Juggler’s Scoop – March 6th, 2012

Juggler’s Scoop is a bi-weekly collection of the latest juggling videos and news bits from around the web.  Here’s the latest scoop! –  Jason Garfield has posted a couple performance clips from the Burning Club 2010 Festival online, one is regarding  Flying a Plane and Juggling, the other on Juggling While Eating an Apple. –  Vova Galchenko’s Advanced Club routine …

Passing Post: Feeding on Chocolate Bars

The Chocolate Box You’re at the IJA festival with four other passers and you want to do an ambidextrous passing pattern. You should try the chocolate box. This is a Madison pattern where two people feed on chocolate bars and three feedees pass on three count. Here chocolate bar is a passing rhythm: pass pass self self, so called because …

Gatto Practicing: Rings Exclusive Video

This is the second of three videos of Anthony Gatto practicing at BJC 2K. Ball Juggling was last month and next month will be Club juggling footage. Table of Contents:5 RINGS WITH A HEAD BOUNCE (00:00) Half shower in each direction to full flat reverse Half shower with flat fronts and pancakes for highs then lows then both Multiplexes with …

Notes and queries and a case full of clubs: Object Physical Research

In my last column I wrote at length about the inherent conceptual content of juggling, and so I thought the best way to follow up on that would be by bringing the topic back down to something more tangible: the most tangible and basic thing possible – how we move the objects we use. Something I hold very dear is …

Now Accepting Entries! – IJA Video Tutorial Contest 2012

Hey, jugglers! I’m pleased to announce the opening of the 2012 IJA Video Tutorial Contest!  Entries are being accepted now until the 31st of March, at midnight Pacific time. The IJA Video Tutorial Contest is the largest educational event in the juggling world.  It’s open to everyone, all circus and skilltoy disciplines, and offers the largest collection of prizes awarded …

Be Funnier with Scotty Meltzer: Comedy Darwinism

There are two obvious ways to make your show funnier: First, add more laughs. Second, make the laughs you already have bigger. In the next few months, I’m going to use this column to give you some tools to help you do both of these. I hope your feedback and comments help me come up with even more. I’ve talked …

Varieté in Germany

Last Saturday I had the opportunity to see the latest offering at Varieté et cetera in Bochum, Germany. The current show features world-class acrobats, contortionists and a guy with a cube, but for my money, two performers stood out among the rest. One of them, happily, is the bounce juggler Abbdi. At first glance Abbdi seems to share a background …

Juggler’s Scoop – February 22, 2012

Juggler’s Scoop is a bi-weekly collection of the latest juggling videos and news bits from around the web.  Here’s the latest scoop! –  The Seattle Juggling Festival has posted highlights from their 2012 festival, as well as clips from their public show. –  Jason Lu does some juggling at imperial SAF. –  Jason Garfield has posted episode 4 and episode …

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Interact! – Photo Contest & Haiku Winners!

  Juggling Photo Contest – Landmark Edition   Hey jugglers! Do you have a photo of yourself juggling in front of a famous landmark?  Well, good!  Get ready to send it along to the Interact! – Landmark Photo Contest! This week, we’re asking eZine readers to submit their favorite photos of themselves juggling in front of monuments, landmarks, and other …