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Author:

Wall, Duncan.

Title:

The ordinary acrobat : a journey into the wondrous world of the circus, past and present / Duncan Wall.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

322 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Wall, Duncan.
Acrobats--Biography.
Circus performers--Biography.
Circus--History.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Circophiles -- State of the art -- Ring -- Art school -- Crossroads -- An American juggler in Paris -- Juggling clubs -- King of the Juggle -- Father of the circus -- Tradition -- Physical theater -- What grace, what hardiness -- Catch -- Opera for the eye -- Clown equals funny -- A regal past -- The inner clown -- Circus City -- Popular art -- Cirque de Demain.

ISBN:

0307271722
9780307271723

LCCN:

2012038250

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)