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The Tabù’s poster

tsaopeng — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:09:33 +0000

Tabù is a show of the circus troupe, NoFit State Circus

The history of circus

tsaopeng — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:06:31 +0000

The full article, here

An extract about contemporary circus :

“Contemporary circus (originally known as nouveau cirque) is a recent performing arts movement that originated in the 1970s in Australia, Canada, France, the West Coast of the United States, and the United Kingdom. Contemporary circus combines traditional circus skills and theatrical techniques to convey a story or theme. For aesthetic or economic reasons, contemporary circus productions may be staged in theaters rather than in large outdoor tents. Music used in the production is often composed exclusively for that production, and aesthetic influences are drawn as much from contemporary culture as from circus history. Animal acts appear less frequently in contemporary circus than in traditional circus.”

Fresh Circus, european seminar about contemporary circus

tsaopeng — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:05:49 +0000

The critical review of the seminar : http://www.circostrada.org/IMG/file/Fresh%20Circus/PDF%20OK/FreshCircusEN.pdf

Contemporary Circus

tsaopeng — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:09:29 +0000

The circus appeared during the late 18th century in England. During the two late centuries, circus had developed thanks to the influences of different culture like chinese, american or russian. But, in 1970′s, a new performing art movement appeared, it’s the contemporary circus or nouveau cirque.

Through the Fit State Circus spectacle’s Tabù, we try to bringing to light the headlines of contemporary circus and its problem about communication.

First of all, the contemporary circus is different of traditional circus because of theatrical techniques to convey a story. Indeed, contemporary circus show always telling us a story unlike traditional circus which is a succession of shows without any link. The acrobatic feats are the using medium to telling us the story. Thus, Tabù is about taboos and people’s attitudes to taboos. In this show, there are traditional circus feats like balancing acts but there is a direction to convey the themes. Thereof, the posters of this spectacle must show the performance and the story. Thus, the posters of Tabù shows a woman who do balancing act with court shoes.

Finally, contemporary circus shows are often distributed in circus festivals like “Caravanes de cirques” at Toulouse. These festivals are important for the troupe because they have their chance to make known to the public and festival programmer. Indeed, contemporary circus is a young and little known art, so troupe have some problems to be distribute in cities conversely of traditional circus troupe who easily do a tour. Thus, NoFit State Circus do a tour in Europe but most of the dates are during festivals whereas this troupe is one of the most recognized.

The contemporary circus is a movement of the traditional circus in relation to the direction of the shows and the shows’s scattering. However, this scattering ask the questions for the troupe : How to differentiate itself from other shows at this festival.