Review: The Contemporary Circus Handbook
Modern Vaudeville Press’s new book The Contemporary Circus Handbook, written by Eric Bates and edited by Kim Campbell with Benjamin
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Morgan is a PhD candidate in Theatre and Performance Studies at York University in Toronto, ON. She is also a hobbyist juggler and has performed at juggling festivals across North America. A long-standing member of Cirkus Syd’s international Circus Thinkers Platform, Morgan was a co-editor and chapter author for the group’s 2020 and 2022 Circus Thinkers publications, and co-presented/performed alongside Dawn Dreams at the 2021 Circus and Its Others conference. She is currently involved in Cirkus Syd’s Circosonic project which investigates where circus and sound intersect. When not writing, Morgan loves to run, train on the silks, and make videos for her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/morganeua
Juggling: The Books
The history of instructional juggling books in English is, from my perspective, also the story of the rise of hobbyist
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American Circus Through the Pages of History: A Reading List
I’m always a little jealous of circus scholars that can begin their articles by describing what it felt like to
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Contemporary Circus 101: A Back-to-School Circus Book List
As an undergraduate theatre student, I wasn’t assigned readings about circus. I remember reading about physical theatre, live art, dance,
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A Hobbyist Perspective on the Relationship Between Jugglers and Props
This article is part of my ongoing doctoral research at York University’s Theatre and Performance Studies Program in Toronto, ON.
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