5 December 9am to 6pm   Registration Free

La Trobe University Franklin St City Campus

215 Franklin St

Does circus need research? Circus artists discuss this question with researchers.

Circus is a major creative industry in Australia encompassing new contemporary companies and traditional circuses and Australian artists have a major impact internationally.

Circus achievements need to be preserved through documentation and analysis. Circus artistry evolves through innovations out of knowledge of past achievements.

Australian and international scholars present recent projects and research approaches: Circus Oz: Living Archive; creative processes; philosophising about the circus body; rethinking circus history. Featured speaker from Finland, Tomi Purovaara, author of Contemporary Circus. Introduction to the Art Form (2011), will be presenting on Cirko, a circus centre that brings together information centre, studio training facilities, festival venue, and research resources with visual archive library.

Funded by the Centre for Creative Arts, FHSS, at La Trobe University; inquiries Professor Peta Tait 03 94791712

REGISTRATION through http://www.trybooking.com/ZUT    ACAPTA admin@acapta.org.au