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Ra-Ra Zoo

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Ra-Ra Zoo was an English-based new circus theatre company, active (August 1984 - September 1994), a seminal group who created self devised physical theatre performance for theatres using comedy and circus skills. [1]

33 relations: Africa, Amsterdam, Arts council, Australia, Battersea, Blue Peter, British Council, Circus Oz, Comedy, Contemporary circus, Cork (city), Direct action, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, England, Europe, Feminism, Festival of Fools, Gandini Juggling, Glastonbury Festival, Hackney Empire, Henley Royal Regatta, List of circus skills, Liverpool, London International Mime Festival, Malcolm Hardee, National Centre for Circus Arts, Physical theatre, Pina Bausch, RAF Greenham Common, South America, Spike Milligan, Surrealism, Theatre.

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Arts council

An arts council is a government or private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts; mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing arts events.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Battersea

Battersea is a district of south west London, England, within the London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Blue Peter

Blue Peter is a British children's television programme, currently shown live on the CBBC television channel.

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British Council

The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities.

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Circus Oz

Circus Oz is an Australian animal-free circus troupe incorporating theatre, satire and rock'n'roll.

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Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film, stand-up comedy, or any other medium of entertainment.

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Contemporary circus

New or Contemporary Circus, also known as nouveau cirque or cirque contemporain in French-speaking countries, is a genre of performing arts developed in the late 20th century in which a story or theme is conveyed through traditional circus skills.

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Cork (city)

Cork (from corcach, meaning "marsh") is a city in south-west Ireland, in the province of Munster, which had a population of 125,622 in 2016.

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Direct action

Direct action occurs when a group takes an action which is intended to reveal an existing problem, highlight an alternative, or demonstrate a possible solution to a social issue.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (often referred to as simply The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival, which in 2017 spanned 25 days and featured 53,232 performances of 3,398 shows in 300 venues.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social equality of sexes.

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Festival of Fools

The Festival of Fools is an annual Street Festival held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, usually during the May Bank Holiday weekend.

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Gandini Juggling

Gandini Juggling are a London-based contemporary circus company.

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Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England.

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Hackney Empire

The Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney, built in 1901 as a music hall.

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Henley Royal Regatta

Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England.

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List of circus skills

Circus skills are a group of pursuits that have been performed as entertainment in circus, sideshow, busking, or variety, vaudeville or music hall shows.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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London International Mime Festival

The London International Mime Festival (LIMF) is an annual theatre event in London.

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Malcolm Hardee

Malcolm Hardee (5 January 1950 – 31 January 2005) was an English comedian, author, comedy club proprietor, compère, agent, manager and "amateur sensationalist".

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National Centre for Circus Arts

The National Centre for Circus Arts (formerly the Circus Space), is a professional circus school in the Hoxton area of London that offers one of the UK's only university degree programmes in circus.

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Physical theatre

Physical theatre is a well-known genre of theatrical performance that encompasses storytelling primarily through physical movement.

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Pina Bausch

Philippina "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director.

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RAF Greenham Common

Royal Air Force Greenham Common or RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in Berkshire, England.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Spike Milligan

Terence Alan Milligan, (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002), known as Spike Milligan, was a British-Irish comedian, writer, poet, playwright and actor.

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Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra-Ra_Zoo

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