Essays about: "Contemporary circus"
Found 5 essays containing the words Contemporary circus.
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1. About tricks, sensations and relationships- A collection of thoughts on performing, exhibiting skill and creating in contemporary circus.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Högskolan för scen och musikAbstract : This is a reflection and exploration of creation as a contemporary circus artist today, from the point of view of the same (I am a rope walker). To give myself a compass during the research I have worked with a few questions: What is the function of the trick? How do I and other artist relate to our creating selves and bodies? And how can we use knowledge from other fields such as marketing- and social psychology or service side jobs, to look at our creation from another angle? These questions are explored through looking into marketing- and social psychology, the words of other creators, doing interviews and looking at the way I interact with the practice myself. READ MORE
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2. What? Do I look like this? : A qualitative study of mirrors’ impact on contemporary dance pedagogy students’ experiences of themselves
University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för danspedagogikAbstract : The purpose of this study was to describe how mirrors affect contemporary dance pedagogy students’experiences of themselves. Empirical material was collected through semi-structured interviews with four dance pedagogy students at the School of Dance and Circus, and analyzed with the help of post-humanistic perspective and Lacanian mirror stage theory. READ MORE
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3. Infill Development in Context : Case Study of Riga Circus Extension
University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : This thesis explores a broader understanding of infill development in historic surrounding. Historic structures are viewed as mediators for the new design to carry on the sense of place and provide continuity in the city. READ MORE
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4. When Contrasts Joined The Circus : How Defying & Obeying Gravity Revitalized a Suffering Art Form Called 'Circus'
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : This Master thesis is about Western circus performance styles. It is the aim to describe, compare, and contextualise traits and tendencies of early Western circus performances (EWCP) and contemporary Western circus performances (CWCP) through academic terms. READ MORE
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5. Elastic Interactions & Performing Objects : Methods for Embedding Technology Playfulness into Interactive Objects
University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för design, inredningsarkitektur och visuell kommunikation (DIV)Abstract : This thesis seeks to outline methods that explore interaction when the material object takes the role as playful provocateur. The process describes how simple, classic toys provide the guiding inspiration for prototypes. READ MORE
