Women's Circus, 9781875559558
Paperback
The Women’s Circus is a community-based theatrical group, with 100 women from a variety of backgrounds engaged in training workshops. Amongst them are jugglers, aerialists and acrobats. Whether you want to join the circus or be an armchair acrobat, this book tells you how it’s done.

Women's Circus

...leaping off the edge

$36.00

  • Paperback

    285 pages

  • Release Date

    2 April 1997

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Summary

Have you ever wanted to join the circus? Wondered what goes on behind the scenes? What trapeze artists think about as they swing through the air? How fit you have to be to be a performer? Reading this book lets you become an armchair acrobat. Established in 1991 as a community theatre project to work with survivors of sexual assault, the Women’s Circus has gone on to create innovative shows, toured to China in 1995 and has maintained a training program for women of all shapes and sizes, backg…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781875559558
ISBN-10:1875559558
Author:Liebmann Adrienne
Publisher:Spinifex Press
Imprint:Spinifex Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:285
Release Date:2 April 1997
Weight:500g
Dimensions:240mm x 170mm x 16mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A big, rowdy, colorful, three-ring circus of a book, packed with death-defying feats and acts that will thrill and amaze–not the least of which is their breathtaking commitment to feminist process.” –Carolyn Gage, “Lesbian Review of Books”

About The Author

Liebmann Adrienne

Ev Beissbarth and Jo Turner, Editors

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