Juggle This NYC! June 5-8, 2014 By Viveca Gardiner Hundreds of jugglers descended on New York City for Juggle This! a four-day festival of juggling games, workshops, shows, lectures, panel discussions, and other activities. The city’s twelfth festival kicked off with an afternoon of open juggling in Bryant Park. The morning was rainy, but by midday, the sun was shining, …
Joan and the Gentleman Juggler Review
When a ghost wants to tell a story, listen. A single flame wanders in the dark before the lights go up on L. Frank Baum (Ric Walker), the phantasmal narrator of Joan and the Gentleman Juggler– a delightful blur of unlikely friendship and good old-fashioned spectacle. Performed as part of the 9th Annual Living Literature Festival at the Metropolitan Playhouse …
IJA Festival Features Special Workshop by Jay Gilligan
At this yearʼs festival at Bowling Green, Jay Gilligan will present a special workshop over three days. Called “Juggling Tricks: Start to Finish”, the workshop is open to anyone, of any age and skill level. Thereʼs an official workshop description at this website, but I asked Jay to expand on that. He said, “We will explore a core concept, give …
Robert Nelson aka “The Butterfly Man”
I first saw Robert perform in a dark corner of San Francisco’s Pier 39 in 1979, just after it had opened. There was no stage, no lights, few tourists – with an audience of about six drunks held at bay by a torch juggler. My film partner, Kim Hoeg, and I were amazed at how well he handled the non-stop …
IJA Championships volunteers needed
Hello jugglers, I am the 2012 IJA championships director. I’ve started organizing the event and am looking for volunteers for a number of positions. I’ve included descriptions of each position below, the number of individuals I need for the positions, and the skill sets I’m looking for. If you’ve never worked in one of the positions before but would be …
Congress of Jugglers 2012, an apolitical feast for the eyes
Congress of Jugglers 2012, an apolitical feast for the eyes Annual festival placates the juggling majority By Christian Kloc The Congress of Jugglers convened once again March 9-11, bringing jugglers to University of Maryland’s Ritchie Coliseum for some delightfully apolitical exploits. Most of the action took place Saturday, with open juggling, games and an evening show. More than 100 jugglers …
Remembering the IJA Newsletter circa 1976-78
The IJA’s moving away, after 64 years, from having a printed publication causes me to reminisce about my time as IJA Newsletter editor. I think Hovey Burgess was the Newsletter editor when I first received a copy. Then Don and Lana Reed took over for something over a year. I had personal access to a computer (BBN’s TENEX time-sharing system), …