#43-24 Women’s Circus … Building Bodies and Community

This program begins with a discussion of the history of circuses and of women in circuses, and continues with interviews with a graduate of Australia’s National Institute of Circus Arts and an instructor and performer in The Women’s Circus.  The Women’s Circus of Australia, founded in 1991, offers training with the aims of building physical self-confidence and community cooperation. 

Speaking: Nicola Brackertz, lecturer in circus history, Swinburne University; Ebony, graduate of Australia’s National Institute of Circus Arts; Francesca Scully, teacher and performer with The Women’s Circus; interviewer, Shelagh Ryan. 

Originally produced for 3CR Radio’s series Women on the Line by Shelagh Ryan; adapted for WINGS by Frieda Werden.

Music excerpts: Wonderful, by Noonday Underground; She’s Got a Story, Too, by Kerrianne Cox.

Contacts: National Institute of Circus Arts: https://www.nica.com.au/
https://www.womenscircus.org.au/

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