Juggling : from Antiquity to the Middle Ages : the forgotten history of throwing and catching / Thom Wall.

By:

Wall, Thom, 1987- [autor]

Material type: Text

texto

Media type:

sin mediación

Carrier type:

volumen

ISBN:

9780578410845

Subject(s):

Juegos malabares -- Historia

Bibliography: Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 102-126)Summary: "Around the world, people have been throwing and catching objects for millennia, as a form of play, ritual, and entertainment. Cirque du Soleil alum and internationally renowned juggler Thom Wall takes readers on an exciting journey through the history of juggling across time and cultures. Academic in its approach without sacrificing readability, this book is a detailed tour through the development and growth of juggling throughout the world, in cosmopolitan and remote locales and everything in-between. From its earliest traces in Ancient Egypt to fairgrounds in medieval Russia, the history of juggling is explored in this conversational yet thoroughly researched and annotated survey unlike anything written before". (Cubierta posterior)

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"Around the world, people have been throwing and catching objects for millennia, as a form of play, ritual, and entertainment. Cirque du Soleil alum and internationally renowned juggler Thom Wall takes readers on an exciting journey through the history of juggling across time and cultures. Academic in its approach without sacrificing readability, this book is a detailed tour through the development and growth of juggling throughout the world, in cosmopolitan and remote locales and everything in-between. From its earliest traces in Ancient Egypt to fairgrounds in medieval Russia, the history of juggling is explored in this conversational yet thoroughly researched and annotated survey unlike anything written before". (Cubierta posterior)