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  • The Contemporary Circus Handbook: A Guide to Creating, Funding, Producing, Organizing and Touring Shows for the 21st Century

    de Eric Bates ...
    The Contemporary Circus Handbook: A Guide to Creating, Funding, Producing, Organizing and Touring for the 21st Century is a guide to creating theatrical performance shows, built on interviews with dozens of creators who have made shows-big and small-throughout their careers. The author's circus background is used as an example of practical steps for any performing artist to navigate: from applying ... Leer más

    $172 MXN

  • Engañar a Houdini

    Magos, mentalistas, ilusionistas y los poderes ocultos de la mente

    de Alex Stone ...
    Traducido por María Serrano Giménez ...
    Un viaje fascinante al mundo de la magiaDesde los sótanos donde se reúnen los antiguos clubs de magia de Nueva York hasta los laboratorios de psicología más avanzados, de los trileros en las esquinas a los casinos más lujosos, Engañar a Houdini cuenta los esfuerzos de Alex Stone por entrar en el mundo de los maestros de la magia.A medida que se adentra en esta peculiar y a menudo hilarante ... Leer más

    $169 MXN

  • Palhaços

    de Mário Fernando Bolognesi ...
    Trata-se de um estudo sobre o circo e seus palhaços no Brasil atual. Resultou de uma pesquisa bibliográfica e empírica, que incluiu viagens por quase todo o país, registros fotográficos, observações diretas e entrevistas. Resultado de uma pesquisa bibliográfica e empírica, com viagens por grande parte do Brasil, este livro não só preenche uma lacuna acadêmica sobre a história do circo e a ... Leer más

    $136 MXN

  • The Trouble With Tigers

    A gripping and sweeping tale of unforgettable adventures and unforgiveable secrets

    de Roxane Dhand ...
    'A highly accomplished novel, peopled by complex characters, most of whom are hiding secrets about themselves' Jasmina Svenne, Historical Novel Society'This is a story with all the engaging elements of suspense and romance' FIVE STARSThis compulsive tale is rich in atmosphere and page-turning intrigue' FIVE STARS'The story is engaging from the start with enough twists and turn... ... Leer más

    $170 MXN

  • The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno

    de Ellen Bryson ...
    In the late 1860s, as America was recovering from Lincoln’s assassination, a man named P. T. Barnum opened a museum in New York City. Filled with oddities from around the world, it also hosted a number of sideshow freaks – including Bartholomew Fortuno, the Human Skeleton. When a new act arrives on the scene, Bartholomew finds himself falling in love . . . and caught up in the intrigues of the ... Leer más

    $169 MXN

  • Circus and Sideshow in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History

    Volume V: Clowns and Clowning

    Edición de Laurence Senelick, McMahan Matthew ...
    This collection of primary sources brings together a series of documents derived from archives, journals, newspapers, out-of-print books, memoirs, letters, and other written materials pertaining to the circus during the long nineteenth century (1789-1919). Historians concur that the ‘modern’ circus emerged in London in the late-eighteenth century, following the entrepreneurial initiatives of ... Leer más

    $1,273 MXN

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  • Circus and Sideshow in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History

    Volume II: Circus in North America

    Edición de Betsy Golden Kellem, Jenny Leigh Dupuis, Jennifer Lemmer Posey ...
    This collection of primary sources brings together a series of documents derived from archives, journals, newspapers, out-of-print books, memoirs, letters, and other written materials pertaining to the circus during the long nineteenth century (1789-1919). Historians concur that the ‘modern’ circus emerged in London in the late-eighteenth century, following the entrepreneurial initiatives of ... Leer más

    $1,273 MXN

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  • The Marvellous Land of Snergs (ebook)

    de Veronica Cossanteli ...
    A brand new, funny and quirky story based on E.A. Wyke-Smith's classic, the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, featuring wonderful illustrations from Melissa Castrillón!PRAISE FOR THE HALLOWEEDS:'A highly entertaining mix of mystery, adventure and gory detail' DAILY EXPRESS'Imaginations will soar as Veronica Cossanteli ... brings us a brilliant chiller-thri... ... Leer más

    $126 MXN

  • Theatrical and Circus Life or, Secrets of the Stage, Green-Room and Sawdust Arena

    de John J. Jennings ...
    In "Theatrical and Circus Life: or, Secrets of the Stage, Green-Room and Sawdust Arena," John J. Jennings offers a comprehensive exploration of the unique worlds of theater and circus in the late 19th century. Through vivid anecdotes and meticulous observations, Jennings captures the exhilarating and oftentimes perilous experiences of performers, revealing the interplay between art and ambition ... Leer más

    Antes $35 MXN Ahora $19 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Fighting Nature

    Travelling Menageries, Animal Acts and War Shows

    de Professor Peta Tait ...
    Series series Animal Publics
    Throughout the 19th century, animals were integrated into staged scenarios of confrontation, ranging from lion acts in small cages to large-scale re-enactments of war. Initially presenting a handful of exotic animals, travelling menageries grew to contain multiple species in their thousands. These 19th-century menageries entrenched beliefs about the human right to exploit nature through war-like ... Leer más

    $100 MXN

  • Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930s

    Femininity, Celebrity, and Glamour

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $998 MXN

  • Palavra de palhaço

    de Ana Achcar, Dadá Maia ...
    O livro 'Palavra de Palhaço' nasceu de uma pergunta não respondida: do que precisa o palhaço? Resultado de encontros, perguntas e estudos para a formação de palhaço e de palhaçaria de circo, o livro - organizado e produzido sobretudo por palhaços - mostra os encontros que aconteciam na residência artística e na criação de exercícios cênicos a partir de falas, biografias, números, reprises, gags e ... Leer más

    $119 MXN

  • Digging Deep Into Auspicious Coincidences

    de Karl Baumann ...
    Karl Baumann defied all odds when he became an artist with Cirque du Soleil.With no background in the circus arts his chances were slim to land such a high-flying job.In Part I of his book, we follow Baumann's impossible journey starting with his modest beginnings in Salzburg, Austria, uncovering a path to the big stage.In Part II Baumann takes us behind the scenes, discussing his favorite subject ... Leer más

    $172 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Cirque

    Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

    de Encyclopaedia Universalis ...
    Partez à la découverte du cirque avec ce Grand Article Universalis !Tel qu'il fut à ses débuts, tel qu'il demeure dans sa forme, indépendamment des valeurs de spectacle qu'il propose, le cirque est le centre où viennent se cristalliser les émotions des spectateurs en quête d'exceptionnel, de fantastique, d'extraordinaire.Un ouvrage spécialement conçu pour le numérique afin d’en savoir plus sur le ... Leer más

    $175 MXN

  • Encyclopédie du Cirque

    de A à Z

    de Dominique Denis ...
    Cette Encyclopédie de A à Z se présente sous la forme d’un abécédaire avec 4000 entrées, illustrée par 600 documents et photos de François Dehurtevent.Dominique Denis, artiste, historien et auteur de nombreux ouvrages de référence, nous fait découvrir le Cirque sous toutes ses formes. Cet outil de communication permet de trouver immédiatement la signification d’un terme précis concernant autant le ... Leer más

    $349 MXN

  • Circus Life

    Performing and Laboring under America’s Big Top Shows, 1830–1920

    de Micah D. Childress ...
    Series series Sport & Popular Culture
    The nineteenth century saw the American circus move from a reviled and rejected form of entertainment to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Circus Life by Micah D. Childress looks at this transition from the perspective of the people who owned and worked in circuses and how they responded to the new incentives that rapid industrialization made possible.The circus has long been a subject of fascination ... Leer más

    $666 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Smile of Horror: When the Laughter Dies

    de Heinrich Wilson ...
    They were supposed to make us laugh. Instead, they became our nightmares.The painted smile. The oversized shoes. The exaggerated makeup that transforms a human face into something not quite human. Clowns were designed to entertain children, to bring joy to circuses and birthday parties. So why do so many of us feel that instinctive tightening in our chest when we see one? Why do children scream ... Leer más

    $51 MXN o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Secrets of the Sideshows

    de Joe Nickell ...
    The carnival sideshows of the past have left behind a fascinating legacy of mystery and intrigue. The secrets behind such daring feats as fire-eating and sword swallowing and bizarre exhibitions of human oddities as "Alligator Boys" and "Gorilla Girls" still remain, only grudgingly if ever given up by performers and carnival professionals. Working alongside the performers, Joe Nickell blows the ... Leer más

    $423 MXN

  • Embracing the Flame

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $327 MXN

  • Contemporary Circus

    de Katie Lavers, Louis Patrick Leroux, Jon Burtt ...
    In this volume, twenty-four creators come together with three scholars to discuss Contemporary Circus, bridging the divide between practice and theory.Lavers, Leroux, and Burtt offer conversations across four key themes: Apparatus, Politics, Performers, and New Work. Extensively illustrated with fifty photos of Contemporary Circus productions, and extensively annotated, Contemporary Circus ... Leer más

    $963 MXN

  • China's Bending Bodies: Contortionists and Politics in China

    de Mariam Ala-Rashi ...
    This research study proposes an introduction to the performance art form contortionism by examining its theories and functions throughout the 20th and 21st century. It considers themes including the appropriation of contortionism during the golden age of Hollywood and discusses definition issues between contortionism and other disciplines that highlight body flexibility, such as gymnastics and ... Leer más

    $172 MXN

  • The Meaning of the Circus

    The Communicative Experience of Cult, Art, and Awe

    de Professor Emeritus Paul Bouissac ...
    A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2019This book documents and discusses the meaning(s) of the creative process at play in the crafting and staging of circus acts. It highlights the experience of circus artists as their skills develop and mature into public performances that create aesthetic and emotional values in the modern economy of live spectacles. It scrutinizes the meaning that circus acts ... Leer más

    $654 MXN

  • Opulence & Ostentation: Building the Circus

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $258 MXN

  • Circus Mirandus

    de Cassie Beasley ...
    Micah's beloved grandfather is gravely sick, but all is not lost. Years ago, his grandfather visited a mysterious circus where he was promised a miracle by a man who could bend light. But who is this stranger, will he keep his promise, and does the magical Circus Mirandus really exist? ... Leer más

    $126 MXN