Circus Fever

Circus Fever
Author: Alva Sachs
Publisher: Three Wishes Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Circus
ISBN: 9780979638008

Jessica is a nine-year-old girl with a big imagination and an even bigger love for the circus. to her delight, the circus is coming to town!

The Circus in Winter

The Circus in Winter
Author: Cathy Day
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2005-07-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0547864566

Over a half century, a small Indiana town hosts a circus troupe during the off-seasons in linked stories “as graceful as any acrobat’s high-wire act” (San Francisco Chronicle). A Story Prize Finalist From 1884 to 1939, the Great Porter Circus made the unlikely choice to winter in an Indiana town called Lima, a place that feels as classic as Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, and as wondrous as a first trip to the Big Top. In Lima, an elephant can change the course of a man's life—or the manner of his death. Jennie Dixianna entices men with her dazzling Spin of Death and keeps them in line with secrets locked in a cedar box. The lonely wife of the show’s manager has each room of her house painted like a sideshow banner, indulging her desperate passion for a young painter. And a former clown seeks consolation from his loveless marriage in his post-circus job at Clown Alley Cleaners. In this collection of linked stories spanning decades, Cathy Day follows the circus people into their everyday lives and brings the greatest show on earth to the page. “[An] exquisite story collection.” —The Washington Post “Often funny, always graceful, and rich with a mix of historical and imaginative detail.” —Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried “Sublimely imaginative and affecting.” —The Boston Globe

Circus for Everyone

Circus for Everyone
Author: Robert Sugarman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2001
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

Programs help at-risk youth develop good work habits and self-esteem. Curricular and extracurricular programs provide non-competitive physical activity that adapts to the needs of children. Academic programs produce professional performers. This title studies the circus training programs.

The Night Circus

The Night Circus
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2011-09-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0385534647

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two starcrossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination. • "Part love story, part fable ... defies both genres and expectations." —The Boston Globe The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them both, this is a game in which only one can be left standing. Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.

Andy and the Circus

Andy and the Circus
Author: Ellis Credle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781930900981

Andy starts out on his bicycle to try for a job at the circus but runs into complications on the way.

The Circus Rose

The Circus Rose
Author: Betsy Cornwell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2020
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1328639509

In this queer retelling of "Snow White and Rose Red" twins battle religious extremists to save their loves and circus family.

A Son of the Circus

A Son of the Circus
Author: John Irving
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Total Pages: 758
Release: 2012-05-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307362000

A Hindi film star and an American missionary are twins separated at birth; a dwarf — a former circus clown — mistakes the missionary for the movie star. And stalking one of them is a serial killer...

Sidewalk Circus

Sidewalk Circus
Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780763611071

A young girl watches as the activities across the street from her bus stop become a circus.

Circus Galacticus

Circus Galacticus
Author: Deva Fagan
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 054758136X

Trix's life in boarding school as an orphan charity case has been hard but when an alluring young Ringmaster invites her, a gymnast, to join Circus Galacticus she gains an entire universe of deadly enemies and potential friends, along with a chance to unravel secrets of her own past.

Collaborating Backstage

Collaborating Backstage
Author: Timo Niermann
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1350072834

Collaboration is the most important facet of any theatrical company. From the performers on stage to the choreographers, designers and technicians working behind the scenes, this book considers all departments working on a production and instructs them on how to unify their individual skills towards a shared goal. From Vaudeville to classical opera, this book establishes the skills that each specialist brings to the production process before demonstrating how each individual contribution can be utilized in tandem with all other creative teams. With particular focus on enhancing interdepartmental communication, Collaborating Backstage examines all the challenges that may befall artistic companies and projects made up of many different parts. This book explains how to understand technical jargon within teams that speak a variety of languages and come from different cultural backgrounds; how to recognise and follow the 'unwritten rules' of theatre; and how best to achieve the ultimate creative potential of a team working completely in sync. Underpinned by incisive theories on performance, communication and creativity, Collaborating Backstage is full of helpful illustrations and innovative methods to achieve effective working relationships in the theatre.