Circus for Social Change (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies). Cet article n’est pas disponible.Circus for Social Change (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)

In this volume Social Circus is explored in depth by three Circus Studies scholars working with the aim of creating new ways of engaging with the field. Lavers, Burtt, and Bochud investigate the way that Social Circus transforms in response to its immediate environment, and particularly its social, political, and cultural context.

Katie Lavers is a writer and researcher and is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. She is a widely published Circus Studies scholar, Co-Editor of the Routledge Circus Studies Reader (2016), and Co-Author of Contemporary Circus (2019) now available in English, Chinese, and Korean.

Jon Burtt is the Director of the Master of Creative Industries and Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He is an award-winning director, choreographer, and performer, and an educator and Social Circus instructor. He is a widely published Circus Studies scholar and Co-Author of Contemporary Circus (2019).

Emmanuel Bochud is currently a Social Innovation and Training Director at HUPR (Center for Research on Human Potential) based at the National Circus School, Montreal, Canada. Widely regarded as a world expert in Social Circus training, he is the former Team Leader of Programs and Partnerships in Cirque du Soleil's Public Affairs and Social Responsibility Program which included Cirque du Monde, Cirque du Soleil's Social Circus wing.