After quite a lot of work we finally have our new T-shirt design ready. All you diabolo players out there will probably like it. It will be the first T-shirt in a new line designed by eLena from TheBlackAndWhiteCat. The theme behind the whole line will be “this juggling equipment could also be”, as is evident in the first diabolo/butterfly T-shirt.
We have still not decided on the final color schemes. And we were hoping you could all help us out. Details will be revealed soon. Very Soon!
Pavel Amazes the world once again with his ridiculously high technique.
As one famous brand once said – “Impossible is nothing”.
If you want to see Pavel live, you better come to the upcoming Israeli Juggling Convention this month!
Two Spanish guys meets in Vlladolid to do some diaboloing… Enjoy
Name: Bill Berry
Country: USA
Age: 33
Favorite prop: Beanbags
Started Juggling: 6th grade
Currently working on: Mostly maintaining rather than expanding right now.
Website: http://www.rootberry.com
Short Bio:
When he is not juggling Bill enjoys surfing, mountain biking, chess, brain teasers, and people watching.
Defining moment in my juggling history: 2003 IJA
Favorite Cereal: Rootberry Burst Cheerios.
3 things you didnt know about me:
1. I’m not a fan of math.
2. I I have a cat even though I’m allergic.
3. If I had three wishes only one of them would be selfish.
If I werent a juggler, I would be: Something X-Games, Chess player, Surfer, Book Reviewer, Constructions Worker, Fireman, Doctor, Forensic Scientist, Physicist, Stand-Up Comedian, Underworld Boss, Politician, or Flea Circus operator. Any of those would be interesting and/or fulfilling to me…
Time it took me to learn 5 balls: 2 weeks = 14 catches
Is juggling sport or art? Both, everyone thinks differently but neither is wrong… To me juggling is entertaining… I enjoy doing it and I try to make it interesting for others to watch…
If I were a juggling equipment, I would be: Jugglers Prop Shop, Peacock colored Blue Lame’, Sean McKinney loose packed, 3″ beanbag. Then I’d be perfect…
Jugglers in my family: My brothers Frank & Rick.
Juggling equipment that has not been invented yet: How could I know that?? Ok, how about the reinvention of the Jugglers Prop Shop, Peacock colored Blue Lame’, Sean McKinney loose packed, 3″ beanbag… 
Famous juggler i’d love to pass with: There’s a famous juggler? I enjoy passing with everyone, except for that kid who always has orange Cheeto all over his fingers… If he washed his hands, I’d pass with him too though.
after the invention of a time machine – what advice would you give to your younger self?
Write more and practice less…
Quality.
Name: Morgan Cosquer
Country: France
Age: 32
Favorite prop: balls
Started Juggling: at the age of 20
Currently working on: synchronized stupid tricks with two balls.
Website: www.morganetcie.fr
Short Bio:
I was born in 1977 in Paris but my parents had the good idea to move to Brittany. Ah the sea side and the girls… it was for one of them that I touched juggling balls for the first time. We stayed together for two months, then she took her balls and left. A year later I found a book about juggling tricks which made me run and get the necessary equipment, and my life really took a turn. I stopped my studies, found soul mates and soon thereafter organised a juggling convention in Brest.
With time I got more and more interested in the stage and I spent a year at the theatre conservatory in Brest before I passed the qualification to the Lido circus school in Toulouse. I was 24 at the time! Two years of formation in circus acrobatics and the consequential injuries, juggling and other clowneries before I was released to the wide world. Luckily I was not alone, we were five of the same year, and our company Sacékripa was born! It was the start of a beautiful adventure – and I was 26…
We took planes, boats and lorries, we had accidents but we continued to perform. First we played the streets with “Tourne Autour”, then the theaters with “Who Goes On?” (prize « Jeunes Talents Cirque » 2004).
At the age of 28 I dusted my old chair, sat down on it and resumed the work on my solo and with my feet and hands and balls. And in January 2008, an old dream of mine came true: I had the opportunity to perform at the festival mondial du cirque de demain. All went very well, and even better than that because I won the silver medal, le prix Arte and 5 other prizes! What a bliss!
In February 2009, the members of Sacékripa created a new circus show for the stage called “Coulisses” and hopefully the clowneries are to be continued – I have reached the age of 32..
Defining moment in my juggling history: there once was this girl with two blue eyes… and three balls…
Favorite Cereal: buckwheat, the basic cereal of the « galette » speciality of Brittany
3 things you didnt know about me:
1. I did a lot of club swinging when I started to juggle.
2. i have never managed to get through my act without dropping a ball in rehearsal, but i succeeded once in a live performance.
3. I am nervous before every show. Sometimes I am so nervous that I even wonder why I do this job.
If I werent a juggler, I would be: I’d be an archaeologist , or a writer, or a history teacher
Time it took me to learn 5 balls: I don’t remember exactly, maybe 5 or 6 months to juggle for 30 seconds. In the beginning I was juggling 5 balls only in multiplexes, I didn’t know it was possible to do a cascade. At that time internet wasn’t so developed yet, and it took me a few months to meet jugglers, and even longer to meet jugglers who were able to juggle 5 objects.
Is juggling sport or art? i consider it art most of the time, but sometimes it feels like sports, and it is real bliss when it happens: I don’t think of anything it’s mere physical exercise and I’m nicely exhausted at the end of my session.
If I were a juggling equipment, I would be: I’d be a silicone ball.
Jugglers in my family: Nobody.
I taught my brother and he was able to do a few tricks with 3 balls, that’s it, he never got the fever.
Juggling equipment that has not been invented yet: hot steamy plugged-in pressing irons…
Famous juggler i’d love to pass with: Bobby May, Francis Brunn…
Wes Peden, Jérôme Thomas, Sander de Cuyper, Eric Longequel, Matthias Romir, Maksim Komaro…
After the invention of a time machine – what advice would you give to your younger self?
to really believe that anything is possible in juggling.
The first Yoyo video of the week!!!
I personally can’t really understand what’s being done over there, but it looks impressive, and the video is very well done.
So, yeah.. maybe all of you diaboloists could enjoy that more than me!
the yoyo player is Miguel Correa – a 5A specialist, and if you don’t know what 5A is or how many yoyos are used in 2A, you should consider writing that in youtube and see what you’ve been missing.
Name: Luke Burrage
Country: British, but live in Germany
Age: 29
Favorite prop: Clubs, due to passing and combat and backcrosses. But rings, due to how cool they are. But I have more ball juggling in my show than anything else.
Started Juggling: At the age of 11
Currently working on: A routine made up of squeeze catches with clubs.
Website: http://www.lukeburrage.com
Short Bio:
I’ve been juggling for 18 years, seriously for 13 years, quit my last “real” job six years ago, and have been making my living from juggling ever since.
Defining moment in my juggling history:Performing my 3 ball and video routine for the first time, and getting such a good reaction that I thought “Hmmm, maybe I could do this for a living.”
Favorite Cereal: Crunchy Nut Cornflake. Of course.
2 things you didnt know about me:
1. I have an identical twin brother.
2. I write science fiction novels, one of which you can download for free from my website.
If I werent a juggler, I would be: a movie director.
Time it took me to learn 5 balls: It depends on how you define “learn”, but I guess I started working on it in 1996 or 1997, and I beat Ben Beever at 5 ball endurance in the games at a convention in 2002.
Is juggling sport or art? It depends on the venue and the attitude of those taking part. I play a lot of combat, and that is 100% sport. As is Volleyclub. There is no subjective judging, nor does the aesthetics of the juggling count in any way towards winning or losing. At the other end I perform on stage all the time, and I always consider myself an artist. I did a whole 45 minute podcast on the issue, so it feels a bit strange summing up my thoughts in a single bullet point.
If I were a juggling equipment, I would be: One of Gatto’s props, so I wouldn’t be dropped very much.
Jugglers in my family: my twin brother can juggle, and makes it to various juggling conventions in the UK.
Juggling equipment that has not been invented yet: I’m working on it.
Famous juggler i’d love to pass with: For me a passing relationship is not merely a passing relationship. It has to develop over time, as you find the strengths and weaknesses of your partner, and become comfortable together. If I had the option of passing once with a great juggler, or pass every week with a beginner, but know we can improve together, I’d rather have the long term partnership. That said, Get The Shoe is my favorite passing act, so I’d love to pass with those guys. Thankfully I live in the same city, and have passed with Jochen and Florian quite a few times over the years. For some reason I’m as good at 10 clubs with Jochen as I am with 9 clubs with anyone else, and as good at 5 club takeouts with Florian on the first attempt than I am with Pola, with whom I’ve performed the same tricks for years.
after the invention of a time machine – what advice would you give to your younger self?
No advice, because finding your own way with juggling is one of the most exciting things. There are no rules. There is no set path. However, if you want to become a professional performer, you MUST perform as much as possible, at every opportunity. I did this, but it was more because I liked performing, rather than thinking it could be my career, but now I look back I see that everything I’ve done as a professional comes from that basis of trying stuff out on stage all the time.
