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Author Webber, Kimberley.

Title Circus! : the Jandaschewsky story / edited by Kimberley Webber
Published Haymarket, Australia ; [Great Britain] : Powerhouse Pub, 1996
Haymarket, Australia : Powerhouse Publishing, 1996
©1996

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 MELB  791.330994 Jandas Web/Ctj  AVAILABLE
Description 80 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, portraits ; 30 cm
Contents The circus: its Australian heritage / Mark St. Leon -- 'Absolutely the greatest combination': the Jandaschewskys and their performance career / Kimberley Webber -- Clowning around: commedia dell'arte and the origins of the Jandaschewsky style / Inara Walden -- Turning the world upside down: the tradition of comic inversion / Ian Hoskins -- Opening the trunk: stories of the Jandaschewsky collection / Martha Sear
Summary "A remarkable family of musical clowns, the Jandaschewskys arrived in Australia in 1900 from the circuses of Europe. Their original and eccentric performances entertained Australian audiences on the vaudeville stage and in the circus ring until well into the 1950s. Circus! the Jandaschewsky story tells this family's compelling story and traces the traditions and skills handed down through the generations. It's a tale of acrobats, clowns, musicians and dancers, of a father-and-son clowning team and two extraordinary women. Based on the Powerhouse Museum's unique collection of the family's costumes, photographs and props, this book provides a rare and personal insight into circus life and history, and enriches our understanding of contemporary clowning."--BOOK JACKET
Notes "Published ... in conjunction with the exhibition Circus! 150 years in Australia, Powerhouse Museum, December 1996-December 1997"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 77) and index
Subject Jandaschewsky family -- Exhibitions.
Jandaschewsky family.
Powerhouse Museum -- Exhibitions.
Circus performers -- Australia -- Exhibitions.
Circus -- Collectibles -- Australia -- Exhibitions.
Circus -- Australia -- History.
Clowning -- Australia -- History.
Clowns -- Australia -- History.
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Author Webber, Kimberley, editor
Powerhouse Museum, host institution
LC no. 97120226
ISBN 1863170642
Other Titles Jandaschewsky story
Design special collection