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Lennart Green and the Modern Drama of Sleight of Hand
No full textThe broad purpose of this essay is to suggest an approach to sleight of hand magic, which looks at its social resonances as a dramatic medium. I outline a modern tradition of sleight of hand, that is a form of sleight of hand that was self-consciously described as modern by magicians. This tradition takes shape in the mid- to late-nineteenth century, and its stylistic influence extends well into the twentieth century. I argue that this modern style had a specific set of social resonances, which help to explain the power of sleight of hand magic as a form of performance. In particular, modern sleight of hand was intimately intertwined with the relationship between magic and crime, and with a now-unfamiliar distinction between magic and juggling. The point of this exploration, though, is not purely historical. Through it, I want to lay some ground for cultural criticism of contemporary magic. In this, my subject and stimulus is the Swedish card maestro Lennart Green
Charlie May Simon materials
No full textThis collection contains materials relating to Arkansas author Charlie May Simon
Rites of Passage: Youthful Walking and the Rhythms of the City, c.1850–1914
No full textSleight takes to the bustling streets of the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century city to explore young people’s access to, and use of, the outdoor urban realm. Primary and secondary archival evidence from London, New York and Melbourne yields both hard data and well-informed speculations. Sleight argues that, though often marginalized in contemporary cities, the sheer variety and prevalence of young people’s walking practices shows the centrality of these individuals to nineteenth- and early twentieth-century city life. In an era of burgeoning mass transit and the take-up of bicycles, the main mode of movement was still on foot. As Sleight makes clear, young city walkers have long dwelt in a world of scattered horizons contingent upon age, gender, class and ethnicity
Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870-1914
No full textBaby booms have a long history. In 1870, colonial Melbourne was ‘perspiring juvenile humanity’ with an astonishing 42 per cent of the city’s inhabitants aged 14 and under - a demographic anomaly resulting from the gold rush of the 1850s. Within this context, Simon Sleight enters the heated debate concerning the future prospects of ‘Young Australia’ and the place of the colonial child within the incipient Australian nation. Looking beyond those institutional sites so often assessed by historians of childhood, he ranges across the outdoor city to chart the relationship between a discourse about youth, youthful experience and the shaping of new urban spaces. Play, street work, consumerism, courtship, gang-related activities and public parades are examined using a plethora of historical sources to reveal a hitherto hidden layer of city life. Capturing the voices of young people as well as those of their parents, Sleight alerts us to the ways in which young people shaped the emergent metropolis by appropriating space and attempting to impress upon the city their own desires. Here a dynamic youth culture flourished well before the discovery of the ‘teenager’ in the mid-twentieth century; here young people and the city grew up together
Flying Fruit Fly Circus Big Top, Moore Park (Sydney, Australia) [Performance Video Recording]
No full textDigital migration of VHS. Video type: performance. Venue type: Big Top. Venue name: Flying fruit Fly Circus Big Top. Date: 1992. Circus Oz archive notes: Moore Park, Benefit.Circus Oz video recording 1992 - Sydney, Australia - Flying Fruit Fly Circus Big Top, Moore Park.0:00:00-0:07:10 intro (Shirley Billing, Marianne Permezel, Geoff Toll, Simon Mitchell, Nicci Wilks, Lisa Small, Simon Yates, Pete Murphy, Rob Eastcott, Clare Thyssen) --- 0:07:10-0:13:32 Clown's entrance (Lisa Small, Neill Gladwin) --- 0:13:32-0:21:11 Pole (Simon Yates, Lisa Small, Nicci Wilks, Geoff Toll, Marianne Permezel, Antonella Casella, Michael Ling) --- 0:21:11-0:24:18 Audience Participation (Stephen Burton, Neill Gladwin) --- 0:24:18-0:29:09 tightwire (Michael Ling) --- 0:29:19-0:36:12 adagio (Antonella Casella, Chris Sleight) --- 0:36:12-0:37:45 Bike cross (Clare Thyssen, Neill Gladwin, Michael Ling) --- 0:37:45-0:48:05 Plates (Neill Gladwin, Lisa Small) --- 0:48:05-0:48:35 Bike Cross --- 0:48:35-0:52:58 web (Antonella Casella, Chris Sleight) --- 0:52:58-0:53:14 Bike cross (Michael Ling) --- 0:53:10-0:57:35 bells (Shirley Billing, Marianne Permezel, Pete Murphy, Lisa Small) --- 0:57:35-1:08:00 The Flying Burtons (Neill Gladwin, Lisa Small, Chris Sleight, Antonella Casella, Michael Ling, Simon Yates) --- 1:08:00-1:10:31 Elvis --- 1:10:31-1:19:21 slackwire (Simon Mitchell, Simon Yates) --- 1:19:21-1:21:50 song (Clare Thyssen) --- 1:21:50-1:28:33 roofwalk (Nicci Wilks, Shirley Billing, Marianne Permezel, Michael Ling, Neill Gladwin) --- 1:28:33-1:32:10 duelling accordions (Rob Eastcott, Shirley Billing) --- 1:32:10-1:39:30 Untitled (Neill Gladwin) --- 1:39:30-1:45:16 Long arms, long legs (Antonella Casella, Chris Sleight, Shirley Billing) --- 1:45:16-1:52:07 hoops (Stephen Burton, Simon Yates, Lisa Small, Michael Ling, Antonella Casella, Chris Sleight) --- 1:52:07-1:57:30 credits (Clare Gallagher, Clare Thyssen, Rob Eastcott, Pete Murphy, Simon Yates, Lisa Small, Nicci Wilks, Simon Mitchell, Marianne Permezel, Shirley Billing, Neill Gladwin, Michael Ling, Antonella Casella, Stephen Burton, Chris Sleight
Book review: Shirleene Robinson and Simon Sleight (Eds), Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, xiii + 328 pages, £63 hardcover.
No full textBook review: Shirleene Robinson and Simon Sleight (Eds), Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, xiii + 328 pages, £63 hardcover
Book review: Shirleene Robinson and Simon Sleight (Eds), Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, xiii + 328 pages, £63 hardcover.
No full textBook review: Shirleene Robinson and Simon Sleight (Eds), Children, Childhood and Youth in the British World. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, xiii + 328 pages, £63 hardcover
Melbourne Town Hall (Melbourne, Australia) [Performance Video Recording]
No full textDigital migration of VHS. Video type: performance. Venue name: Melbourne Town Hall. Date: 14 September 1991. Circus Oz archive notes: Town Hall, Melbourne, 8:00 PM.Circus Oz video recording 1991 - Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne Town Hall - 14 September.0:00:00-0:06:16 audience warmup (Susie Dee, Derek Ives, Tim Coldwell) --- 0:06:16-0:08:18 Character intros (Tim Coldwell, Derek Ives, Susie Dee, Darren Perkins) --- 0:08:18-0:16:20 Pole (Simon Yates, Chris Sleight, Lisa Small, Tim Coldwell, Antonella Casella, Michael Ling) --- 0:16:20-0:25:42 Chairs (Julie McInnes, Tim Coldwell, Susie Dee) --- 0:25:42-0:29:02 adagio (Antonella Casella, Chris Sleight) --- 0:29:02-0:34:28 Group juggle (Michael Ling, Lisa Small, Peter Murphy, Derek Ives) --- 0:34:28-0:37:09 Duelling Accordions (Isabelle Servais, Shirley Billing) --- 0:37:09-0:40:09 Double Cello (Tim Coldwell, Isabelle Servais, Shirley Billing, Susie Dee, Julie McInnes) --- 0:40:09-0:43:06 Wheelbarrow (Michael Ling, Derek Ives) --- 0:43:06-0:49:46 Flying Burtons (Tim Coldwell, Julie McInnes, Simon Yates, Michael Ling, Isabelle Servais, Susie Dee, Lisa Small) --- 0:49:46-0:51:00 bells walk through (Susie Dee, Tim Coldwell, Derek Ives, Julie McInnes) --- 0:51:00-0:58:00 web (Antonella Casella, Chris Sleight) --- 0:58:00-1:00:56 bells (Shirley Billing, Susie Dee, Julie McInnes, Tim Coldwell) --- 1:00:56-1:07:18 Picnic (Tim Coldwell, Susie Dee, Simon Yates) --- 1:07:18-1:10:56 Cloudswing (Isabelle Servais) --- 1:10:56-1:16:15 Long legs/long arms (Antonella Casella, Chris Sleight, Darren Perkins, Shirley Billing) --- 1:16:15-1:19:20 upside down drumming (Tim Coldwell, Shirley Billing, Isabelle Servais, Simon Yates, Michael Ling, Susie Dee) --- 1:19:20-1:26:59 roofwalk (Tim Coldwell, Julie McInnes, Pete Murphy, Michael Ling) --- 1:26:59-1:29:00 Kissing Booths (Susie Dee, Simon Yates) --- 1:29:00-1:34:30 hoops (Michael Ling, Simon Yates, Lisa Small, Antonella Casella, Chris Sleight) --- 1:34:30-1:40:07 credits (Bill Vickers, Nicci Wilks, Carmel Duffy, Clare Gallagher, Tim Coldwell, Derek Ives, Susie Dee, Darren Perkins, Lisa Small, Scott Grayland, Chris Sleight, Simon Yates, Michael Ling, Natalie Dyball, Antonella Casella, Julie McInnes, Peter Murphy, Shirley Billing, Isabelle Servais, Pete Murphy
Race, indigeneity and the Baden-Powell Girl Guides: Age, gender and the British world, 1908-1920
No full textThis article examines the international reach, and levels of inclusiveness, of the Baden Powell Girl Guides from the formal establishment of the Boy Scout movement in 1908 to the end of the First World War. On the one hand, it shows how young women were able to exercise agency in the founding of new patrols and companies. It also analyses the differential inclusion of indigenous peoples within the ‘Global South’. Whereas in Malaysia, ethnically mixed companies were the norm, in some African countries, black girls were excluded. In India, however, both segregated and mixed companies existed. The First World War provided opportunities for girls of different races and ethnicities to contribute, not only through gendered activities, but to attain a new, public, role through performance and philanthropy.In contrast with recent representations of the largest youth movement of the twentieth century, as fundamentally exclusive, this article demonstrates the how differing levels of engagement of indigenous girls and young women.
This chapter originated in a paper presented to the Leverhulme Trust funded project "Approaching War: Childhood, Culture and the First World War", (2011-2013) which held conferences in Sydney, Toronto and Newcastle, UK. This was one of the first international projects to mark the centenary of the First World War. The author was invited to chair a discussion panel at the second conference, in Toronto, “in conversation” with two Canadian children's authors, Arthur Slade and Hugh Brewster (https://brocku.ca/news/19668), as well as presenting at the Newcastle conference. I was also given a swathe of children's books published in Canada which have been used extensively in teaching Children's Literature to Greenwich students.
(See http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/1758571614Z.00000000014)
The volume in which the paper has been published derives from another international conference, "Children, Childhood and the British World", held at King's College London, in July 2013. The convenors and editors both have specialisms in Australian history: Simon Sleight is currently acting Director of the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies at King's College, London, while Dr Shirleene Robinson is Vice-Chancellor's Innovation Fellow in History at Macquarie University in Sydney. The chapter authors are based in the US, Australia, Canada, and South Africa, and the volume marks the increased interest in the history of children in international context
Simon Nyakot
No full textabstract: Simon Nyakot left his village when he was six years old.
“Lost Boys Found” is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book.Age: 27Region: LakeThis picture and bio was donated to the Lost Boys Found project from The Arizona Lost Boys Cente
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