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Duncan Wall studied as a Fulbright scholar at France’s École Nationale des Arts du Cirque de Rosny-sous-Bois. He is on the board of directors for the American Youth Circus Organization and was the founder and co–artistic director of the Candidatos, an acclaimed clown-theater company recognized by The New York Times for its contribution to the flowering of contemporary clowning. He lives in Montreal, where he teaches circus history and criticism at the École Nationale de Cirque, Canada’s national circus school. 

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The Ordinary Acrobat
Written by Duncan Wall

Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage | Performing Arts - Circus; Biography & Autobiography; Humor
978-0-307-47226-7 (0-307-47226-4)

November 5, 2013 | $18.95

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The Ordinary Acrobat
Written by Duncan Wall

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ISBN: 9780307472267
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The extraordinary story of a young man’s plunge into the unique and wonderful world of the circus—taking readers deep into circus history and its renaissance as a contemporary art form, and behind the (tented) walls of France’s most prestigious circus school.

When Duncan Wall visited his first nouveau cirque as...



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The Ordinary Acrobat
Written by Duncan Wall

Hardcover | 336 pages | Knopf | Performing Arts - Circus; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; History - France
978-0-307-27172-3 (0-307-27172-2)

February 26, 2013 | $32.00

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The Ordinary Acrobat
Written by Duncan Wall

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307271723
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The extraordinary story of a young man’s plunge into the unique and wonderful world of the circus—taking readers deep into circus history and its renaissance as a contemporary art form, and behind the (tented) walls of France’s most prestigious circus school.

When Duncan Wall visited his first nouveau cirque as...



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The Ordinary Acrobat
Written by Duncan Wall

eBook | 336 pages | Knopf | Performing Arts - Circus; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; History - France
978-0-307-96229-4 (0-307-96229-6)

February 26, 2013 | $15.99

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The Ordinary Acrobat
Written by Duncan Wall

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307962294
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The extraordinary story of a young man’s plunge into the unique and wonderful world of the circus—taking readers deep into circus history and its renaissance as a contemporary art form, and behind the (tented) walls of France’s most prestigious circus school.

When Duncan Wall visited his first nouveau cirque as...



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