Detour On An Elephant: A Year Dancing with The Greatest Show

Detour On An Elephant: A Year Dancing with The Greatest Show on Earth

What was it like to travel on tour with a circus in the late seventies? Detour On An Elephant is the memoir of a ballet dancer, Barbara File Marangon, who traded her pointe shoes to ride an elephant with the Greatest Show On Earth for a year. Taking a detour from the world of ballet to the circus, she recounts her experiences performing in hundreds of shows, in twenty-four cities coast to coast, with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit Show in 1978. Named Ringling's China Doll by a New York newspaper, she compares dancing at the Metropolitan Opera House to dancing at Madison Square Garden. Among her adventures she describes how Kevin, the lion that rode a motorcycle with his trainer, tried to break into the shower room while she showered. A stampeding elephant in Chicago is another memory. Then there is her love story on tour with a bareback rider. But most of all she remembers her love for Peggy, the elephant she rode all over the U.S.
Country USA
Brand Ogham Books International
Manufacturer Ogham Books International
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780991173112
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Detour On An Elephant: A Year Dancing with The Greatest Show on Earth