{"id":546,"date":"2020-03-31T23:34:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T21:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luftartistin.de\/en\/?page_id=546"},"modified":"2020-04-01T00:13:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T22:13:11","slug":"research-women-in-circus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/luftartistin.de\/en\/jana-korb-production-cultural-politics-and-networking\/research-women-in-circus\/","title":{"rendered":"Research: Women in Circus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women in circus - cultural science approach<\/h3>\n
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For years, in fact forever, I have been searching for feminist empowerment: as cultural scientist, artist, performer. I have been creating within the Berlin art scene, within Berlin sub culture. There is plenty of feminist empowerment there, sometimes marginally, but it's there.<\/p>\n

On the other hand within the context of show business, circus, touring performing arts \u2013 I am hardly finding this. That's why I feel challenged to find feminist traces in circus. To find them, epower them. To write a her-story of circus.<\/p>\n

Circus has always been a space and a topos of freedom for the \"other\". Circus collected the outcast of society and accepted and created radical ideas: from homosexual desire and other deviancies of the classical family (like single mothers), to subversive bodies (\"freaks\" like the bearded woman or the strong woman) and performative cross dressing; from artistic fulfillment to financial independence and nomadism. Just a few examples that interest me in my research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Maryse Begary<\/p><\/div>\n

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Louise Leers - the muscle grind - Film by Thomas Kelling und Jana Korb<\/h3>\n
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