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The Non-Human Animal Artist: Toward the Presentation of an Artistic Species-Companionship in Circus

Franziska Trapp, Natan Alberca, and Sabrina Sow

How can we practice, think, and write contemporary circus beyond the human? What would it mean to create new modes of performance that would (re)valorize the animal in the ring? This exposition presents an exploration of the inventive, creative, and active dimensions of non-human animals in the context of circus.

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keywords:
contemporary circus
dramaturgy
non-human
horses
dialogue
visual art
academic research
poetry
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