Circus, Science and Technology : Dramatising Innovation /: Dramatising Innovation. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anna-Sophie Jürgens.
• Editors: Jürgens, Anna-Sophie
• Contents: 1. Chapter 1: Circus Matters: Engineering, Imagineering and Popular Stages of Technology: Introduction; Anna-Sophie Jürgens.- 2. Chapter 2: Engineers of Curiosity: the Barnum Era; Jane Goodall.- 3. Chapter 3: Unreal Limbs: Erin Ball and The Extended Body in Contemporary Circus; Katie Lavers and Jon Burtt, with Erin Ball.- 4. Chapter 4: Circus as Laboratory: Imagineering Legitimacy; Mark St Leon.- 5. Chapter 5: Circus and Electricity: Staging Connexions between Science and Popular Entertainments; Gillian Arrighi.- 6. Chapter 6: Technologies of Risk, Fear and Fun: Human and Nonhuman Circus Performance; Peta Tait.- 7. Chapter 7: The Circus and the Magic Lantern: A Portfolio of Hand-Painted Mechanical Magic Lantern Slides; Martyn Jolly and Elisa deCourcy.- 8. Chapter 8: The Circus and Technologies of Animation; Ruth Richards.- 9. Chapter 9: Engineering Circus Enchantment: Automagic Technology and Electrifying Performances in Fiction; Anna-Sophie Jürgens and Robert C. Williamson.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (189 pages)
• Subjects: Culture-Study and teaching; Theater--History; Performing Arts -- Theater -- History & Criticism; Performing Arts -- Theater -- General; Performing Arts -- General; Theatre studies; Dance & other performing arts; Performing Arts -- Theater -- Stagecraft; Theatre: technical & background skills; Stage management; Theater; Performing arts
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030432980
• Related ISBNs: 9783030432973
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.