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An Applied Guide to Thriving Under the Big Top

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Serier serie Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
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af Paul Murphy ...

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af S. Michael McAllister ...

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This pioneering study is one of the major publications in the increasingly popular and largely undocumented area of circus studies.Through photographs and illustrations, Peta Tait presents an extraordinary survey of 140 years of trapeze acts and the socially changing ideas of muscular action in relation to our understanding of gender and sexuality. She questions how spectators see and enjoy aerial ... Læs mere

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af Alfred T. Ringling ...

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af Topsy M. Durham ...

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af Kevin Byrne ...

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af Joe Nickell ...

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af Bill Berry ...

Have you ever watched a fire eater and thought-how do they do that? Or maybe a quiet voice inside you even wondered, Could I ever do something like that?This book is both an answer to that question, and an invitation.In this raw and riveting memoir, world-class entertainer Mr. Bill Berry shares his journey from accidental street performer to Guinness World Record-holding sword swallower. You'll ... Læs mere

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Circus Psychology

Circus and the Avant-Gardes

Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe

Il circo fatato

Worlds of the ring

Freak Show

Becoming FLO...A Mostly True Story

Cirque

American Sideshow

Angels Can Fly a Modern Clown User Guide

Artistes of Colour: Ethnic Diversity and Representation in the Victorian Circus

Le, klovn - le!

Readings of Contemporary Circus

The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno

Cirkus- og gøglerslægter. Miljø og stamtavler

The History Of The Freak show

HARTFORD 1944

Circus Bodies

Life Story of the Ringling Brothers

Swingin' the Blues - The Virtuosity of Eddie Durham

Minstrel Traditions

The Electric Woman

Secrets of the Sideshows

Embracing the Flame