Newly Translated E-book Offers Fresh Perspectives on the History of Dance
The Theatre Academy of Uniarts Helsinki has unveiled an e-publication that promises a fresh perspective on the history of dance.
Read moreThe Theatre Academy of Uniarts Helsinki has unveiled an e-publication that promises a fresh perspective on the history of dance.
Read moreModern Vaudeville Press’s new book The Contemporary Circus Handbook, written by Eric Bates and edited by Kim Campbell with Benjamin
Read moreCircus is a part of showbusiness. In the Shadow of the Big Top: The Life of Ringling’s Unlikely Circus Savior
Read moreThe history of instructional juggling books in English is, from my perspective, also the story of the rise of hobbyist
Read moreThe ‘Big Top’ is an iconic image of the circus. But the Big Top was a relatively recent invention. In
Read moreThis past March, Ben Yehuda Press published Under One Tent: Circus, Judaism and Bible, edited by Professor Ora Horn Prouser,
Read morePeople who dedicate their lives to a career ought to be able to support themselves through their work… yet this
Read moreI’m always a little jealous of circus scholars that can begin their articles by describing what it felt like to
Read moreA trailblazing circus career makes more than just a good story to tell further down the line: it also provides
Read moreSeeking new circus books to read and came up empty? Let writer-scholar-juggler Morgan Anderson help you build out your reading
Read moreCelebrating the Third Season of the Live Like An Acrobat Podcast and Black History Month, host Shenea Stiletto interviews Jade
Read moreCombining her passion for circus with her academic background, aerialist and writer Fleur Van Rens, Ph.D., set out to help
Read moreAs an undergraduate theatre student, I wasn’t assigned readings about circus. I remember reading about physical theatre, live art, dance,
Read moreYou may know him as the Artistic Director of the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain and Cirque Phénix, but
Read moreCirque du Soleil’s former CEO touts creativity in corporate life—while creatives still struggle. Balancing Acts: Unleashing the Power of Creativity
Read moreChina’s Bending Bodies: Contortionists and Politics in China is a research study monograph that covers the theories, history, and development of global contortionists.
Read moreIf early 1900s western circus history was a circus act, I would hire it. The stories have all the earmarks
Read moreLike the rest of the world, American circus artists have spent the last eighteen months largely out of work, unemployed
Read moreNever before has the circus combined performances that make audiences’ stomachs drop with recipes that make them grumble. Circus Harmony,
Read moreOn today’s episode, Josh and Lyndsay wonder whether Actors Equity will slow down the reopening of Broadway, talk about some
Read moreI have some pretty distinct memories of going to see the circus with my parents when I was a child.
Read moreI first met Rob Torres in 1998 in my home in Portland Maine. Avner (the Eccentric) Eisenberg had brought Rob
Read moreIn Thom Wall’s new book Juggling–What It Is And How To Do It –a not so brief introduction to the world’s
Read moreFor centuries, the circus has transported audiences to an enthralling in-between place: a version of our world where gravity seems
Read moreIn our media-saturated world in which individuals must manage excessive demands on their time and attention, we praise the skill
Read moreJuggling or How To Become a Juggler: the annotated edition is another piece of juggling literature from Modern Vaudeville Press
Read moreIt is a precious opportunity to learn about and from circus from folks who have traveled with and performed in
Read morePearls of Juggling is a labor of love kind of book (and blog) written by Anthony Trahair. The book was
Read moreAfter finishing my second read through of Thom Wall’s Juggling From Antiquity to the Middle Ages—the forgotten history of throwing
Read moreThe new book Applied Anatomy of Aerial Artists by author and Doctor of Physical Therapy Emily Scherb (aka The Circus Doc)
Read moreThere is an art and science to juggling. Thom Wall demonstrates the art of juggling in his vaudeville juggling performances
Read moreI don’t know if it’s ever been said that a clown is the heart of circus, but it sure rings
Read moreCollaborating professors Louis Patrick Leroux (of Montreal’s Concordia University) and Charles Batson (of Union College, NY) have put together a
Read moreSemiotics At The Circus is that rare thing – an academic work on circus written by one who has had a decades
Read moreErnest Albrecht’s latest book chronicles the artistic evolution of the Greatest Show on Earth. Circus historian and critic Ernest Albrecht
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