What to Read? Recommended Books for Actors & Improvisers
It benefits every actor/improviser to have a basic understanding of different acting techniques that you’re likely to encounter and hear
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Broadway is Going Back in Time: Vintage Playbills
Officially unveiling tomorrow, Broadway will be handing out covers of their shows programs in vintage style playbills as a tribute
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Transformational Coach Lisa Hopkins Unveils New Book
Renowned Dance Educator and Transformational Coach Lisa Hopkins unveils debut Book, “The Places Where There Are Spaces: Cultivating a Life
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Newly Translated E-book Offers Fresh Perspectives on the History of Dance
The Theatre Academy of Uniarts Helsinki has unveiled an e-publication that promises a fresh perspective on the history of dance.
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Capturing the Circus Essence: Another Circus Library from Pascal Jacob Available Now
Whether you need a launching pad to jumpstart your ambitious circademic research or inspiration for your next creative endeavor, a
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Circus History Live! Featuring Maureen Brunsdale Plus the 2023 Thayer Prize Award to Danise Payne
This episode of Circus History Live! features Circus Historical Society (CHS) trustee Maureen Brunsdale discussing her new biography of Art
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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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Publishing Circus: An Interview with Thom Wall of Modern Vaudeville Press
As we all know, circus comes in many forms, and CircusTalk is dedicated to honoring them all: live performance, education,
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Book Review: In the Shadow of the Big Top: The Life of Ringling’s Unlikely Circus Savior, Maureen Brunsdale – (Rowman & Littlefield 2023)
Circus is a part of showbusiness. In the Shadow of the Big Top: The Life of Ringling’s Unlikely Circus Savior
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How Tamsin Embleton’s New Book Tackles Mental Health on Tour
More of the music industry is now beginning to talk about the mental health of everyone within it, specifically those
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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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Building Circus History: Steve Ward’s Next Book Explores Sights and Sites of 19th Century Circus
The ‘Big Top’ is an iconic image of the circus. But the Big Top was a relatively recent invention. In
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Sacred Arts Offers an Interdisciplinary Research Method for Circus and Beyond
This past March, Ben Yehuda Press published Under One Tent: Circus, Judaism and Bible, edited by Professor Ora Horn Prouser,
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Sustainable Paths: IETM eBook Lays Groundwork to Help Fight Artist Poverty
People who dedicate their lives to a career ought to be able to support themselves through their work… yet this
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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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Elbows in My Ears: My Favorite Circus Book of 2022
A trailblazing circus career makes more than just a good story to tell further down the line: it also provides
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Books That Speak to Us: Announcing Morgan Anderson’s New Book Review Series
Seeking new circus books to read and came up empty? Let writer-scholar-juggler Morgan Anderson help you build out your reading
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Live Like An Acrobat Podcast Ep. 55, Season 3: Celebrating Black Gymnasts
Celebrating the Third Season of the Live Like An Acrobat Podcast and Black History Month, host Shenea Stiletto interviews Jade
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Eric Bates Professional Advice Series: 5 Creative Books to Jumpstart your 2023
Looking for motivation? Here are 5 books related to creativity, habits, business and training to start your 2023 off on
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Trampoline Tricks to Mind Tricks: A Trampoline Guru’s Guide to Better Mental Health in the Circus Industry
Combining her passion for circus with her academic background, aerialist and writer Fleur Van Rens, Ph.D., set out to help
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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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