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).
