As I said in part 1, I’ve now been writing for eJuggle for almost three years. In that time, I’ve managed to research and write 64 articles, including historical pieces, interviews, obituaries, reviews, and anecdotal accounts. In the weeks and months that follow each article I write for eJuggle, I often learn more information about the article’s subject. In January …
Summary and Update Of David Cain’s Past Articles: Part 1
I’ve now been writing for eJuggle for almost three years. In that time, I’ve managed to research and write 64 articles, including historical pieces, interviews, obituaries, reviews, and anecdotal accounts. In the weeks and months that follow each article I write for eJuggle, I often learn more information about the article’s subject. In January of last year, I wrote an …
The Art of Plate Spinning
Plate spinning and bowl spinning have long been associated with juggling. There are multiple forms of plate spinning that can be done by jugglers. Some are very basic and can be learned in a matter of minutes. Others are quite advanced. Let’s examine the history and the varied forms of this ancient skill. History In China, acrobatic performances date back …
Interview With Joe Taylor
The Summer of 1987 issue of Juggler’s World magazine, which was the IJA’s 40th Anniversary issue, included an article on Joe Taylor, the first African American member of the IJA, as well as other early black jugglers. The write-up, which can be read here, chronicled some of Joe’s performances and background, but at the end of that article, it stated …
Ohio – An Important Birthplace Of Juggling and Jugglers
When we think about the birthplace of juggling, Egyptian hieroglyphics might be the obvious images that pop into our minds, and with good reason. Certainly the earliest evidence of juggling does indeed date back 4,000 years to the Beni Hassan tombs. However, many of the more recent forms of juggling and juggling tricks come out of Ohio, in the United …
The Elliots – A Three Piece Juggling Family
“Three piece juggler” is a term used to describe a juggler who performs mainly with three balls, three top hats, and three cigar boxes. Many jugglers have worked in this style over the past 100 years. When most historians write about the origins of the “three piece juggling” act, they typically point to the start of Bela Kremo’s career in …
The IJA – Our Living Pioneers
For an organization like the IJA that is nearly seventy years old, it is easy to forget that we began as a very small group, started and nurtured by people who wanted to share their love of juggling with others. There was no internet, no local clubs, and no flashy magazine. Even more importantly, a number of the early pioneers …
Italo Medini Obituary
French – Italian juggling star Italo Medini passed away on April 9th, 2015. He was born in Orleans, France in 1922 and had a long and successful career. He was a master with rings, ball-end clubs, combination tricks, and ball and mouth stick work. His father had been a good friend of Enrico Rastelli and had watched him train and …
11 More Female Juggling Stars Of The Past
In August of 2013, I wrote an article for eJuggle titled “10 Female Juggling Stars Of The Past.” In that article, which you can read by clicking here, I discussed the careers and contributions of Selma Braatz, Anita Bartling, Kathi Gultini, Lucy Gillet, Jenny Jaeger, Trixie Larue, Ursula Hill Lauppe, Lottie Brunn, Luly Perezoff, and Eva Vida. This article turned …