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  • Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930s

    Femininity, Celebrity, and Glamour

    by Kate Holmes ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    Female solo aerialists of the 1920s and early 1930s were internationally popular performers in the largest live performance mass entertainment of the period in the UK and USA. Yet these aerialists and this period in circus history have been largely forgotten despite the iconic image of ‘the’ female aerialist still flaring in the popular imagination.Kate Holmes uses insights gained as a ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • “Don’t Forget The Pierrots!'' The Complete History of British Pierrot Troupes & Concert Parties

    This volume is the first authoritative historical textbook to look at the origins, development and evolution of seaside pierrot troupes and concert parties and their popular performance heritage.It will provide, for the first time, a definition of the pierrot troupe and its evolution from the roots of European popular traditions such as the commedia dell’arte and minstrelsy, to links between music ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Den stille pige

    by Peter Høeg ...
    Romanens hovedperson er den 42-årige Kasper Krone. Kasper er verdensberømt cirkusartist med en svaghed for poker og Johann Sebastian Bachs musik. Han har en fænomenal hørelse og en lige så fænomenal skattegæld. Mens han er i vinterkvarter i Glostrup, får han at vide, at en af hans tidligere elever, KlaraMaria, en pige på 10 år, er blevet bortført.”Elegant konstrueret og frygtelig underholdende.”- ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Circos e palhaços brasileiros

    Circos e Palhaços Brasileiros apresenta, em forma de catálogo, documentação iconográfica e escrita de alguns circos brasileiros e seus palhaços. De outubro de 1997 a julho de 2000 foram visitados diversos circos, em várias regiões do país, com o objetivo de documentar o universo dos palhaços, dentro e fora do picadeiro. Além do resgate do seu repertório cênico (entradas, esquetes, comédias e ... Read more

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  • Games for Circus Educators, Organizers and Innovators

    With over 100 games organized for optimal use in cooperative movement based settings, this is a must have for every circus school, teaching artist, and arts education program! Games are organized by age, number of participant, energy level, and social/emotional learning outcome, and also includes special notes for working with a variety of populations that may require adaptation or modifications ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Contemporary Circus

    Art of the Spectacular

    The fun, energy, and hard work integral to the exciting world of the circus is lovingly captured in The Contemporary Circus: Art of the Spectacular, an in depth look at the creative process of today's circuses. Through numerous personal interviews with directors, designers, composers and performers, author Ernest Albrecht provides a unique inside view of the journey through which the most ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia

    Ridicule and Resistance

    by Barnaby King ...
    Contemporary Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia brings to light the emergence of new kinds of clowning in everyday life in Colombia, focusing particularly on the pervasive presence of clowns in the urban landscape of Bogotá. In doing so it brings a fresh and updated perspective on what clowning is as well as what it does in the 21st century. Featuring descriptions of more than 24 distinct ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Circo Up Leon: A magia além do picadeiro

    by Toninho Vaz ...
    História recheada de aventuras e fotos dos momentos mais marcantes da Companhia de Circo Up Leon ao longo dos seus 30 de sucesso no Brasil e no exterior.Especializada em capacitação e gerenciamento de artistas, a Up Leon realiza transformações significativas no campo social e cultural do Brasil através da realização de oficinas artísticas e da criação e produção de espetáculos com carreira ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Olly's Circus

    DREAMTIME, #1

    by Mat Gardener ...
    Series Book 1 - DREAMTIME
    Early one evening, a young boy called Olly was taken to see a performing circus as a special treat. For Olly it proved to be a very interesting night, filled with excitement and drama, as the various performers went through their acts. This story is about the things Olly saw during the circus performance, and about a dream he had later that night as he lay asleep in his bed.This particular book ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • New York City Circus And Amusement Park Directory, 1930

    My directory records every business which was listed in the Circus and Amusement Park sections of New York City directories for 1929, 1930, and 1933. I have taken some liberties with the title to include companies which appeared shortly before and after 1930. Researchers and readers can utilize the additional information to study the attrition of carnival firms which did not survive after the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Creative Process for Variety Artists

    Creativity for Entertainers, #1

    by Bruce Johnson ...
    Series Book 1 - Creativity for Entertainers
    Everyone is creative. Creativity is a process which anyone can learn to use more effectively. This comprehensive creativity course will aid you in entertaining family audiences.It provides:A thorough discussion of the steps in the creative process.Guidance in going through the entire process from finding inspiration, to generating ideas, to selecting the best ideas, to completing your project ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Circus Life and Circus Celebrities

    by Thomas Frost ...
    Considering the national love of everything in which the horse plays a part, and the lasting popularity of circus entertainments in modern times, it seems strange that the equine amphitheatre should have been unknown in England until the close of the last century. That the Romans, during their occupation of the southern portion of our island, introduced the sports of the arena, in which chariot ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Senhoras e Senhores, com Vocês o Grotesco Tragicômico no Palhaço!

    Quantas abordagens podem ser escritas hoje sobre o grotesco? Enquanto leitor desse admirável texto, permito-me ir mais além: como esse intrigante tema pode ser digerível como leitura que ultrapasse a perspectiva puramente acadêmica? Eis o livro! Em que o leitor certamente percorrerá todas as suas páginas e encontrará mais que o resultado de uma competente pesquisa acadêmica. Encontrará um estilo ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Menagerie Locket

    by Joe R Meyer ...
    Fucini's family circus has been in the family for decades enthralling families with Lions, Tigers , clowns and the stars of the show Freaks. This was circus was no Barnum and Bailey's as it held a sinister secret that can not get out. Jewel, a kind of freak herself must solve the mystery along with her friends detective Cooley, her friends the freaks and other as they search for answers. Come ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Popular Performance

    There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause or heckling. Performer and role are interlaced, so that we are left uncertain about just how the persona we see onstage might relate to the private person who presents it to us.Popular Performance ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Trattato di funambolismo

    «Il funambolismo non è un’arte della morte, ma un’arte della vita – della vita vissuta al limite del possibile. Ogni volta che mette piede sul cavo, Philippe tiene in pugno quella vita e la vive in tutta la sua esilarante immediatezza, in tutta la sua gioia. Possa egli viverla fino a cent’anni». Paul Auster «Philippe Petit è un artista, e il suo teatro è il cielo». Robin Williams «È un libro ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Rebondir

    Series series Nouvelle plume
    Jennifer est une artiste de cirque clouée au sol. Son ancien patron, titre affectueux donné au propriétaire du cirque, la soutient tant qu’il peut et lui transmet le vœu du maire de Bellembourg d’organiser des animations liées à la piste ronde. Jennifer s’y consacre, utilise sa fougue et retrouve le plaisir de vivre ; elle cherche des numéros à inclure dans le festival annuel, jusqu’au jour où ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Opulence & Ostentation: Building the Circus

    by Steve Ward ...
    Since the foundation of the 'modern' circus in the eighteenth century, the circus has been presented in defined spaces. Initially, performances were given in the open air and, over a period of time, these spaces first became enclosed and then later roofed. Temporary wooden structures often became semi-permanent until, in the nineteenth century, many permanent stone-built buildings were erected ... Read more

    $15.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Clowns

    In Conversation

    Clowns: In Conversation is a groundbreaking collection of interviews expanded in this second edition to include over 30 of the greatest clowns on earth. In discussion with clown aficionados Ezra LeBank and David Bridel, these legends of comedy reveal the origins, inspirations, techniques, and philosophies that underpin their remarkable odysseys.These artists speak candidly about their first ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Klovnen der bare ikke var særlig sjov

    Illustrated by Stian Hole ...
    Series series Kim Fupz
    Åh, se lige et cirkus! Se de hvide araberheste der skinner af sukkervand, og se manegen og tryllekunstnere og akrobater og jonglører og et orkester i guldhabitter. Og en cirkusdirektør i højhælede støvler der knalder med pisk og råber: “Voila!”Og en klovn der hedder Dummy. Det lyder sjovt. Men Dummy er desværre ikke særlig sjov.“Du er en klovn!” råber cirkusdirektøren.“Ja,” siger Dummy.“Men du er ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Mini Dictionnaire Franco - Manouche

    by Alain Nénert ...
    Ce mini-dictionnaire, écrit par Alain Nénert, auteur de plusieurs ouvrages sur le cirque, est composé d’un index alphabétique commenté manouche-français et français-manouche.L’auteur y a ajouté plusieurs chapitres complémentaires sur les us et coutumes des Gens du Voyage qui résument l’essentiel de leur quotidien comme la nourriture, la nature, le sexe, la famille ou l’honneur. Cet ouvrage ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Supple

    The art of arch - Mongolian contortion

    As a veteran in the art of circus with more than 50 years of experience in training, performing, and instructing Mongolian contortion, this book will prove itself important for many contortion coaches and a handy manual for students. In this book, the author has shared her extensive background, providing detailed warm-ups, step-by-step stretch exercises, and key techniques that are required for ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • HypnoTricks: Hypnotische Zaubertricks lernen und vorführen nach Anleitung.

    Für Anfänger und Zauberkünstler

    by Tony Gaschler ...
    Überraschen und beeindrucken Sie Ihre Freunde, Verwandte und Bekannte mit verblüffenden HypnoTricks. Die Tricksammlung umfasst 28 verschiedene hochimponierende Hypnosetricks, die Ihre Zuschauer und auch Ihre Medien (Versuchpersonen) für echte Hypnose-Experimente halten. Ihre anwesenden Gäste denken und glauben, dass Sie tatsächlich hypnotisieren können oder die Zauberkunst beherrschen. Niemand ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lost Circuses of Ohio

    Series series Lost
    The nineteenth century was the golden age of the circus in Ohio. Before the Ringling brothers became synonymous with the American circus, Cincinnati's John Robinson and the Sells brothers of Columbus wowed audiences with stunning equestrian feats and aerial exploits. For good measure, the Sells brothers threw in a sharpshooting show with a young Ohio woman by the name of Annie Oakley. The Walter L ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus