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The ordinary acrobat : a journey into the wondrous world of the circus, past and present / Duncan Wall.
Van Pelt Library GV1811.W16 A3 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wall, Duncan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wall, Duncan.
- Acrobats--Biography.
- Acrobats.
- Circus performers--Biography.
- Circus performers.
- Circus--History.
- Circus.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2013]
- Summary:
- Describes the author's novice plunge into the abstract and intensely competitive world of the contemporary circus while tracing the history of circus performance and the current Cirque du Soleil-fueled renewal of circus popularity.
- Contents:
- Circophiles
- State of the art
- Ring
- Art school
- Crossroads
- An American juggler in Paris
- Juggling clubs
- King of the Juggle
- Father of the circus
- Tradition
- Physical theater
- What grace, what hardiness
- Catch
- Opera for the eye
- Clown equals funny
- A regal past
- The inner clown
- Circus City
- Popular art
- Cirque de Demain.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780307271723
- 0307271722
- OCLC:
- 795758102
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