Magali Sizorn (FR)

The researchers have a double function:
– give an intellectual and practical knowledge about circus-gesture-ecology and public space in each exploration time and the conclusion time;
– produce knowledge about transformed gestures from workers in circus public space within 2 scientific articles.

Magali Sizorn is a senior lecturer in STAPS (Sciences and Techniques of Physical and Sports Activities) at the University of Rouen Normandy. Since her doctoral research (2002–2006), published in 2013 (Trapézistes: Ethnosociology of a Circus in Motion, PURH), she has conducted research on the circus, cultural practices, and the intersections between art and sport. Her analyses lie at the intersection of anthropology, interpretive sociology, and pragmatic sociology, and currently focus on artists at work (particularly the relationship between performers and directors in the circus), one artistic creation in relation to ecology, aswell on cultural practices, the production of major events.
She is a founding member and member of the board of directors of the Collective of researchers in circus.