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  • Рассказы дрессировщика

    door Валентин Филатов ...
    Цирковое представление завораживает! Огни манежа, смелые укротители, весёлые медведи на мотоциклах, могучие слоны на арене, коварные питоны, задорные непоседы обезьянки и крикливые попугаи… От всего этого захватывает дух! А что там, за занавесом цирка, как живут после выступлений умные звери и их товарищи – дрессировщики? Какие тайны хранят в себе кулисы цирка? Обо всём этом расказывает наследник ... Meer lezen

    4,12 €

  • Klovnen der bare ikke var særlig sjov

    door Stian Hole, Kim Fupz Aakeson ...
    Geïllustreerd door Stian Hole ...
    Serie 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 ... Meer lezen

    6,21 €

  • Noi, i Fratellini

    door Albert Fratellini ...
    Vertaald door Antonia Liberto ...
    Serie Boek 2 - Voci di scena
    Tradotta per la prima volta in italiano, l’autobiografia di Albert Fratellini è un libero montaggio di ricordi e testimonianze sulla storia della famiglia dei clown italiani fondatrice di larga parte della cultura circense europea. Noi, i Fratellini costituisce uno straordinario documento sulla vita dei celebri clown. Rivela i retroscena del mestiere di chi pratica l’arte della risata, solo in ... Meer lezen

    12,00 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Acrobaddict

    door Joe Putignano ...
    "This raw and emotional tale is a roller coaster through the depths of addiction, tragedy, hard work, and redemption that truly reflects Joe's spirit and determination to stay clean in a world where he is surrounded by temptation. It is proof that with hard work, anything is possible."—Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN Chief Medical CorrespondentA world-class athlete's tale of two passions: his ardent love ... Meer lezen

    11,44 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The End of the Circus

    Evolutionary Semiotics and Cultural Resilience

    door Professor Emeritus Paul Bouissac ...
    This book analyses two features of the traditional circus that have come under increasing attack since the mid-20th century: the use of wild animals in performance and the act of clowning. Positioning this socio-cultural change within the broader perspective of evolutionary semiotics, renowned circus expert Paul Bouissac examines the decline of the traditional circus and its transformation into a ... Meer lezen

    28,29 €

  • Circus of Wonders

    The Dazzling Sunday Times Bestseller from the Author of The Doll Factory

    door Elizabeth Macneal ...
    Step right up for the most captivating read of the year . . .**Filled with the sights and sounds of Victorian England, Circus of Wonders is the instant Sunday Times bestseller from Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory.‘Intensely satisfying’ – Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars**England, 1866. When Jasper Jupiter’s Circus of Wonders arrives in a coastal village, Nell soon catches the ... Meer lezen

    9,95 €

  • Carnie King

    The Story of Patty Conklin and Conklin Shows

    door John Thurston ...
    The story of the audacious showman who built the greatest carnival dynasty in North America.Enter the realm of the carnie king, Patty Conklin, the flamboyant founder of what would become the world’s largest carnival company. Patty started on the mean streets of New York selling peanuts before becoming a a small-time operator. Willing to try anything to promote his show, he established himself as a ... Meer lezen

    11,44 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Понять хищника

    door Аскольд Запашный, Эдгард Запашный ...
    Serie series Биография эпохи
    На манеже с тиграми и львами они не «хозяева», не надсмотрщики, не укротители. Прежде всего, они — вожаки этой стаи. Лидеры, которые знают психологию хищников и показывают, что человек может общаться с этими животными вот так — на расстоянии укуса и удара лапой. И тут все просто: либо ты покажешь, что морально сильнее, либо однажды тебя просто разорвут. В прямом смысле этого слова. Представители ... Meer lezen

    7,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Natural Born! Circus, Sideshow and the Art of Being Human

    door Aaron Smith ...
    Forget what you think you know about sideshows and "circus" for within these pages unfolds a vibrant tapestry of 21st-century stories from performers born with disabilities who proudly claim the title "natural born." Journey alongside them as they navigate societal expectations, celebrate their unique bodies, and command the stage with breathtaking artistry and unyielding spirit.Discover why these ... Meer lezen

    8,47 €

  • The Art of Collectivity

    Social Circus and the Cultural Politics of a Post-Neoliberal Vision

    Bewerkt door Benjamin Ortiz Choukroun, Jennifer Spiegel ...
    Amidst epidemics of youth alienation and cultural polarization, community-based artistic practices are sprouting up around the world as antidotes to policies of austerity and social exclusion. Rejecting the radical individualism of the neoliberal era, many artistic projects promote collectivity and togetherness in navigating challenges and constructing shared futures.The Art of Collectivity is ... Meer lezen

    22,89 €

  • Popular Performance

    Bewerkt door Adam Ainsworth, Oliver Double, Ms Louise Peacock ...
    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 ... Meer lezen

    37,41 €

  • HARTFORD 1944

    A Story of Murder and Tragedy Under the Big Top

    door S. Michael McAllister ...
    It's the summer of 1944, in the town of Hartford, Connecticut. Janie McConaughey is not a typical eleven-year-old girl. She and her imaginary friends have lots of adventures, much to the dismay of the grown-ups in her life. These fanciful journeys often get her into trouble. Like most things in Janie's life, she doesn't intend for them to happen, they just happen. But in the real world, a violent ... Meer lezen

    6,35 €

  • More Swings Than Roundabouts: The Life of Carlos 'Robin' Medina

    door John Wright ...
    In his heyday, 'Robin' Medina was the finest contortionist and circus performer of modern times. A Gay icon and friend to Dame Barbara Cartland, and admired by stars like Princess Margaret, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, his has been an extraordinary life. This is his story as told to the Scottish-born poet, John Wright. ... Meer lezen

    3,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930s

    Femininity, Celebrity, and Glamour

    door Kate Holmes ...
    Serie 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 ... Meer lezen

    53,44 €

  • 360° Circus

    Meaning. Practice. Culture

    Bewerkt door Franziska Trapp ...
    Serie series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    This collection aims to map a diversity of approaches to the artform by creating a 360° view on the circus.The three sections of the book, Aesthetics, Practice, Culture, approach aesthetic developments, issues of artistic practice, and the circus’ role within society. This book consists of a collection of articles from renowned circus researchers, junior researchers, and artists. It also provides ... Meer lezen

    53,44 €

  • THE MELODY MAKER

    Paul McCartney and the Songs That Changed the World

    door Marcus J. Holloway ...
    He was born into an air raid. He is, as of this writing, still touring the world in his eighties. Everything in between is the most consequential single career in the history of popular music, and almost none of it happened the way the tidy version of the story usually tells it.This is not another greatest-hits retrospective. This is the story of a fourteen year old boy who traded a trumpet for a ... Meer lezen

    6,49 €

  • Freak Show

    Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit

    door Robert Bogdan ...
    This cultural history of the travelling freak show in America chronicles the rise and fall of the industry as attitudes about disability evolved.From 1840 until 1940, hundreds of freak shows crisscrossed the United States, from the smallest towns to the largest cities, exhibiting their casts of dwarfs, giants, Siamese twins, bearded ladies, savages, snake charmers, fire eaters, and other oddities. ... Meer lezen

    13,03 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Jumping Through Hoops

    Performing Gender in the Nineteenth-Century Circus

    door Betsy Golden Kellem ...
    Winner of the Circus Historical Society's Stuart Thayer PrizeThe fascinating story of how nineteenth-century circus women performed impossible feats and changed American culture.Jumping Through Hoops reveals the hidden history of early female circus performers: boundary-breaking women like Lavinia Warren, known as The Queen of Beauty; Millie-Christine McKoy, the Two-Headed Nightingale; and Patty ... Meer lezen

    14,51 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Circus World

    Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on the Big Show

    door Andrea Ringer ...
    Serie series Working Class in American History
    From the 1870s to the 1960s, circuses crisscrossed the nation providing entertainment. A unique workforce of human and animal laborers from around the world put on the show. They also formed the backbone of a tented entertainment industry that raised new questions about what constituted work and who counted as a worker.Andrea Ringer examines the industry-wide circus world--the collection of shows ... Meer lezen

    16,21 €

  • How to Market the Arts

    A Practical Approach for the 21st Century

    door Anthony S. Rhine, Jay Pension ...
    Conventional business marketing often suggests that the primary function of business is to market a product in order to maximize efficiency and profit. In How to Market the Arts: A Practical Approach for the 21st Century, expert authors Anthony Rhine and Jay Pension propose a new paradigm to better explain how nonprofit arts marketing can and should work. How to Market the Arts provides a history ... Meer lezen

    31,48 €

  • Там, где кончается арена…

    door Владимир Кулаков ...
    Книга Владимира Кулакова «Там, где кончается арена…» является продолжением повествования о цирке. Для того, чтобы понять душу цирковых, их чаяния, вообще что это за люди, живущие на планете Земля, следует прочитать трилогию «Сердце в опилках», «Последняя лошадь» и «Под куполом небес». В этих произведениях автор попытался раскрыть огромную тему жизни людей цирка с момента, когда они попадают в этот ... Meer lezen

    3,44 €

  • Never Quote the Weather to a Sea Lion

    And Other Uncommon Tales from the Founder of the Big Apple Circus

    door Paul Binder ...
    Never Quote the Weather to a Sea Lion (and other uncommon tales from the founder of the Big Apple Circus) is a celebration of Paul Binders life in and around the circus. Drawing on thirty-five years with the show he created, the Big Apple Circus founder and founding Artistic Director invites us inside the fence every kid peers through for an intimate look at the uncommon life of circus artists, ... Meer lezen

    8,68 €

  • En Route to the Great Eastern Circus and Other Essays on Circus History

    door William L. Slout ...
    William L. Slout, entertainment historian par excellence, here provides five fascinating essays on the development of the American traveling circus in the post-Civil War era: "En Route to the Great Eastern Circus" (on the creation of this great show); "The Great Eastern Circus of 1872" (more details about one of P. T. Barnum's rivals); "The Not-So-Great Trans-Atlantic Circus and Menagerie" (how a ... Meer lezen

    5,29 €

  • Мои звери (сборник)

    door Владимир Дуров ...
    Автор книги – знаменитый дрессировщик и друг животных Владимир Леонидович Дуров (1863–1934) – рассказывает о своих воспитанниках: «Моя жизнь вся целиком прошла бок о бок с животными. Горе и радость делил я с ними пополам, и привязанность зверей вознаграждала меня за все человеческие несправедливости…»Для младшего школьного возраста. ... Meer lezen

    4,34 €