967円 "Da elefanterne var på vej ud, sprang de første flammer frem som blodige tænder. Røg og ild spærrede for hovedindgangen. Der gik et sus af rædsel gennem publikum. Nogle var allerede på vej mod sideudgangen. Der ville ikke gå mange sekunder, før hundreder af mennesker ville mase rundt mellem hinan...

1,350円 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, uncoveri...

850円 Arte-sanos vous présente un nouveau monde : celui des artisans latino-américains. Souvent méprisés, ces artistes de rue vivent pourtant de leurs créations. Par opposition au système, ils tentent d’inventer une nouvelle forme de vie remplie d’art et de liberté. Observez-les, découvrez leurs méthod...

1,958円 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 v...

4,932円 Broadway has body issues. What is a Broadway Body? Broadway has long preserved the ideology of the "Broadway Body": the hyper-fit, exceptionally able, triple-threat performer who represents how Broadway musicals favor certain kinds of bodies. Casting is always a political act, situated within a p...

5,075円 A thrilling behind-the-scenes biography of the Ringling brothers’ chief henchman. Art Concello wasn’t born into the circus. But he was in the right place at the right time, becoming one of the world’s best trapeze artists before transforming himself into a shrewd circus businessman. In the Shadow...

1,350円 Malabares - desde Antigüedad hasta la Edad Media, es un divertido viaje por países, por épocas. Desde el Antiguo Egipto y sus ya famosas malabaristas profesionales de la tumba nº 15 de Beni Hasan, a los juegos para niñas de la isla de Tonga y otras zonas del Pacífico Sur; pasando por los edictos ...

925円 Romanens hovedperson er den 42-årige Kasper Krone. Kasper er verdensberømt cirkusartist med en svaghed for poker og Johann Sebastian Bachs musik. Han har en fænomenal hørelse og en lige så fænomenal skattegæld. Mens han er i vinterkvarter i Glostrup, får han at vide, at en af hans tidligere eleve...

3,524円 Clowns’ slapstick is their primary mode of performance and allows them to provoke audiences to laughter wherever they perform. This innovative book, focussing on contemporary practice in the USA and Europe over the last 50 years, investigates the nature and function of clown performance in modern...

1,440円 The circus has been with us since Roman times, but centuries later, the circus world has never been more diverse and captivating, the global success of Cirque du Soleil testament to its enduring and universal appeal. In Britain alone, there are traditional family circuses for kids and arty cirque...

2,400円 'Utter joy! A delicious romp through the heyday of balderdash and grand-scale deception, penned by one of the country's finest magical minds.' Derren Brown In 1749, a newspaper advertisement appeared declaring that a man would climb inside a bottle on the stage of a London theatre. Although the c...

9,119円 This book explores stage conjuring during its “golden age,” from about 1860 to 1910. This study provides close readings highlighting four paradigmatic illusions of the time that stand in for different kinds of illusions typical of stage magic in the “golden age” and analyses them within their cul...