Unreal limbs: Erin Ball and the extended body in contemporary circus

Katie Lavers; Jon Burtt; Erin  Ball

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-43298-0_3

Unreal limbs: Erin Ball and the extended body in contemporary circus

Katie Lavers, Jon Burtt, Erin Ball

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Abstract

Innovative and imaginative prosthetic limbs which extend the body out into the world of the surreal are playing a part in the generation of new possibilities for artists, performers and athletes with adaptive bodies. Artists such as Aimee Mullins in her work with Alexander McQueen and Matthew Barney, and performers such as Viktoria Modesta in their work with Sophie de Oliveira Barata of The Alternative Limb Project are leading the way in exploring this terrain.

This chapter explores the experiences of Erin Ball, the Canadian Contemporary Circus artist, in her determination to re-imagineer her adaptive body to perform in circus again, and to explore the creative world of surreal prosthetic limbs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Circus, science and technology
Subtitle of host publication	dramatising innovation
Editors	Anna-Sophie Jürgens
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	3
Pages	33-54
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030432980
ISBN (Print)	9783030432973
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43298-0_3
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Name	Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan

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Prosthesis
Circus
Adaptive Body

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Unreal limbs: Erin Ball and the extended body in contemporary circus. / Lavers, Katie; Burtt, Jon; Ball, Erin .
Circus, science and technology: dramatising innovation. ed. / Anna-Sophie Jürgens. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. p. 33-54 (Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology).

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