{"product_id":"360-circus-9781032138527","title":"360 Circus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection aims to map a diversity of approaches to the artform by creating a 360 view on the circus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three sections of the book, Aesthetics, Practice, Culture, approach aesthetic developments, issues of artistic practice, and the circus' role within society. This book consists of a collection of articles from renowned circus researchers, junior researchers, and artists. It also provides the core statements and discussions of the conference UpSideDownCircus and Space in a graphic recording format. Hence, it allows a clear entry into the field of circus research and emphasizes the diversity of approaches that are well balanced between theoretical and artistic point of views. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great interest to students and scholars of circus studies, emerging disciples of circus and performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Welcome to the Wonderland of Contemporary Circus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranziska Trapp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Circus Meaning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Circus Does Not Exist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean-Michel Guy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. \"La Putyka\" by Cirk La Putyka: A Glimpse at Czech Contemporary Circus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeronika Štefanová\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II: Circus Practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. On Mutations of Forms, Style, and Meaning: From a Traditional to a Contemporary Trapeze Act\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandy Sun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Articulating Hand-Balancing: Finding Space for Critical Self-Transformation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCamilla Damkjaer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Extreme Symbiosis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouise Von Euler Bjurholm and Henrik Agger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Hamlet: To Have Written or Not to Have Written for the Tightwire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis Patrick Leroux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Verticality, Gravity, Sense of Balance. Transmitting a Technique, Conveying a Sensation: Practices and Discourses of Circus Arts Teachers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgathe Dumont\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Reading Circus. Dramaturgy on the Border of Art and Academia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFranziska Trapp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. UpSideDown Circus and Space\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDie Zeichner. Andreas Gärtner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Circus Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Circus Between Technique and Technology: Heideggerian \"Enframing\" and the Contested Space of Free Expression \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSebastian Kann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Chaplin, Brecht, Fo: Toward a Concept of Epic Clowning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGaia Vimercati\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12. To Walk the Tightwire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnte Ursic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13. The Spatiality of Australian Contemporary Circus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristy Seymour\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Cheerful, Nostalgic, Melancholic: Mood in Circus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeta Tait\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138220360023,"sku":"9781032138527","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032138527.jpg?v=1751918494","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/360-circus-9781032138527","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}