North American Practices of the Russian Bar Circus Discipline: A Practical Guide | October 2023

Considering the paucity in North American circus research pertaining to the Russian bar circus discipline, the CRITAC sought to document a general understanding of this impressive specialty.

The aim of this study is to document a snapshot of the latest preferred North American practices of the Russian bar apparatus. Development of this practical guide was by route of problem-centered interviews. These interviews allowed us to obtain an implicit expert perspective from various professional standpoints, all of which have extensive experience in the Russian bar discipline (e.g., porters, flyers, coaches, and riggers) in North America.

After the interviews, the transcripts underwent an analytic process known as evolved grounded theory, where their content was organized into the axes of Russian bar practices, as depicted in this practical guide (McCreaddie & Payne, 2010).

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