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THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE CIRCUS TheCambridgeCompaniontotheCircusprovidesacompleteguidefor students, scholars, teachers, researchers, and practitioners who are seekingperspectivesonthefoundationsandevolutionofthemodern circus,thecontemporaryextentofcircusstudies,andthespecialised literature available to support further enquiries. The volume brings togetheraninternationalgroupofestablishedandemergingscholars workingacrossthe multidisciplinarydomainofcircusstudiestopre- sentaclearoverviewofthespecialisedhistories,aesthetics,anddistinct- iveperformancesofthemoderncircus.Insixteencommissionedessays, it covers the circus’s origins in commercial equestrian performance duringthelateeighteenthcenturythroughtocontemporaryinflections ofcircusartsinmajorinternationalfestivals,educationalenvironments, andsocialjusticesettings. gillian arrighi is Associate Professor in the School of Creative IndustriesattheUniversityofNewcastle,Australia.Sheisamember oftheAustralasianAssociationforTheatre,DramaandPerformance Studies and the International Federation for Theatre Research. She has held visiting fellowships at the Ransom Centre for the Humanities (University of Texas at Austin), the Harvard Theatre Collection,andtheNationalLibraryofAustralia. jim davis is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick.Heis the authorofComicActing andPortraiturein Late- Georgian and Regency England (Cambridge University Press, 2015), which won the David Bradby Prize for International Theatre Research. He is also an editor of Nineteenth-Century Theatre and Film. cambridgecompanionstotheatreandperformance The Cambridge Companions to Theatre and Performance collection publishes speciallycommissionedvolumesofnewessaysdesignedforstudentsatuniversities and drama schools and their teachers. Each volume focuses on a key topic, practitioner, or form and offers a balanced and wide-ranging overview of its subject. Content includes historical and political contexts, case studies, critical andtheoreticalapproaches,afterlives,andguidanceonfurtherreading. PublishedTitles TheCambridgeCompaniontoInternationalTheatreFestivals Editedbyric knowles TheCambridgeCompaniontoTheatreandScience Editedbykirsten e. shepherd-barr TheCambridgeCompaniontotheCircus Editedbygillian arrighi andjim davis ForthcomingTitles TheCambridgeCompaniontoAmericanTheatresince1945 Editedbyjulia listengarten andstephen di benedetto TheCambridgeCompaniontoBritishTheatresince1945 Editedbyjen harvie anddan rebellato TheCambridgeCompaniontoBritishPlaywritingsince1945 Editedbyvicky angelaki anddan rebellato TheCambridgeCompaniontoBritishTheatreoftheFirstWorldWar Editedbyhelen e. m. brooks RelatedCambridgeCompanions TheCambridgeCompaniontoAfricanAmericanTheatre Editedbyharvey young TheCambridgeCompaniontotheActress Editedbymaggie b. gale andjohn stokes TheCambridgeCompaniontoBritishTheatre,1730–1830 Editedbyjane moody anddaniel o’quinn TheCambridgeCompaniontoEnglishMelodrama Editedbycarolyn williams TheCambridgeCompaniontoEnglishRestorationTheatre Editedbydeborah payne fisk TheCambridgeCompaniontoGreekandRomanTheatre Editedbymarianne mcdonald andmichael walton TheCambridgeCompaniontoGreekComedy Editedbymartin revermann TheCambridgeCompaniontoGreekTragedy Editedbyp. e. easterling TheCambridgeCompaniontoMedievalEnglishTheatre,secondedition Editedbyrichard beadle andalan j. fletcher TheCambridgeCompaniontoPerformanceStudies Editedbytracy c. davis TheCambridgeCompaniontoTheatreHistory Editedbydavid wiles andchristine dymkowski TheCambridgeCompaniontoVictorianandEdwardianTheatre Editedbykerry powell THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE CIRCUS edited by GILLIAN ARRIGHI UniversityofNewcastle,Australia JIM DAVIS UniversityofWarwick UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,ny10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108485166 doi:10.1017/9781108750127 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2021 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2021 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData names:Arrighi,Gillian,author.|Davis,Jim,1949–author. title:TheCambridgecompaniontothecircus/EditedbyGillianArrighi, Universityof Newcastle,NewSouthWales,JimDavis,Universityof Warwick. othertitles:Companiontothecircus description:NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress,2021.|Series:Cambridgecompanions totheatreandperformance|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. identifiers:lccn2020052354(print)|lccn2020052355(ebook)|isbn9781108485166 (hardback)|isbn9781108719223(paperback)|isbn9781108750127(ebook) subjects:lcsh:Circus–History.|Circus–Socialaspects.|Circus–Politicalaspects.|Astley, Philip,1742–1814.|Entertainmentevents–History. classification:lccgv1801.a762021(print)|lccgv1801(ebook)|ddc791.3–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020052354 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020052355 isbn978-1-108-48516-6Hardback isbn978-1-108-71922-3Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Contents ListofFigures pageix ListofContributors x Acknowledgements xviii Timeline xx Introduction-TheCircus:ReflectingandMediatingtheWorld 1 GillianArrighiandJimDavis part i transnationalgeographiesofthemoderncircus 1 TheOriginsandGrowthoftheModernCircus 19 MatthewWittmann 2 Reconstruction,Railroads,andRace:TheAmericanCircus intheGildedAgeandtheProgressiveEra 35 SakinaM.Hughes 3 Circus,Colonialism,andEmpire:TheCircusinAustralasia andAsia 48 GillianArrighi 4 TheCriolloCircus(CircusTheatre)inArgentina: TheEmergenceofaUniqueCircusForminConnection withtheConsolidationoftheArgentineNationState 63 JulietaInfantino 5 ThePastandPresentofCzechCircus 78 HanušJordanandVeronikaŠtefanová 6 CatchingOn:ChineseAcrobaticsfromChinatotheWest intheTwenty-FirstCentury 92 RosemaryFarrell vii viii Contents part ii circus acts and aesthetics 7 TheEquestrianCircus 107 KimBaston 8 Animals,Circus,andWarRe-enactment:MilitaryAction toColonialWars 127 PetaTait 9 CircusClowns 141 LouisePeacock 10 AerialPerformance:AerialAesthetics 155 KateHolmes part iii circus: a constantly evolving form 11 CircusandSomaticSpectacularityonStageintheVarietyEra 171 CatherineM.Young 12 BecominganArtForm:From‘NouveauCirque’ toContemporaryCircusinEurope 188 AgatheDumont 13 RiskyPlayandtheGlobalRiseinYouthCircus 203 AlisanFunk 14 SocialCircus:TheRiseofan‘Inclusive’Movement forCollectiveCreativity 216 JenniferBethSpiegel part iv circus studies scholarship 15 MethodologiesinCircusScholarship 231 CharlesR.BatsonandKarenFricker 16 ThroughtheLookingGlass:MultidisciplinaryPerspectives inCircusStudies 244 Anna-SophieJürgens Bibliography 257 Index 277 Figures 1.1 JacobBates,c.1766 page21 1.2 InteriorofAstley’sAmphitheatre,1777 23 1.3 SuittedesDifférentsexercicesd’EquitationdesSieurs 25 Franconi,c.1810 1.4 JohnBillRicketts,c.1795 27 1.5 LeviJ.North,1845 31 7.1 PalmyreAnnatoattheCirquedesChamps-Elysées, 111 c.1850 7.2 JennydeRahdenandCzardas,c.1902 114 7.3 ErnstCarréonhorsebackandunnamedballerina,n.d. 115 7.4 TheLoyal-Repenskytroupe,c.1940 117 7.5 LaLunaCaballera,LaForêtdesHespérides,2013 121 8.1 PhotographofhorsesplayingdeadintheAnglo-Boer 137 Warre-enactment,StLouisExposition,1904 11.1 AnundatedposterforSamLockhart’selephantorchestra, 182 appearingeveryeveningat11pmattheFolies-BergèreinParis 11.2 AnundatedposterforGeorgeLockhart’selephant 183 clowns,appearingeveryeveningattheFolies-Bergère inParis ix
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