A Gynoïdes is anything, which resembles or pertains to the female human form. The term has more recently been applied to a humanoid robot designed to more accurately look like a human female. A Gynoïdes is also a circus performer who takes part in Gynoïdes Project.

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Gynoïdes Project is a multi-layered artistic research project that raises and examines the question of women agency in circus art.The project engages in a female-centered circus making and seeks to describe and produce feminist strategies in circus composition.  With a series of artistic research phases known as Bêta Tests and an academic line of enquiry lasting several years, the Gynoïdes Project is a wide-ranging operation aimed at creating alternative, feminist strategies for circus creation.

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Gynoïdes Project interacts with educational and research institutions, with organizations and members of the circus community, and with contributors from scientific and artistic fields. Gynoïdes Project is an evolving participatory initiative that uses dialogues, art projects and artistic led research to analyze the question of women in circus art, how it can be understood and transformed.

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