Circus and Beyond

Circus and Beyond is a conference taking place on 11th May 2018 to rethink the history of popular entertainment.

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We still have tickets available for our fabulous conference featuring @mariuskwint, @rosiekelly321, @GreentopCircus, @Eric__McGill, @juliacalver, @rosegridneff, @jondavison, @stavmeishar + more! Get them while you can!

https://t.co/iX2jA80GZ6

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@SteveWa66635248 @sabine_hanke_ @helenaverley @familyfunson @circusandbeyond @katejholmes You’ve been quoted in my #Wakelet collection "#CircusAndBeyond conference". Check it out: https://t.co/JNdZLEHnpu

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Thank you to everyone who presented and attended. We hope everyone had fruitful discussions that lead to inspiring projects in the future! #CircusAndBeyond #Circus250

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Now we hear about 'The Visual Language of Circus Posters' from @rosegridneff, more usually found in conferences about graphic design, but talking today about a collection of circus ephemera inherited from grandparents - grandad ran away with a Russian circus!
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Rebecca Truman and @juliacalver's #Cupola project uses @TeresaAmabile's model of Creativity to map the work of #SkinningTheCat. 'Is that what we were doing? You make it sound so clever' Becky on her experience of collaborating with an academic
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Now @rosiekelly321 gives a performance lecture on 'The Cult & Concepts of #Juggling', starting with the basic cascade pattern. Spoiler: using fire or knives DOESN'T make juggling harder! #CircusAndBeyond

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The heteronormitivity of the circus and gay representations as explored by Eric McGill now feat. some very cute pics of him as a young circus enthusiast #CircusAndBeyond

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Encouraging women to exercise and enjoy it - the original #thisgirlcan?

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Kate Holmes tells us how women aerialists defied conventional expectations of their gender and empowered themselves through their feats #CircusAndBeyond #womeninhistory

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Wonderful performance from Urban Angels about the life of Pablo Fanque and his wife Susannah #CircusAndBeyond

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FYI - today's conference is digitally interactive! As well as the #LiveStream, anyone who messages comments or feedback will have their points fed into the discussion in the room, so do join in! #CircusAndBeyond

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#circademic squee! My first trip to @Fairarchives with #CircusAndBeyond - I want to move in!

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Huge thank you to @RealJunkFoodSHF for providing us with such an amazing, sustainable spread for our lunch!

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Intro from @sabine_hanke_: ''Rethinking the History of Popular Entertainment' through the lens of circus. Focus will be on influence of C19th & 20th practice on current understanding and activity #CircusAndBeyond

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Really excited to have Kate @CircusDiaries live tweeting the event for us today. Follow her for live updates throughout the day and join in with #circusandbeyond!

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Ready... Set... Conference! #LiveTweet from #CircusAndBeyond in #Sheffield today (or you can tune in directly via their #livestream link) Going live in a matter of moments! #circademic #conference https://t.co/bFI1kFdw3m

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We're welcoming our final guests before we kick off. Very excited to hear all the talks to come!

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@BustingFree We're so pleased you've sacrificed the sleep to come see us!

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Great news that this #circademic conference will be broadcast via #livestream tomorrow! #CircusAndBeyond https://t.co/Cuw36aUFt3

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@helenaverley @circus250 Thanks Helen!

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We're putting together the final touches to our conference and are super excited to meet everyone on Friday! If you can't make it we'll be live streaming it too and you can find the link here: https://t.co/LD7d4Rs4RZ #circusandbeyond #circus250

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Oops I think I meant @sabine_hanke_ !

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We still have tickets available for our fabulous conference featuring @mariuskwint, @rosiekelly321, @GreentopCircus, @Eric__McGill, @juliacalver, @rosegridneff, @jondavison, @stavmeishar + more! Get them while you can!

https://t.co/iX2jA80GZ6

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