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In printPractitioner accountWritten from inside the tradition
The Ordinary Acrobat: A Journey into the Wondrous World of the Circus, Past and Present
Duncan Wall · Alfred A. Knopf · 2013 · introductory
A trained acrobat's readable history of circus technique, focused on how skills are learned and taught.
About the author
The author trained at the École Nationale des Arts du Cirque, France's national circus school, giving the work grounding in actual practice rather than documentary research alone. Beyond this, reliable biographical details are not readily available.
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