Centro Documentazione Arti Circensi

Circus : the Jandaschewsky Story / edited by Kimberley Webber. - Haymarket : Powerhouse, c1996. - 80 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

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Contents
Introduction
The circus: its Australian heritage, by Mark St Leon;
  • The circus travels Australia
  • The visitors
  • Australia's big shows
  • The exports
  • The motorised era
  • After 1945
  • A circus renaissance?

Absolutely the greatest combination: the Jandaschewsky and their performance career, by Kimberly Webber;
  • The origins of a theatrical family
  • Pantomimes and tableaux
  • The true attraction of the day. The Zig zag Troupe on tour
  • The turn goes big. Changes to the Zig Zag Troupe
  • Jandy the French clown. Arthur as a solo performer

Clowning around: commedia dell'arte aand the origins of the Jandaschewky style, by Inara Walden;
  • Pantomime and clown. Commedia dell'arte
  • The modern circus clown
  • A classic comedy duo. The white-faced clown and auguste
  • The Do-Re-Mi trio
  • Musical clowning

Turning the world upside down: the tradition of comic inversion, by Ian Hoskins;
  • The origins of inversion
  • Devils and mothers-in-law
  • Beheadings and Bullfights

Opening the trunk: stories of the Jandaschewsky collection, by Martha Sear;
  • Peacocks and sewing machines. Costume stories
  • The key to the money box. women's stories
  • The skeleton in the trunk. Collection stories

Luogo di edizione

Haymarket

ISBN

1863170642

Paese

AU

Lingua

ENG Inglese

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Tema