ROUNDUP: Circus Bodies with Madeline Hoak
Happy Halloween to all you lovely CircusTalk members! This week, we invite you to revisit Madeline Hoak’s amazing series, Circus
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Circus Bodies series
Circus Bodies: Sideshow and Extreme Circus Bodies
Shep Huntly is known for suspending a live car battery from his nipples. Sparks fly as he receives electric shocks
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Circus Bodies: BIPOC Circus Bodies
Last week was the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. Last summer, world-wide protests erupted and calls for real, sustainable
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Circus Bodies: Circus Bodies with Disabilities
After the inaugural Circus and Its Others conference in 2016, a series of articles was published in Performance Matters, a peer-reviewed journal.
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Circus Bodies: Fat Circus Bodies
I recently spoke with Amber Parker and Michael Jay Garner, two US circus professionals, about fat circus bodies. Through their
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Circus Bodies: Aging Circus Bodies
Aging Circus Bodies is part of a new series called Circus Bodies. The introductory article speaks to the importance of
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Circus Bodies: Meaning Makers and Culture Creators
Circus bodies, as a topic, is enormously complex. The angles from which one could approach the subject are limitless. Circus
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