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The second edition of the Circus and its Others international conference is organized by Cirqueon – Centre for Contemporary Circus (Czech Republic), Union College (USA), …
LETNÍ LETNÁ PRAGUE
Professional Days at Letní Letná, 15th annual contemporary circus and theatre festival. Czech contemporary circus ensemble showcase: presentations, previews and shows.
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Circus and its Others II.
International Circus
Conference
How does the mainstreaming of contemporary circus affect its status as a haven for the different, the outsider? In what ways are contemporary circus artists and companies embracing and exploiting difference in their practice?
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Circus and Yoga as each other’s ‘other‘: Histories of refusals and exotifications across physical practices and travelling.
Academic
Academic CommitteeAcademic committee and conference organizers.
Charles R. Batson
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Union College, USA
Charles R. Batson is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Union College, Schenectady, NY, and currently serves as President of the American Council for Québec Studies.
Karen Fricker
Department of Dramatic Arts, School of Fine and Performing Arts, Brock University, Canada
Karen Fricker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dramatic Arts at Brock University in in Niagara region of Ontario, Canada; and a theatre critic at the Toronto Star.
Martin Pšenička
Theatre Department, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Czech Republic
Martin Pšenička, PhD. is a Department Head of the Department of Theatre Studies of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, and an editor of the Czech Theatre Review.
Michael Eigtved
Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Michael Eigtved is Associate Professor at Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Veronika Štefanová
CIRQUEON – Centre for Contemporary Circus, Prague, Czech Republic
Veronika Štefanová holds a PhD from the Department of Theatre Studies of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University (Czech republic) in Prague, where she explored contemporary circus as a dramatic art.