Contemporary Circus

Name: Contemporary Circus
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138680715
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By Katie Lavers and Louis Patrick Leroux and Jon Burtt

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Contemporary Circus brings together twenty-four creators and three scholars to explore the evolving art form of contemporary circus. The book is structured around four central themes—Apparatus, Politics, Performers, and New Work—offering in-depth conversations that bridge practical and theoretical perspectives. Richly illustrated with fifty photographs and supported by critical theory, it provides a sophisticated study of today’s circus, using the concept of 'contestation' to challenge and broaden the ways audiences perceive circus performance.
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This volume is ideal for both practitioners and scholars interested in the dynamic world of contemporary circus. Those engaged in arts and culture studies, performance theory, and circus arts will find this book particularly insightful.

Twenty-four creators come together with three scholars to discuss Contemporary Circus, bridging the divide between practice and theory. Contemporary Circus uses the lens of ‘contestation’ or calling things into question to provide a portal into ways of seeing today’s circus performance.

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In this volume, twenty-four creators come together with three scholars to discuss Contemporary Circus, bridging the divide between practice and theory.

Lavers, Leroux, and Burtt offer conversations across four key themes: Apparatus, Politics, Performers, and New Work. Extensively illustrated with fifty photos of Contemporary Circus productions, and extensively annotated, Contemporary Circus thematically groups and contextualises extracts of conversations to provide a sophisticated and wide-ranging study supported by critical theory.

Of interest to both practitioners and scholars, Contemporary Circus uses the lens of ‘contestation,’ or calling things into question, to provide a portal into ways of seeing today’s circus performance.

Conversations with: Lachlan Binns and Jascha Boyce (Gravity and Other Myths), Tilde Björfors (Cirkus Cirkör), Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers (Hot Brown Honey), Shana Carroll (The 7 Fingers), David Clarkson (Stalker), Philippe Decouflé (Compagnie DCA), Fez Faanana (Briefs), Mike Finch (Circus Oz), Daniele Finzi Pasca (Compagnia Finzi Pasca), Sean Gandini (Gandini Juggling), Firenza Guidi (ElanFrantoio, NoFit State Circus), Jo Lancaster and Simon Yates (Acrobat), Johann Le Guillerm (Cirque Ici), Yaron Lifschitz (Circa), Chelsea McGuffin (Company 2), Phia Ménard (Compagnie Non Nova), Jennifer Miller (Circus Amok), Adrien Mondot (Compagnie Adrien M and Claire B), Charlotte Mooney and Tina Koch (Ockham’s Razor), Philippe Petit (high wire artist), and Elizabeth Streb (STREB EXTREME ACTION).

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138680715

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 23 July 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 50 Halftones, black and white; 50 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 544g

Pages: 222

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Arts & Culture Jon Burtt Katie Lavers Louis Patrick Leroux Non-Fiction

About the Author

Katie Lavers is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. Her research interests are Circus Studies, Performance Studies, Animal Studies, and Ecofeminism. She is the Co-Editor of The Routledge Circus Studies Reader (2016).

Louis Patrick Leroux is a Professor and Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia University, Montreal. He is the Director of the Montreal Working Group on Circus Research and Co-Editor of Cirque Global: Québec’s Expanding Circus Boundaries (2016).

Jon Burtt is a Lecturer in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He teaches across dance, theatre, and circus. His research interests are Contemporary Circus Practice and Training; and Circus for Social Change. He is the Associate Editor of The Routledge Circus Studies Reader (2016).