Résumé :
The radicalism of 1970s’ social movements manifest in the arts and directly in innovative theatre that co-opted circus. The anti-war, pro-worker and feminist politics imbedded in the avant-garde theatre of the 1970s were expressly reimaged as circus action that was different and political. This theatrical circus expanded the circus form and the origins of contemporary circus from Circus Oz to Cirque du Soleil can be found in the idealisation of circus at this time. But did the circus appeal to performance activists for its romantic ideal of a community living on the margins outside society or for its physical action that left impressions of thrill and excitement in the popular imaginary? This chapter explores how this reimagined acrobatic circus with strong women but without animal acts was often raucous, mutinous and irrepressible, and argues that performance activists satirised circus as much as theatre.

Localisation : Bibliothèque

Cote : 791.301 J899c 2022