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Leroux, Louis Patrick

doi:10.2307/j.ctt1c99c0h.6

Cirque Global

DOI: 10.2307/j.ctt1c99c0h.6

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Louis Patrick Leroux¹

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“…Contemporary circus has exploded in its popularity and global influence, with the number of professional circus companies around the world still on the rise (Leroux, 2014; Shrier & Hallé, 2011). Instead of the three-ring spectacles of yore featuring animals (Mabert & Showalter, 2010), contemporary circus emphasizes artistic content and creativity, comparable to figure skating or dance (Leroux, 2016). Talented artists and athletes are often recruited from top-level professions worldwide.…”

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Empirical development of a screening method for mental, social, and physical wellness in amateur and professional circus artists.

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Gavrilova

Galante

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Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

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There is limited information available to assist evidence-supported detection and referral of mental, social, and physical health issues affecting performance in circus artists. Therefore, this study examines mental, social, and physical health of artists in 2 circus settings (circus school, professional circus). The specific aims were to assess overall health and develop data-informed wellness screening methods in these populations, assisting referral guidelines for performance and health optimization. A comprehensive psychometrically validated battery of standardized measures was administered to 109 professional circus artists employed by Cirque du Soleil and students enrolled in the National Circus School. Compared with students, professionals reported significantly fewer problems with social isolation, fatigue, and factors that interfere with circus performance specific to shows/evaluations; they also reported greater satisfaction in their social roles and overall circus performance. Professionals also reported significantly less severe depression, and greater receipt of emotional and informational support compared with normative samples. Scores of students were similar to those of normative samples, although their scores measuring anxiety and fatigue were higher. There were no significant differences between professionals and students in perceived interferences during training, or circus-related problems with coaches and classmates/coworkers. For all participants, scores on measures of mental, social, and physical health were negatively associated with factors reported to interfere with circus performance. Participant responses to the measures were used to develop guidelines to facilitate detection of factors interfering with performance and to assist informed referrals.

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Empirical development of a screening method for mental, social, and physical wellness in amateur and professional circus artists.

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The Embodied Journey of an Idea: An Exploration of Movement Creativity in Circus Arts

Richard

Glăveanu

Aubertin

2022

Journal of Creative Behavior

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Knowledge about embodied creativity is in its infancy. In circus arts, performers are nowadays 'owning' their creativity making this performance domain fruitful to study embodied creativity. Building on sociocultural creativity perspectives and radical embodied cognitive sciences, the current study aimed at exploring movement creativity by tracking the journey of embodied ideas in a Circus School. Specifically, this research questioned how the interactions between actors, audiences, affordances, and actions support the emergence and evolution of movement ideas. A narrative ethnographic research design, gathering process observations in situ, was used to scrutinize the movement ideas generated by student-artists, teachers, and artistic advisors over a 4-month period. Reflexive thematic analysis led to the design of an exhaustive mapping which illustrates the key findings. Namely, the journey of an embodied idea is influenced by stimulating spaces and collaborative socio-cultural environment which ignite the actors' desire to create. This desire, in turn, unfolds into multiple ideational pathways paved with research strategies (e.g., improvisation, constraints, variability) and emotions (i.e., pleasant and unpleasant). Embodied ideas then go through an assessment process leading (or not) to its growth. Results are discussed in light of embodied, pedagogical, and emotional considerations offering an alternative to the conceptualization of idea.

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Circus Training in the Time of Coronavirus

Bessone¹

2020

Performance Research

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Empirical development of a screening method for mental, social, and physical wellness in amateur and professional circus artists.

Empirical development of a screening method for mental, social, and physical wellness in amateur and professional circus artists.

The Embodied Journey of an Idea: An Exploration of Movement Creativity in Circus Arts

Circus Training in the Time of Coronavirus

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