In his lovely new book, “The Ordinary Acrobat,” Duncan Wall finds useful spots from which to peer at the history of the circus: from the top of the trapeze platform, beneath a cascade of ...

Wall and almost all of the performers and critics he interviews in this book insist that the circus is an art form. “What we do, it’s not just divertissement ,” one of the instructors tells him.

‘The Ordinary Acrobat: A Journey into the Wondrous World of the Circus, Past and Present’ by Duncan Wall Knopf, 322 pp., $26.95 “Growing up, I had no connection to the ...

Grand Forks Public Library o "The Ordinary Acrobat by Duncan Wall." The extraordinary story of a young man's plunge into the unique and wonderful world of the circus--taking readers deep into ...

In his memoir, The Ordinary Acrobat, Duncan Wall shares how he fell in with the “new circus,” exploring its beginnings and leading a romantic tour of Parisian circus life both past and present.

Acrobat Duncan Wall ran away to join the circus, and found the circus has changed. He’s with us. A circus tent and worker in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. (AP) The ...

In his new history of the circus, Duncan Wall reminds us how odd the ragtag collection of art forms truly is You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...

Duncan Wall is the anti-Major: Born in Milwaukee, the son of accountants, he fell in love with the circus on a trip to Paris as a college student.