Our Lady’s Juggler

(Haz clic aquí para español.) Le Jongleur de Notre Dame, or in its English translation, Our Lady’s Juggler, is a religious tale by the French writer Anatoli France (1844-1924) first published in 1890 and included in the 1892 collection of short stories. The tale was inspired by an ancient medieval legend. His story aroused the fascination of society for which …

Three Curiosities of Juggling

(Haz clic aquí para español.) The vast majority of juggling information is in English. This factor has been decisive for the Spanish-speaking juggling community to be unaware of the breadth of juggling. A couple of sites, including my posting space at the IJA, have helped convey information to Spanish-speaking jugglers. To them, and to the community in general, I bring …

Statement by Massimiliano Truzzi

(Haz clic aquí para español.) Truzzi is considered one of the best jugglers in history. His name has even appeared just below the great Rastelli. He was born in Lodz, Poland, on December 4, 1903. He learned to juggle under the tutelage of his father, an equestrian juggler, and Enrico Rastelli. He came to the United States in 1940 to …

Jugglers Tips: Unpublished Research by David Naylor

(Haz clic aquí para español.) David Naylor wrote three articles about “Juggling best practice” for Juggler’s World. The first article was titled “part I”; the second, “Part II, never works when you look;” and the third, “part III.” Only the first two parts were published. This time, we will see the third part. In the last installment of David’s essay, …

Adelina, Circassian Juggler

(Haz clic aquí para español.) In the 19th century, numerous tribes, ethnic groups, or peoples of the world were exhibited as an attraction in different countries. An example of this were the so-called Les Malabares, from Gujarat, India, which were presented at the French zoo Jardin d’Acclimatation. You can learn more about them in my article on Les Malabares. Several …

The Ader Jugglers: New Information

(Haz clic aquí para español.) Photo: Harvard Theatre Collection/Houghton Library. On December 26, 2018, juggling historian David Cain published an article called The Mysterious Ader Brothers. There, he unveiled photographs of the juggling troupe who were very active in vaudeville theaters in the early 1900s. Recently, I came across Ader Brothers biography data that can help us to have more …

An Interview with Francis Brunn

(Haz clic aquí para español.) Considered one of the best jugglers of all time, along with Rastelli, Cinquevalli, Jaeger, among others, Francis Brunn really rose to the top in juggling. It would be impossible to talk about him and his artistic life in an article. Francis was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, on November 15, 1922. His father was a three-time …

The Geraldos

(Haz clic aquí para español.) We juggling researchers have the honor of resurrecting from the rubble of history those jugglers that time devoured. It’s not an easy job; many times we only have a stage name, or an image, or a mention in some old newspaper. We are aware that there are many lost jugglers. Our job is to find …

Incredible Shows with Rola Bola

(Haz clic aquí para español.) Three years ago, on May 27, 2020, I wrote an article about amazing tricks on a unicycle. Now, it is the turn of the rola bola. Enjoy and be inspired by the following performances. James González, from Colombia, varies the rola bola from an aerial structure. Acrobatic group made up of 4 Chinese girls. Oxana …