Semiotics of the Circus focused on how meaning is produced and transmitted in the so-called “contemporary circus”, as well as the influence of traditional circus performances on the construction of meaning. Semiotics, the theory of meaning creation which analyses the use of signs and the different kinds of sign processes, helped to provide answers to these initial questions.

Keynotes
Prof. Dr. Paul Bouissac | University of Toronto
Prof. Dr. Philippe Goudard | Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III
Prof. Dr. Louis Patrick Leroux | Concordia University Montréal
Dr. Camilla Damkjaer | Stockholm University of the Arts
Conference at the Universität Münster in collaboration with Cirque Bouffon
15 international speakers and 75 international participants from 16 different countries

© Image: Christian Trick. Semiotics of the Circus. Universität Münster 2015