Payasas mujeres y mujeres payaso: el travestismo en la payasaria

Authors

  • Melissa Lima Caminha Escola Universitària ERAM - Universitat de Girona
  • Judit Vidiella Pagès Escola Universitària ERAM - Universitat de Girona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/vis.v15i1.48278

Keywords:

Clownery, Female Comicality, Transvestism

Abstract

The female clown is a recent figure in the history of the performing arts, and has gained space and visibility through a movement articulated around a category called "feminine comicality." In this context of vindication and visibility of women’s clown comedy, emerges several gender problems of this artistic community. This article addresses one of these problems: the transvestism of women in clownery. From a feminist-queer perspective, we have elaborated some questions about the performance of women in clownery, which can broaden the debate on the category of "feminine comicality" developed by women clowns in the last years.

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Author Biographies

Melissa Lima Caminha, Escola Universitària ERAM - Universitat de Girona

Payasa, arte educadora e investigadora en Circo, Teatro, Performance, Artes y Educación.

Graduada en Derecho (2001) y Artes Escénicas (2006). Máster y Doctorado en Artes y Educación por la Universidad de Barcelona.

Actualmente es docente en el Grado en Artes Escénicas (GAE) de la Escuela Universitaria ERAM - Universidad de Girona.

Judit Vidiella Pagès, Escola Universitària ERAM - Universitat de Girona

Licenciada (1999) y Doctora (2009) en Bellas Artes por la Universidad de Barcelona (UB), mención de calidad con la tesis doctoral “Prácticas de corporización y pedagogías de contacto: una aproximación a los Estudios de Performance”.

Acreditada como lectora por la AQU (2009). Miembro del programa internacional de doctorado “Artes y Educación: un enfoque construccionista”, coordinado por la UB, UdG y UGR.

Actualmente es docente y coordinadora del Grado en Artes Escénicas (GAE) de la Escuela Universitaria ERAM - Universidad de Girona.

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Published

2017-11-21

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CAMINHA, M. L.; PAGÈS, J. V. Payasas mujeres y mujeres payaso: el travestismo en la payasaria. Visualidades, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 1, p. 143–170, 2017. DOI: 10.5216/vis.v15i1.48278. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/VISUAL/article/view/48278. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2017)

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