Drumming About Charles: Charles started juggling at the age of 13 and has been performing for almost 20 years. He became a professional juggler right out of high school. Along with his brother, he won an IJA gold medal in the 1997 teams competition. As a competitor on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ he appeared on the show more than any other …
Gatto Practicing: Balls Exclusive Video
Last month we interviewed Anthony Gatto about his thoughts on practicing. For the next three months, we will share videos of Anthony’s public practice session that he did at BJC 2000. They show Anthony at his peak, the year he won the Golden Clown at The International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo. The first video, below, shows his warm-up and ball …
3rd Annual IJA Video Tutorial Contest – March 1st – 31st
Hey folks! It’s my distinct pleasure to announce the the 3rd annual IJA Video Tutorial Contest! The contest, which will take place from March 1st to March 31st, 2012 looks to be the largest and most exciting tutorial contest to date! Entrants film tutorial videos, upload them to Juggling.tv and YouTube.com, and submit them via the entry form, which will be …
Stagecraft: Improv
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This month we look at the art of Improvisation. The word ultimately comes from the latin: improvisus, which translates as unforeseen. When an artist is involved in the creative process, they literally can not see the terrain that lays ahead.
The creation of performance pieces and the development of new juggling tricks is a pure act of improvisation. We uncover the unseen and reveal the hidden. Although long and short form comedy improv on the whole stands apart from the variety arts, there are so many similarities that it bears a closer look. What’s more, there are many resources that can be found in print that can help us deal with our own issues, such as creative block, free association, and continuity of theme.
Many of today’s great improvisers such as Mike Meyers and Tina Fey got their start at a school in Chicago called Improv Olympics, a school founded Charna Halpern. She is also the author of a classic improv manual: "Truth in Comedy". Here is an excerpt of an interview we did last week.
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Thanks!
What a great first month we had! There are so many people to thank for the initial success of the ezine. The ezine team is David Landowne, Dave Pawson, Erin Stephens, and Scott Seltzer. What a great group of people taking initiative and making sure that things get done, and done well. In the first month, we probably had more …
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Vote for the Ezine’s Name
Get into the election fever and help us choose a name for the ezine. Below is a list of over 100 names suggested for this ezine. What do you like best? Air Airborn All about Juggling Anti-gravity Balls-in-the-air Cascades Catch Catch This Catch Up Catch What You Throw Up Catch-up on Juggling Caught in the Act Clubs, Balls, Rings & …
Notes and queries and a case full of clubs: Risk
Almost everyone I speak to has a different definition of juggling. Some elements of some of these definitions I can easily agree with. Others, not so easily. It is hard enough for me to pin down my own definition in any clear way without having to deal with those of others. But if I was pressed to say something fundamental, …
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Cirkonvençion Méxicana 6a – Fest Review
Photos By: Rafael Reynoso Jaime It was mid-November 2011, and I was headed back to México for my 2nd adventure at a Latin American circus festival: the 6th Annual Cirkonvençion Méxicana. All I knew as I packed my bags for the flight, was that the festival was in a rainforest an hour and a half outside of México City. …
IJA 2-Count Podcast: Episode 1
This month’s podcast starts off with an introduction of the show format and then news about the 2012 IJA fest, the launch of the Ezine and the podcast, and the 2011 IJA DVD. Then we move on to discussing a NY Times article about women in juggling, followed by a little history about another female juggler, Laura Green the Juggling …