Aerial Acrobatics for Anticipatory Action

Can you think of any art form that embodies risk as compellingly as aerial acrobatics?

Like pilots in the civil aviation sector, trapeze performers, professional jugglers, and circus artists are remarkably skilled at understanding, foreseeing, and managing what can go wrong... How can disaster managers learn from their talent and creativity?

This video builds on a circus arts performance at the UR2022 "Understanding Risk" forum, to explore how we can improve anticipatory action, by rethinking issues like:

- Collaboration

- Trajectories

- Perspective

- Trust

- New Heights

See more info at www.climatecentre.org --> acrobatics

~~~

AERIAL ACROBATICS FOR ANTICIPATORY ACTION

Concept:

Pablo Suarez

Nickolle Abreu

Pedro Mello e Cruz

Alan (Alby) Lee

Kara Siahaan

Performance by CIRCOCAN International School of Circus

Clara Marquetti

Giovana Dotto

Glaydson Oliveira

Iago Cavalim

Nickolle Abreu (direction)

Nikolas Pulka

Pedro Mello e Cruz

Video editing: Nico Cassinelli

Cartoons: Eugenia Rojo & Hameed “Ham” Khan

THANK YOU:

Anticipation Hub

Additional Thanks:

Cambridge University Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

Eastern Acrobatics and Circus

Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Alan D'Inca

Janot Mendler de Suarez