The fourth VOICES IV edition 'Re-exploring the grotesque' deals with the concept of the grotesque and places it as a foil over the circus. The collected texts pose questions from cultural theory, theatre and circus studies, decolonial, queer-feminist and artistic perspectives. They are reflections on what the grotesque, in its complexity and ambivalence, can tell us today in relation to the diversity of bodies, body images and circus and dance practices.