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Aerial circus in Brazil spotlights a path to healing for female victims of gender-based violence
The aerial circus uses performance art to raise awareness about Brazil's high rates of gender-based violence, with one in three women affected annually, organizers said.
- Aerial artists in Niteroi on Saturday performed 'Alone we are petals, together we are roses' at Icarai Beach last year to raise awareness of violence against women.
- A 2025 report by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety found more than one in three women in Brazil faced sexual or gender-based violence yearly, while organizers said a woman was raped every six minutes last year and services are permitted only in three circumstances.
- The performance stages symbolic acts such as a stilts sequence where the woman on stilts is knocked down by male artists, then reclaims strength and returns on higher stilts; organizers say participants heal through overcoming fears in classes.
- Approximately 100 people gathered on the beach, with Fabiane Curione de Medeiros calling the show impactful and Hamilton Azevedo describing it as a strategy to empower women through art and sport.
- Juliana Berti Abduch created the Suspended Circus Acrobatics project and, as a survivor, anchored it in survivor-led work after the group's first run focused on domestic violence.
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Aerial circus in Brazil spotlights a path to healing for female victims of gender-based violence
Performers have taken to the skies in an aerial circus show in Niteroi city, Brazil, to highlight violence against women.
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