By: Esteban Vélez. Viktor Viktorovich was born on September 21, 1927. He was a Russian equestrian juggler. His father was the equestrian juggler Vittorio Ferroni (you can learn more about him by clicking here) and his mother the aerial gymnast Lidiya Stepanovna Koshkina (March 23, 1900 – February 4, 1976). Viktorovich performed in the circus from 1932 to 1974 under …
The Fedunovs
By: Esteban Vélez. The Fedunovs The Soviet circus was characterized by taking circus techniques such as juggling, acrobatics, and gymnastics to the next level; disciplines they studied in depth, and have written dozens of books about them. In this sense, social scientists Tatiana I. Erokhina and Ruslan E. Shamshadinov deduced that this was largely due to the USSR‘s desire to …
IRC Juggling Colombia – 2025
By Esteban Vélez. Advertisement for IRC Colombia 2025. Photo: Festival Internacional de Teatro de Manizales. Fundación Circo Manizales. The first IJA Regional Competition (IRC) in Colombia was held in 2016, within the framework of the Colombian Circus Convention. The winners were: Gold medal: Israel Frutos (Niño Topo, Ecuador). Silver medal: Anderson Pereira Da Silva (Brazil). Bronze medal: Geison Estupiñán (Colombia). …
Ball juggling by Tonatiuh RoGa from México | IJA Tricks of the Month
This series is part of eJuggle, the IJA’s online juggling resource: https://www.juggle.org/ejuggle Hi, I’m Tonatihu from Mexico City and have been a juggler for 12 years. I enjoy juggling and learning about all the props, but my favorites are the balls. I started juggling with friends and thanks to this have been able to meet many people, and traveling is …
Youth Circus and Arts Convention – Colombia 2025
By: Esteban Vélez. Photo: Moflux. From September 11th to 14th, 2025, the fourth Youth Circus and Arts Convention was held in the municipality of Campoalegre, Huila, Colombia, organized by the Zansue collective. It spanned four days where juggling, acrobatics, stilt walking, and other techniques came together to bring circus to communities with limited cultural resources. The convention was attended by …
Rapitto – Soviet Juggler
By: Esteban Vélez. Rapitto has flown under the radar of research because, despite being considered one of the best and most talented jugglers in the Soviet Union, not much is known about his life. He was born August Adamovich Khondzinsky on January 21, 1904, in Odessa, Ukraine. He learned the circus arts in the company of the Italian artist A. …
Tennis Jugglers
By: Esteban Vélez. Editor’s Note: Also see Niels Duinker’s eJuggle article on elite athletes and juggling here. The practice of juggling has spread to the highest levels of sports due to its multiple benefits for physical well-being. Now, professional athletes frequently include juggling in their training routines to improve hand-eye coordination, reflexes, peripheral vision, concentration, among other aspects. I will …
Two articles about Fred Allen, the world’s worst juggler
By Esteban Vélez Fred Allen was an actor, writer, juggler, and one of America’s best-known comedians in the 1950s. His radio shows were popular during what became known as the golden age of radio in the United States. He was born John Florence Sullivan on May 31, 1894, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. His mother died of pneumonia when he was …
Hoop juggling by Camila Hernandez from Argentina | IJA Tricks of the Month
This series is part of eJuggle, the IJA’s online juggling resource: https://www.juggle.org/ejuggle. Hiii virtual friends!!! my name is Camila but I like to be called Cams, I’m 25 years old and I’m from Argentina, Buenos Aires, from a city called Lanús, my neighborhood. I’m a traveler, I’ve been on the road for 7 years and I’ve been doing circus for …