(Haz clic aquí para español.) The diabolo took over France at the beginning of the 20th century. Many newspaper articles of the time recounted how adults and youths played diabolo non-stop, day and night. No matter the social status or age. In this context, several diabolo clubs were formed by different communities in France, who organized district and national diabolo …
Contact Ball Juggling by Wilmer Vargas from Colombia | IJA Tricks of the Month
Wilmer Vargas is a juggler from Bogotá Colombia. For ten years he has dedicated himself to the investigation, exploration and execution of contact juggling. In this episode we share contact explorations accompanied with juggling, taking Santiago Malabari from Mexico as a reference. I owe the process to my family, friends and close associates who have always motivated and inspired me, …
The Iconic Juggling Props Quiz
(日本語はこちら) There are some props used by well-known jugglers that are immediately recognizable if you’re familiar with its owner. These props are usually unique to the juggler or at least very closely associated with them. In the current age of mass produced props, having such iconic juggling items associated with a juggler is much more rare, although not unheard of. …
Story About a Chinese juggler
(Haz clic aquí para español.) The following story about a juggler and illusionist (according to the original source, the artist is from China) was published by the California newspaper Calaveras Chronicle in volume 15, number 36, of June 30, 1866. Chronicles like these help us put together the puzzle of what juggling was like in the 19th century. Sword juggler …
Diábolo juggling by Francisco Contreras “Panchoclo” from Chile | IJA Tricks of the Month
Hi, I’m Francisco Contreras, they know me as Panchoclo. I am a Chilean diabolist, from the city of Santiago. I play diabolo for 9 years. My main inspiration is my diabolist friends around the world. My dream is to travel the world meeting the different diabolists and share the knowledge of this toy. Hola, soy Francisco Contreras, me conocen como …
Chinese Jar Juggling – A Video Collection
China is the likely source of quite a number of forms of juggling, such as plate spinning, diabolo, and devil stick. However, those forms of juggling eventually spread to other lands and are now practiced around the world. Jar juggling, however, has almost exclusively been performed by Chinese artists. Jar juggling has been practiced in China for at least 1800 …
Toss Juggling With Chairs
When you picture ideal juggling props, furniture probably doesn’t pop into your head right away. And yet chairs and other furniture have long been used by jugglers to amaze audiences. Chairs have been balanced by many jugglers to great effect, but toss juggling with them is much more rare. Chair Balancing Let’s take a look at examples of jugglers using …
World Hoop Day 2022
(Haz clic aquí para español.) World Hoop Day in Japan. I present to you the compilation of the Hoop Day celebrations in the world. This celebration is held on the first Saturday of October. However, many of the events were made a month later. This year, compared to the previous ones, there were not so many meetings of people who …
Three Soviet Equestrian Jugglers
(Haz clic aquí para español.) Some of the first jugglers in the former Soviet Union, at the beginning of the 20th century, were equestrian acrobats. The Soviet circus had mainly acrobatics and animal shows in its repertoire. The discipline of equestrian juggling became so popular that it was taught at the GUTSEI circus school in the Soviet Union. From there, …