Author: Maureen Brunsdale
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013-07-16
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1625840071
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Starting in the 1870s, the barns, icehouses, gymnasiums and empty theaters of central Illinois provided the practice sites for aerial performers whose names still command reverence in the annals of American circus history. Meet Fred Miltimore and the Green Brothers, runaways from the Fourth Ward School who became the first Bloomington-born flyers. Watch Art Concello, a ten-year-old truant, become first a world-class flyer, then a famous trapeze impresario and finally Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus's most successful general manager. The entire art of the trapeze--instruction, training, performance and management--became a Bloomington-Normal industry during the tented shows' golden age, when finding a circus flying act without a connection to this area would have been virtually impossible.
Author: Raymond Toole-Stott
Publisher:
Published: 1958
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781872904047
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Raymond Toole-Stott
Publisher:
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780950167701
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ernest Albrecht
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2006-10-10
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 1461706548
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The fun, energy, and hard work integral to the exciting world of the circus is lovingly captured in The Contemporary Circus: Art of the Spectacular, an in depth look at the creative process of today's circuses. Through numerous personal interviews with directors, designers, composers and performers, author Ernest Albrecht provides a unique inside view of the journey through which the most innovative and exciting modern circuses are produced, from the director and production team to the performers, and from designing the circus to setting it to music. Case studies of specific productions by the Big Apple Circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, and Cirque du Soleil illuminate the artistic give-and-take necessary in such a collaborative process, proving the circus a true art form, one as artistic as theatre or dance. A variety of performers such as animal trainers, dancers, and clowns discuss their approach to their individual specialties, and the text concludes with an examination of the world's circuses and schools and their methods for training circus artists. A full photo spread of 30 beautiful photos will help inspire and enlighten artists and fans alike.