InterCir's journey
InterCir takes its roots from Cadavre Exquis - a piece for 1 circus performer and eleven directors, about the place and freedom of expression of the circus performer.
During the creation process, Compagnie AMA kept many records: notes, scores, videos, exchanges and rehearsal materials.
In 2020, after the first one, the dialogue with research deepened with Magali Sizorn - a sociology researcher at the University of Rouen, around an editorial project in the form of a creative notebook/case study.
These archives then become material to be observed, questioned and documented.
From 2022, this approach takes the form of InterCir , a research project supported by the DGCA, the CNAC and La Brèche, enriched by interviews, seminars, round tables, a performative conference, video interviews and this famous book currently being written.
Since 2026, InterCir 2.0 has extended this work by opening up and planning to circulate the accumulated resources: resuming video interviews, enhancing the archives and creating a living online Atlas intended to welcome new contributions.
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Atlas Intercir - Coming soon
Inter-Cir 2.0 will extend several years of research conducted by Compagnie AMA around the circus performer.
Using archives, interviews, videos and testimonies from artists and directors, he will explore what makes this profession unique: the body, technique, training, creation and working relationships.
The project will notably take the form of a living online Atlas , built around major questions that permeate research. Each question will provide access to excerpts from testimonies, interviews, videos, archives, and analyses by researchers, in order to highlight multiple voices, experiences, and perspectives.
Conceived as a playful, interactive and evolving space , the Atlas will allow research to be explored through different paths, to cross experiences and, in time, to contribute in turn.
Inter-Cir 2.0 is currently in the development phase. A book is being written, while the accumulated archives, interviews and videos are gradually being sorted, edited and edited.
The challenge will be to make this material accessible , to circulate research questions and to gather new voices to gradually enrich the Atlas.
Questions
The big and small questions that run through this research.
Testimonials
Words from performers, and people in dialogue with the circus
Resources
Readings, references, books, useful and inspiring links.
Video fragments
Research excerpts, gestures, interviews, and visual clues.