Circo social e trajetória profissional: mapeamento das experiências de egressos de um projeto social em Uberlândia/MG

Abstract

This qualitative study, characterized as a case study, aims to analyze the influence of social circus on the professional development of graduates from a social project located in the city of Uberlândia/MG, who currently work in different professional contexts related to circus. The specific objectives of this research are: to identify the length of participants stay in the Institution; to map the specific area of activity of these professionals today; to highlight whether participants underwent professional training in the circus field and, furthermore, to analyze how the participants experiences in the project manifest in their professional performance and career planning. The results obtained show that social circus was a space for integral development, which contributed to the construction of their identities as artists and to their insertion in the job market.