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« Ce carnet, qui est l’occasion de faire un état des lieux de l’acrobatie au cirque de nos jours, montre le lien et la complémentarité de toutes les influences opérantes depuis les années 1970 qu’élèves, artistes et enseignants continuent à enrichir. Dans les écoles de cirque professionnelles, les enseignants en danse ont été responsabilisés dans cet accompagnement. C’est souvent par leur suivi ou par les recherches communes avec les enseignements techniques et artistiques que toutes les influences extérieures sont mises en relation. Ces réflexions démontrent la grande richesse d’un enseignement transdisciplinaire et ouvert. » (extrait de l’introduction d’Arnaud Thomas)

Ce carnet qui fait suite aux rencontres d’acro-danse qui ont eu lieu au Cnac à Châlons-en-Champagne les 7, 8 et 9 avril 2017 s’inscrit dans l’axe « Terminologie » des recherches menées par la Chaire ICiMa. [résumé de l'éditeur]

“Extreme Symbiosis” is the result of a research project, where we have tried to examine our circus discipline pair acrobatic on a deeper level. Outside the stage and behind the risky moments there is a whole practice that we want to highlight, and we therefore decided to explore what our practice consists of. What happens in the interaction between us when we perform our practice? A collaboration between bodies and minds, individual systems and common senses. A long-standing partnership based on extreme trust which is challenged every day in the practice.

Our goal with this performance is to make a performative staging of our practice that can touch on topics without having to explain too much. We want to let our practice to speak for itself through the physical expression, but also give the spectator an insight into the daily practice of our art. By adding our own documented material such as film, texts and audio interviews we hope that the different medias can complement each other and together convey a nuanced picture of our practice.


In these books the genre of pair acrobatics is depicted, discussed and problematized, seen from our perspective as practitioners. In the white book you will find uncensored diary notes, while the black book is a description of the practice and a problematizing of its phenomenons. [editor summary]

“Extreme Symbiosis” is the result of a research project, where we have tried to examine our circus discipline pair acrobatic on a deeper level. Outside the stage and behind the risky moments there is a whole practice that we want to highlight, and we therefore decided to explore what our practice consists of. What happens in the interaction between us when we perform our practice? A collaboration between bodies and minds, individual systems and common senses. A long-standing partnership based on extreme trust which is challenged every day in the practice.

Our goal with this performance is to make a performative staging of our practice that can touch on topics without having to explain too much. We want to let our practice to speak for itself through the physical expression, but also give the spectator an insight into the daily practice of our art. By adding our own documented material such as film, texts and audio interviews we hope that the different medias can complement each other and together convey a nuanced picture of our practice.


In these books the genre of pair acrobatics is depicted, discussed and problematized, seen from our perspective as practitioners. In the white book you will find uncensored diary notes, while the black book is a description of the practice and a problematizing of its phenomenons. [editor summary]