertani, the company has become an artistic benchmark in the landscape of French and international acrobatics.

Peggy Donck was previously production director of “Un Loup pour l’Homme” and of the AOC collective, as well as general secretary of “Hors les Murs”, the National Resource Center for Circus and Street Arts.

Peggy’s vision of art, her understanding of the issues facing the entire circus industry and her knowledge of artists from all disciplines will enable her to offer emerging circus artists the tools to create the aesthetics of the circus of tomorrow.

Peggy Donck will take office on January 1, 2022 following Gérard Fasoli, director of the CNAC since 2013 who has asserted his retirement rights. Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin salutes Fasoli’s contribution to upholding CNAC’s high level of artistic and educational standards.

CNAC, created in 1985 by the Ministry of Culture, is a higher education, resource and research establishment dedicated to contemporary circus.