{"product_id":"contemporary-circus-paperback","title":"Contemporary Circus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatie Lavers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLouis Patrick LeRoux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJon Burtt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, twenty-four creators come together with three scholars to discuss Contemporary Circus, bridging the divide between practice and theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLavers, 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, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Circus \u003c\/i\u003ethematically groups and contextualises extracts of conversations to provide a sophisticated and wide-ranging study supported by critical theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf interest to both practitioners and scholars, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Circus \u003c\/i\u003euses the lens of 'contestation, ' or calling things into question, to provide a portal into ways of seeing today's circus performance.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConversations with: Lachlan Binns and Jascha Boyce (Gravity and Other Myths), Tilde Björfors (Cirkus Cirkör), \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eKim '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). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatie Lavers\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Circus Studies Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis 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 \u003ci\u003eCirque Global: Québec's Expanding Circus Boundaries \u003c\/i\u003e(2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Circus Studies Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.2 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47343258796281,"sku":"9781138680722","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bUxGT1JZb1BEY3BKSWo5SGxabXl0Zz09.webp?v=1769718974","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/contemporary-circus-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}