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Circus and the Avant-Gardes: History, Imaginary, Innovation

Circus and the Avant-Gardes: History, Imaginary, Innovation

Jürgens, Anna-Sophie
Hildbrand, Mirjam

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

AnthropologyGeneral DramaGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0367757281
ISBN13: 9780367757281
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 15 2022
Pages: 268
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book examines how circus and circus imaginary have shaped the historical avant-gardes at the beginning of the 20th century and the cultures they help constitute, to what extent this is a mutual shaping, and why this is still relevant today.

This book aims to produce a better sense of the artistic work and cultural achievements that have emerged from the interplay of circus and avant-garde artists and projects, and to clarify both their transhistorical and trans-medial presence, and their scope for interdisciplinary expansion. Across 14 chapters written by leading scholars - from fields as varied as circus, theatre and performance studies, art, media studies, film and cultural history - some of which are written together with performers and circus practitioners, the book examines to what extent circus and avant-garde connections contribute to a better understanding of early 20th century artistic movements and their enduring legacy, of the history of popular entertainment, and the cultural relevance of circus arts. Circus and the Avant-Gardes elucidates how the realm of the circus as a model, or rather a blueprint for modernist experiment, innovation and (re)negotiation of bodies, has become fully integrated in our ways of perceiving avant-gardes today.

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