{"product_id":"contemporary-circus-9781138680722","title":"Contemporary Circus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, twenty-four creators come together with three scholars to discuss Contemporary Circus, bridging the divide between practice and theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLavers, Leroux, and Burtt offer conversations across four key themes: Apparatus, Politics, Performers, and New Work. Extensively illustrated with fifty photos of Contemporary Circus productions, and extensively annotated, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Circus \u003c\/i\u003ethematically groups and contextualises extracts of conversations to provide a sophisticated and wide-ranging study supported by critical theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf interest to both practitioners and scholars, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Circus \u003c\/i\u003euses the lens of contestation,' or calling things into question, to provide a portal into ways of seeing today's circus performance.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConversations with: Lachlan Binns and Jascha Boyce (Gravity and Other Myths), Tilde Björfors (Cirkus Cirkör),\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eKim Busty Beatz' Bowers (Hot Brown Honey), Shana Carroll (The 7 Fingers), David Clarkson (Stalker)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Apparatus in Contemporary Circus 2. Politics in Contemporary Circus 3. Performers in Contemporary Circus 4. New work in Contemporary Circus Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019516707159,"sku":"9781138680722","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138680722.jpg?v=1750780504","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contemporary-circus-9781138680722","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}