CIRCUS-DANCE: A VIEW ON HYBRIDISM BETWEEN THE CIRCUS AND DANCE FROM THE CYR WHEEL EXPERIENCE
circus, cyr wheel, dance, hybridism
This dissertation aims to research in a transdisciplinary approach how dance and circus change when they work together, using a circus device called the cyr wheel. The circus emerges as popular culture, a repository of beliefs, myths, representations considered, until then, grotesque and spontaneous languages, without the necessary rigor to reach the artistic standard, still far from the perfection of the Beautiful, an ideal predicted by classical culture. Circus art and artists are recognized for their miscegenation with several other artistic languages, including dance, which in turn is used as an element of cohesion and entertainment in the construction of circus shows and numbers. It can be said that there are creative processes, in contemporary circus shows, that intertwine circus and dance, thus emerging a possible new language. The two arts have the body and movement as essential elements in common. From reflecting on the role of the body in the processes hybridized by the two areas and thinking about the possibilities of movement with the device used, it is possible to expand the horizon of theoretical and methodological reflections present in the interface of scenic making with other artistic languages. With a qualitative character, from an experience report and in addition to bibliographic research, the following actions are being used as sources of data collection: documentary research and semi-structured interviews, with a semi-defined script, relating to my artistic experience.