The Ordinary Acrobat
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The Ordinary Acrobat
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Author : Duncan Wall
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2013-02-26
The Ordinary Acrobat written by Duncan Wall and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-26 with Performing Arts categories.
The extraordinary story of a young man’s plunge into the unique and wonderful world of the circus—taking readers deep into circus history and its renaissance as a contemporary art form, and behind the (tented) walls of France’s most prestigious circus school. When Duncan Wall visited his first nouveau cirque as a college student in Paris, everything about it—the monochromatic costumes, the acrobat singing Simon and Garfunkel, the juggler reciting Proust—was captivating. Soon he was waiting outside stage doors, eagerly chatting with the stars, and attending circuses two or three nights a week. So great was his enthusiasm that a year later he applied on a whim to the training program at the École Nationale des Arts du Cirque—and was, to his surprise, accepted. Sometimes scary and often funny, The Ordinary Acrobat follows the (occasionally literal) collision of one American novice and a host of gifted international students in a rigorous regimen of tumbling, trapeze, juggling, and clowning. Along the way, Wall introduces readers to all the ambition, beauty, and thrills of the circus’s long history: from hardscrabble beginnings to Gilded Age treasures, and from twentieth-century artistic and economic struggles to its brilliant reemergence in the form of contemporary circus (most prominently through Cirque du Soleil). Readers meet figures past—the father of the circus, Philip Astley; the larger-than-life P. T. Barnum—and present, as Wall seeks lessons from innovative masters including juggler Jérôme Thomas and clown André Riot-Sarcey. As Wall learns, not everyone is destined to run away with the circus—but the institution fascinates just the same. Brimming with surprises, outsized personalities, and plenty of charm, The Ordinary Acrobat delivers all the excitement and pleasure of the circus ring itself.
The Greatest Shows On Earth
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Author : Linda Simon
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2014-11-12
The Greatest Shows On Earth written by Linda Simon and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-12 with History categories.
Beautifully illustrated and filled with rich historical detail and colorful anecdotes, this is a vibrant history for all those who have ever dreamed of running away to the circus, now in paperback. “Step right up!” and buy a ticket to the Greatest Show on Earth—the Big Top, containing death-defying stunts, dancing bears, roaring tigers, and trumpeting elephants. The circus has always been home to the dazzling and the exotic, the improbable and the impossible—a place of myth and romance, of reinvention, rebirth, second acts, and new identities. Asking why we long to soar on flying trapezes, ride bareback on spangled horses, and parade through the streets in costumes of glitter and gold, this captivating book illuminates the history of the circus and the claim it has on the imaginations of artists, writers, and people around the world. Traveling back to the circus’s early days, Linda Simon takes us to eighteenth-century hippodromes in Great Britain and intimate one-ring circuses in nineteenth-century Paris, where Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso became enchanted with aerialists and clowns. She introduces us to P. T. Barnum, James Bailey, and the enterprising Ringling Brothers and reveals how they created the golden age of American circuses. Moving forward to the whimsical Circus Oz in Australia and to New York City’s Big Apple Circus and the grand spectacle of Cirque du Soleil, she shows how the circus has transformed in recent years. At the center of the story are the people—trick riders and tightrope walkers, sword swallowers and animal trainers, contortionists and clowns—that created the sensational, raucous, and sometimes titillating world of the circus.
Professor Risley And The Imperial Japanese Troupe
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Author : Frederik L. Schodt
language : en
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Release Date : 2012-12-04
Professor Risley And The Imperial Japanese Troupe written by Frederik L. Schodt and has been published by Stone Bridge Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-04 with Performing Arts categories.
The unlikely history of early cross-cultural encounters between the West and Japan, featuring acrobats, jugglers, and a colorful American impresario.
Acrobat
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Author : Nabaneeta Dev Sen
language : en
Publisher: Archipelago
Release Date : 2021-05-11
Acrobat written by Nabaneeta Dev Sen and has been published by Archipelago this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with Poetry categories.
A deeply humane new collection by a luminary of Bengali literature A radiant collection of poetry about womanhood, intimacy, and the body politic that together evokes the arc of an ordinary life. Nabaneeta Dev Sen's rhythmic lines explore the joys and agonies of first love, childbirth, and decay with a restless, tactile imagination, both picking apart and celebrating the rituals that make us human. When she warns, "know that blood can be easily drawn by lips," her words tune to the fierce and biting depths of language, to the "treachery that lingers on tongue tips." At once compassionate and unsparing, conversational and symphonic, these poems tell of a rope shivering beneath an acrobat's nimble feet or of a twisted, blood-soaked umbilical cord -- they pluck the invisible threads that bind us together.
Madame Saqui
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Author : Lisa Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Release Date : 2020-03-24
Madame Saqui written by Lisa Robinson and has been published by Schwartz & Wade this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-24 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A stunning picture book biography about the tightrope walker who dazzled Paris as she danced across the sky with impeccable balance and unparalleled skill during the French Revolution. In revolutionary France, a girl named Marguerite Lalanne longed to perform above large crowds on a tightrope, just like her acrobatic parents. Sneaking off to the fairgrounds for secret tightrope walking lessons, Marguerite finessed her performance skills, ultimately performing for crowds as a young rope dancer. And eventually, Marguerite would perform as Madame Saqui, waltzing and pirouetting across- and never falling off- countless ropes above adoring crowds. A nouvelle chérie de Paris, Madame Saqui cemented her place in circus history, winning the adoration of the French people and royalty alike, including Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. This remarkable biography unveils the inspiring story of a trailblazing woman who revolutionized the circus world-- without ever missing a step.
Ruling Cases
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Author : Robert Campbell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Ruling Cases written by Robert Campbell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Annotations and citations (Law) categories.
The American State Reports
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Author : Abraham Clark Freeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
The American State Reports written by Abraham Clark Freeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.
The Central Law Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
The Central Law Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Law categories.
Vols. 64-96 include "Central law journal's international law list".
Reports Of Cases Decided In The Supreme Court Of The State Of Oregon
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Author : Oregon. Supreme Court
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
Reports Of Cases Decided In The Supreme Court Of The State Of Oregon written by Oregon. Supreme Court and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.
Reports Of Cases Argued And Determined In The Supreme Court Of The Territory Of Oregon And Of The State Of Oregon
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Author : Oregon. Supreme Court
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
Reports Of Cases Argued And Determined In The Supreme Court Of The Territory Of Oregon And Of The State Of Oregon written by Oregon. Supreme Court and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.