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A True History of the Hula Hoop is a non fiction novel, a story of the
search for the history of the hula hoop, which also becomes a personalised
history. And twisted through these storylines is added excerpts from the
Great Clown Kidnapping of 1572 which show the historical archetypes and
antecendants of the performance genre and provide an example of the metaxis
of the modern clown.
The search for the history of the hula hoop takes us into correspondance
with the ex President of the Brotherhood of Magicians, a Chinese Living
National Treasure and onto the vaudeville stage of the 1890s. The personalised
history follows the story of a broach from Paris and the devlopment of
the hula hoop virtuosa from a contemporary circus in Western Australia
to the Moscow State Circus School, the Burlesque scene in London and a
Winter Circus in Spain and various strange, difficult and wonderful experiences
in the squares and placas of the international street thatre and circus
world, and the voice of a Dwarf hidden as a wedding present in 1572 speaks
for the subconcious of the writer caught in difficult situations in 2005.
An attempt to answer in the form of a novel all the questions people ask
about the life of a hula hoopist.
This manucript was selected from 500 others by the Australian Society
of Authors for the Mentorship Award. (mentor Judith Lukin- Amundsen)
A True History of the Hula Hoop will be published by Pan macmillan in
2008/9
Literary Agent – Jacinta Dimase jacintadimase@ozemail.com.au
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