Download or read book Discovering Flying Trapeze written by Alastair Pilgrim and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Trapeze has exploded in popularity as a recreational activity in recent years with over 200 schools, clubs and resorts now open on six continents. Whether you are a complete beginner or a regular flyer, this book will accompany you from your very first swing, through a series of skill progressions (including over 50 different tricks and catches), right up to advanced somersaulting tricks and flying out-of-lines. The book is illustrated with hundreds of clear and simple step-by-step diagrams explaining basic concepts, fundamental techniques, useful training tips and common problems. You'll learn everything you need to know as you arrive for your class, right from learning your trick on the practice bar, to climbing the ladder, leaving the board and making a catch. You'll also discover the roles of the instructors you will meet and learn how to use the safety equipment such as the safety net and the safety lines. The book also covers a variety of topics that will become relevant as you start to practice more regularly and at a more advanced level, such as helping out on the platform, performing in Flying Trapeze shows, using hand grips and understanding catch timings. Written by Alastair Pilgrim, the founder of flying-trapeze.com, and including contributions fromTim Cayrol, an experienced performing-arts physiotherapist, this book is an invaluable tool for the recreational trapeze artist. This book is most suitable for beginner and intermediate level flying trapeze enthusiasts. For a more advanced book, check out 'The Fundamentals of Flying Trapeze'.
Download or read book Flying Trapeze Logbook written by Alastair Pilgrim and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This logbook, from the founder of flying-trapeze.com, has been specifically designed with the amateur flying trapeze enthusiast in mind and allows you to record your experiences in a simple structured format. You can use it to track your progress and to note down your achievements, coaching tips and catch timings for future reference.
Download or read book The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze New Directions Classic written by William Saroyan and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1997-10-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saroyan’s debut collection of stories. A timeless selection of brilliant short stories that won William Saroyan a position among the foremost, most widely popular writers of America when it first appeared in 1934.With the greatest of ease William Saroyan flew across the literary skies in 1934 with the publication of The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories. One of the first American writers to describe the immigrant experience in the U.S., Saroyan created characters who were Armenians, Jews, Chinese, Poles, Africans, and the Irish. The title story touchingly portrays the thoughts of a very young writer, dying of starvation. All of the tales were written during the great depression and reflect, through pathos and humor, the mood of the nation in one of its greatest times of want.
Download or read book The Fundamentals of Flying Trapeze written by Alastair Pilgrim and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the founder of flying-trapeze.com, this book illustrates the fundamental principles, techniques and equipment of Flying Trapeze. With hundreds of clear and simple diagrams illustrating tricks gathered from trapeze schools around the world, this is an invaluable reference guide for the recreational trapeze artist.
Download or read book Man on the Flying Trapeze written by Simon Louvish and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louvish brilliantly sifts through evidence of W.C. Fields' own self-creation to illuminate the vaudeville world from which he rose to become the beloved cinematic curmudgeon and comic genius of his time. Photos.
Download or read book Flying Falling Catching written by Henri J. M. Nouwen and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henri Nouwen’s never-before-published story of his surprising friendship with a traveling trapeze troupe. During the last five years of his life, best-selling spiritual author Henri J. M. Nouwen became close to The Flying Rodleighs, a trapeze troupe in a traveling circus. Like Nouwen’s own life, a trapeze act is full of artistry, exhilarating successes, crushing failures and continual forgiveness. He wrote about his experience in a genre new to him: creative non-fiction. In Flying, Falling, Catching, Nouwen's colleague and friend Carolyn Whitney-Brown presents his unpublished trapeze writings framed by the true story of his rescue through a hotel window by paramedics during his first heart attack. Readers will meet Nouwen as a spiritual risk taker who was transformed through his engagement with these trapeze artists, as well as his participation in the Civil Rights movement, his life in community with people with intellectual disabilities, his personal growth through friendships during the 1990s AIDS pandemic, and other unexpected encounters. What will we do with our lives, and with whom will we do it? In this story of flying and catching, Nouwen invites us all to let go and fly, even when we are afraid of falling.
Download or read book The Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze written by James Thurber and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the captivating world of James Thurber's 'The Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze'. In this remarkable collection of 36 stories, Thurber's masterful sketches come to life, revealing a delightful blend of dark humor and profound observations. From the comically cold gentleman to the whimsical escapades of Mr. Preble, each story is a glimpse into Thurber's genius as both a writer and a doodler.
Download or read book The Flying Trapeze written by Ruth Homes and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Captain Newland left his baby daughter on a doorstep, he thought he was leaving her with a kind lady who would care for her while his ship was at sea. But the voyage went on for years and the lady who fostered baby Sophie turned out to be a circus performer. By the time the good captain returned his daughter was a star on the flying trapeze. An action-packed adventure in the Omnibus 'Ripper' series for readers of 8 - 10 years.
Download or read book Learning to Fly written by Sam Keen and published by Broadway. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using his experiences learning the trapeze as a metaphor, best-selling author Sam Keen writes provocatively of overcoming his fears and self-perceived limitations. In learning to let go in life, Keen, a leader in the New Age spirituality community, takes readers on a journey of spiritual enlightenment and fulfilment much as the best-seller Zen and the Art of Archery did.
Download or read book Flying Free written by Lynn Braz and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life lessons come at you fast when you're thirty feet in the air, facing your fear of heights and a host of other fears, self-defeating thoughts and false beliefs while attempting a flying trapeze trick. In Flying Free: Life Lessons Learned on the Flying Trapeze, Lynn Braz uses trapeze as a vehicle for overcoming fear and perfectionism, and discovering deeper passion and joy in her world, lessons she's applied to every area of her life. Initially an exercise in facing her fear of heights, the author quickly discovered trapeze was teaching her how to free herself from negativity and self-limitation, how to develop tenacity, energize her life and achieve her goals. Written for everyone who dreams of discovering hidden talents, passion and joy, Flying Free helps you create a happier, more rewarding life. "Flying Free is one of those books to keep by your bed and pick up for daily inspiration on how to face fears, keep going and conquer whatever it is that stops you from fulfilling your dreams. A fun and easy read." E. Katherine Kerr, Award-winning stage and film actor who costarred in Silkwood, Children of a Lesser God, Suspect, among many others. She is also the author of The Four Principles: Applying the Keys of Brilliant Acting to Life
Download or read book Flying trapeze written by and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Between Trapezes written by Gail Blanke and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2004-08-11 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how uncertainty can become a catalyst for reinventing one's life, offering a guide that demonstrates how to let go without a safety net and overcome life's transitions to seek new fulfillment, success, and accomplishment.
Download or read book Flying trapeze quadrille written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Queen of the Air written by Dean N. Jensen and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true life Water for Elephants, Queen of the Air brings the circus world to life through the gorgeously written, true story of renowned trapeze artist and circus performer Leitzel, Queen of the Air, the most famous woman in the world at the turn of the 20th century, and her star-crossed love affair with Alfredo Codona, of the famous Flying Codona Brothers. Like today's Beyonce, Madonna, and Cher, she was known to her vast public by just one name, Leitzel. There may have been some regions on earth where her name was not a household expression, but if so, they were likely on polar ice caps or in the darkest, deepest jungles. Leitzel was born into Dickensian circumstances, and became a princess and then a queen. She was not much bigger than a good size fairy, just four-foot-ten and less than 100 pounds. In the first part of the 20th century, she presided over a sawdust fiefdom of never-ending magic. She was the biggest star ever of the biggest circus ever, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, The Greatest Show on Earth. In her life, Leitzel had many suitors (and three husbands), but only one man ever fully captured her heart. He was the handsome Alfredo Codona, the greatest trapeze flyer that had ever lived, the only one in his time who, night after night, executed the deadliest of all big-top feats, The Triple--three somersaults in midair while traveling at 60 m.p.h. The Triple, the salto mortale, as the Italians called it, took the lives of more daredevils than any other circus stunt.
Download or read book The flying trapeze written by Alfred Lee and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flying Tips for Flightless Birds written by Kelly McCaughrain and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Witty and clever. This novel really does sparkle." Roddy DoyleFrom debut author Kelly McCaughrain comes a sweet and kooky romcom for fans of R. J. Palacio's Wonder, Sarah Crossan, and Susin Nielsen's We Are All Made of Molecules. Twins Finch and Birdie Franconi are stars of the flying trapeze. But when Birdie suffers a terrifying accident, Finch must team up with the geeky new kid, Hector Hazzard, to form an all-boys double act and save the family circus school. Together they learn to walk the high-wire of teen life and juggle the demands of friends, family, first love and facing up to who they are - all served up with a dash of circus-showbiz magic.
Download or read book The ABCs of Flying Trapeze written by Tony Steele and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
