InstructIon MAnuAL - Fedec
InstructIon MAnuAL - Fedec
InstructIon MAnuAL - Fedec
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03<br />
tHE “CubE”<br />
rémy Bénard is a cyr wheel and German wheel specialist who trained at<br />
the national centre for circus Arts (cnAc) he reflected on the shape of<br />
the wheel, and decided to explore its variations he believes in acrobatic potential<br />
and the possibility of manipulating these shapes together with the workshop<br />
in charge of devising and making pieces of apparatus in the school, they agreed<br />
to try and build a new structure: the cube<br />
it is always difficult to evaluate the potential of an apparatus<br />
in advance. the construction of prototypes was therefore<br />
essential whereby different shapes could be tested.<br />
Following this first stage it was determined that every<br />
object moved on a trajectory which was determined by<br />
its shape. these prototypes enabled the team to explore<br />
the possibility of movement, on a reduced scale, to inform<br />
their choices before moving into the construction phase.<br />
Before constructing the piece of apparatus, it was necessary<br />
to plan an acrobatic piece in order to better calculate<br />
the forces exerted and resistances necessary.<br />
the main difficulty was finding the balance between the<br />
weight of the object and its robustness. once finalised,<br />
the apparatus had to be robust enough in order to be used<br />
for acrobatic work but also light enough to be manipulated.<br />
in order to transfer the technical skills used in cyr<br />
wheel and German wheel, the new objects had to abide by<br />
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