Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930s - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930s write by Kate Holmes. This book was released on 2021-11-29. Female Aerialists in the 1920s and Early 1930s available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Female solo aerialists of the 1920s and early 1930s were internationally popular performers in the largest live performance mass entertainment of the period in the UK and USA. Yet these aerialists and this period in circus history have been largely forgotten despite the iconic image of ‘the’ female aerialist still flaring in the popular imagination. Kate Holmes uses insights gained as a practitioner to reconstruct in detail the British and American performances and public personae of key stars such as Lillian Leitzel, Luisita Leers, and the Flying Codonas, revealing what is performed and implicit in today’s practice. Using a wealth of original sources, this book considers the forgotten stars whose legacy of the cultural image of the female aerialist echoes. Locating performers within wider cultural histories of sport, glamour, and gender, this book asks important questions about their stardom, including: Why were female aerialists so alluring when their muscularity challenged conservative ideals of femininity and how did they participate in change? What was it about their movements and the spaces they performed in that activated such strong audience responses? This book is vital reading for students and practitioners of aerial performance, circus, gender, popular performance, and performance studies.
Aerial Stars
Aerial Stars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aerial Stars write by Catherine Jane Holmes. This book was released on 2016. Aerial Stars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Stage women, 1900–50
Stage women, 1900–50 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stage women, 1900–50 write by Maggie B. Gale. This book was released on 2019-04-08. Stage women, 1900–50 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book presents a collection of cutting-edge historical and cultural essays in the field of women, theatre and performance. The chapters explore women’s networks of professional practice in the theatre and performance industries between 1900 and 1950, with a focus on women’s sense and experience of professional agency in an industry largely controlled by men. The book is divided into two sections: ‘Female theatre workers in the social and theatrical realm’ looks at the relationship between women’s work – on and off stage – and autobiography, activism, technique, touring, education and the law. ‘Women and popular performance’ focuses on the careers of individual artists, once household names, including Lily Brayton, Ellen Terry, radio star Mabel Constanduros and Oscar-winning film star Margaret Rutherford.
The Cambridge Companion to the Circus
The Cambridge Companion to the Circus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to the Circus write by Gillian Arrighi. This book was released on 2021-07-01. The Cambridge Companion to the Circus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Cambridge Companion to the Circus provides a complete guide for students, scholars, teachers, researchers, and practitioners who are seeking perspectives on the foundations and evolution of the modern circus, the contemporary extent of circus studies, and the specialised literature available to support further enquiries. The volume brings together an international group of established and emerging scholars working across the multi-disciplinary domain of circus studies to present a clear overview of the specialised histories, aesthetics and distinctive performances of the modern circus. In sixteen commissioned essays, it covers the origins in commercial equestrian performance during the late-eighteenth century to contemporary inflections of circus arts in major international festivals, educational environments, and social justice settings.
Włodzimierz Staniewski and the Phenomenon of “Gardzienice”
Włodzimierz Staniewski and the Phenomenon of “Gardzienice” - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Włodzimierz Staniewski and the Phenomenon of “Gardzienice” write by S. E. Gontarski. This book was released on 2021-12-30. Włodzimierz Staniewski and the Phenomenon of “Gardzienice” available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers a broad, comprehensive overview of the contemporary state of the Gardzienice theatrical company and its evolution. Their most recent production, The Wedding, is taken as a focal point for a retrospective discussion on the company’s development. Premiered at the festival celebrating the 40th anniversary of the company, The Wedding echoes most of the major achievements of Staniewski’s stage language and his capacity of exploring and developing the performative potential of liveness. This study consists of essays by prominent practitioners and theoreticians of theatre, director’s notes, conversations with Staniewski and other company members, selected archival materials and substantial visual coverage. It promises to be of great interest to students and scholars across the fields of theatre and performance studies.
