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In this issue
STAR PORTRAIT
Ewgeny BUyauer ................... ..... . ....... . .. 3
NEHMEN SIE KLEINGELD ? ............... . ...... 4
WORKSHOP
Hat Juggling .. ....... .. .... ............ .. ...... ... ... 6
UN ICY CLES O N THE TR AIN ........ .. .. . .. .... 8
LIST OF ADDRESSES .............................. 8
TROPICAL DR EAM HAWA II.. ..... ...... .. .. . .. 1 l
A SOCIACIO N OE Mr\l..'\ R.i \R ISTA S .... . .. ... 11
AUSTRALIA
Marathon-Man Reg ........... . .. .. .......... .... 12
Co ntact addresses .... .... .. .. .... .............. 12
BOOK REVIEW
Circus ABC ...... ... .. .......... . ....... .... ...... . 12
C HINESE ACROBATJCS FEST I V,.; l .......... 14
THE AUTISTIC J UG<.-;. LP.R ? .. ...... ......... .. 1 7
THE PROF'P.SS!O Ni\L S.
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WHAT'S ON
Co nventions .. .... .... ........ . ....... ... .. .. ..... .. 19
Co n ve ntion s / Wor l\shop s.... .. .. ..... . .. . .. . 20
Pest ivals .. ............ .. ........... .. .. ......... . . 21
LETTERS .. ... ... . .. .. . .. ... .. .
'\1EET JNGS . .. ...... ........... .
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SMALL ADS ............ . .. ...... . .. . ... .. .... .. . .. .. 27
STJB SCRIPTTO l\J S ....... .... ......... ....... . ..... . .. 2 7
PHOTO: The Saroste .Ju ggl ers.
so me of the orga nisers of thf~ l 1 th Eur opean Conventi on in Branford
(s ee
p . 19) . Photo: Andy Robin son
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*-PORTRAIT
Ewgeny Bilyauer
How o ft en dof's on<' get t h e op portunity
to see a R11ssi an ju gg l er " li\-e"·:
Du rin g my recent sta y in .-\ msr erdam
Circustheat er Carre ce l ebrated i rs 100 y·e ar an n iversa r y.
For
thi s occasion
th ere was an international r ir cu s sh oi.r
with art ists f rom Ci r cu s Kni e ( animal s),
rhe Chines e Circus (co ntortionist) , rhe
Ringlin g Brorh er s Ci r cus (trapeze) and
a ju ggle r fr om t h e Russian Sta r e
Circu s.
Naturally I h ad t o se e him , sin ce th e
are
\TIY
favourite s.
Rus sian juggler s
Their tec hni que, show mans hip a n d s t yl e
are unequalled .
It tu rn ed out t o b e no - on e less t han
F:wg en, - Bilyauer. I had see n him on
v ideo ar the jugglin g co n ve ntion in
Saintes and h e pro\-ed r o be a juggl er
worth seeing, p erformin g a 5 - c lub full
pirou ette and going int o a on e-r lubbalan ce .
fou r- c lub - juggl e
pattern
st r aight out o f 'i - c l ub back c r osses '
Furthermore , he does 3 cl ub s . 9 r i n gs.
extrao rdin ary- large ba ll
manipulation
and a -l- club r outin e with man,- in cred i bl 0 \·ariat i ons I had n evPr seen
befor e even - t h ou gh J'\-e see n a l o t of
ju gg l ers'
I went ba ckstage t o ask if
co u l d
inte rv iew him for h-a sk,qde. and
could .
So h ere i t co mes:
Ewge n y Bil y auer was bo rn on Christma s
Day 19-l 7 into a ci r c us famii''· .A.s a
child he had many interest s, but hi s
fath er , a j u gg ler himself. pushed him to
juggle an d so he did . .A. t the age of 1 ~
he joined a gro up doing a ju ggl in g sh ow
and \r h en he was 16. aft er fi n ishin g
normal scho ol. h e we nt r o the \1oscow
Circus Sch ool. This wa sn 't eas,- sinc e
the c ir cu s is \-ery popu l ar in t he t;s s R
and for eve r y a v ai l abl e place th ere are
between 10 and 20 candida te s . .A.ft er
many tes t s the y tak e onl y t he most
tal ent ed and h e was ch osen .
The first year h e learn ed all the ba sic cir cus skills. The secon d year h e
spec i al i zed. The se cond and third ye ar
th ey ta u ght him danc e, rhythm. and th e
hi sto r y of c ircu s , theatre and art . .-\nd
t h e thi rd and f ou rth yea r h e pu t t o ge th er an act ( h el p ed by spec i a l sh ow
d e sign er s)_
In 1967 h e g r aduated fr om th e schoo l
and si n ce then h e has \1-o rk ed a ll over
the glo be: Po l and . Ge rm an y, Spain , Portuga l ,
Sweden,
A f gh anis t an ,
Holland
(twi ce ) , Ca nad a ,
the
Unit ed
States ,
J apa n , etc.
Wh en h e was young hi s id ols we r e
A l exa nder Kiss , A lb ert Petrowsky and
his teac h er Ze mtse v. He can' t rem emb er
the names of Western ju ggl er s although
he had see n a f ew of th em. He sa ys
that A l exa nd er Kiss wa s hi s id ol b e c ause he co uld n ot onl y do man y diffic ult juggling tri ck s , but also man y dif -
f er ent ci r c us sk ill s. while Western jugg le r s oft en ha ve on ly one or two good
tricks and th e r est is average.
Th e Russia n jugglers becom e so goo d
because th ere is a lot of co mpetition
and th ey pus h e::ich ot h er as fri end!''
rivals to beco me bette r and better. Of
co urse Bil ya u er 's go al was to be co me
t. h e best or a r l eas t to r each t h e hi ghest l eve l. He thinks h e ha s rea ched
that le\'e l. and I agree.
.A. lth oug h h e ha s just turn ed forty. h e
is still working on n ew co mbina t i on s. He
showed a cou pl e . fo r example: 7 c lu bs. 6
c lub patr<' rn . t oss t11 em 11p. f orwa r d rol l
and ca tch again. 6 1' l ubs. t hen put on e
on his fo r ehe a d in a balanc e stra ig ht
ou t o f t he patte rn a nd keep j u gg lin g .0,
thP n flip it back into the 6 c lu b pat te rn .
He is free to pu t his an togerher the
way h e wants , hut so metim es he i s
a sk ed to shorten it or srret ch it out.
w hi ch h e d oes by i mpro v i s in g.
Wha t h e l ik es about perform in g is
tha t h e co n trib ut es somethi ng to a s ho w
and h e wa nt s to make it bette r . Wh en I
ask him if h e is n Prv ous before a sh ow .
h e sa y s an artist should be , o therwise
h e bP. ro mes Ii k e a robot.
I ask if h e can r ememb er any funny
expe ri en ces
in
his
ca r ee r . His
f ace
lighte n s up and h e t ell s two of t h em:
" Jn Canada [ h ad an interview whi c h
was filmed fo r t el ev is i on in front of a
live audie nce. [ was asked a ro upl e of
qu estions and aft er t h at [ had to show
some ju gglin g . Firs t [ di d four c lubs and
th e c r owd went nut s-. so I pi cke d up my
three cl ubs (t h ey a r e d iffe r ent clu bs)
a nd started r eally exc ited. I was r e ally
into it and thr ew a h i gh th r ow, but i n
my ex cite ment I had fo r gotte n about the
b r onze lampshade
han g ing ·a bove me.
T h e cl ub land ed pe rfect ly on it a nd
started ro ck ing fr om on e sid e to the
other on the lampshade . I was jumpi n g
fr om one side t o th e other. un able t o
jud ge f r om whi c h si d e it wo uld fall back
down .. Finally it balanced on th e ed ge
and dropp ed dow n . l caught it and t h e
crowd we n t crazy , pr oba b l y thinking it
was part of th e act .
A n other t im e I did a show where
jug gle d three c lubs , bu t on e o f t h em
was al r ead y h alf b r ok en. 'Then I tossed
i t 11p h i gh. made a bac kfli p and then,
looking up aga in . I saw tw o obj ects: th e
handl e and th e bod y I co uldn't decide
what to d o. but finally cau ght one of
them (the body) . Goo d ch oice. beca use it
was right abov e the audie n ce !"
Rilyaue r h as i n ve nt ed man y
new
t ri c k s and
co mbinati ons and is ve r y
ke en on them. He says jugg l er s shou Id
learn t h e basi cs o f jugglin g and then
cont i nue wo rki ng o n th eir ow n im-e nt ed
tri cks
eve n
th ou gh
they
someti mes
mi ght tak e a doze n :-ears t o lea rn . .A.t
t h e 'vfosc ow Sta te Cirrus School th is is
en co u r ag ed and cr eati\-it:-- is cons id ered
so mf' thi ng ve r :-- important. He sa,-s that
qual ity is mor e i mp ortan t than quantit y .
b ut wi th t he inc rea si n g level of jugg ling. trick s that we re al r eady ha rd with
:3 c lubs now move up to 6 c lubs and in
t h e fut ur e probab ly to -, club~.
The LSSR do es n ' t have meetings fo r
jug gl er s lik e th e West. bu t i n th e near
f u ture there will be co ntest s so that
will he a futu r e mee tin g point .
His
wor k ing l i f e l oo k s like this: he be co mes
pa rt o f a p r ogra mm e. tours f r om one
c it y to anot h er . sta yi ng one or two
months in eac h c it y. T hen he has a
holida y and aft er that he goe s on tour
agai n . The a rt ists ' families t ra vel with
t h em a nd t h er e a r e speci::i l ci r cus ho t els
in the USSR with rhei r o wn kitchen. etc.
so they f ee l at ho me . He loves t ra\-e lli ng a nd see in g new pla ces. " What would
life be wit h ou t it'?" Bu t he admit s that
the olde r h <' gets. the less it attra ct s
him.
He will end his ju ggli ng ca ree r when
he f ee ls i t do es n ' t work an y more . He
will get a state pen sion. but h e d oesn ' t
know Y<'t what to do after he r e ti r es.
He h as a lr ead:-- had an off er to become
a ju gg lin g teache r. but he ' ll face this
decision whe n the tim e co mes.
He hop es fo r indiv idualit y in th e n ew
jug gling ge n erat i on and that t h ey wi l l
be h eal thy. be ca use :-ou need t o be
,·er , - fit to reach a hi gh level o f jug gling. " Don ' t O\-er work an d l earn to
know yo ur bod:--. " This is whar his
tea c h er t ol d him . Of co urs e h e didn ' t
beli eve it and juggled t oo mu ch. l\fo w h e
suffers from va ri ous inju ri es , lik e the
sho ulder an d certai n pa r ts o f t h e h ands .
See ing Russ i an juggle rs is a very
he alt h y ex per i ence and if yo u h ave a
c h ance to see on e, don't miss it' It
sh ows yo u h ow far one ca n go, h ow
man y new co mbin at i on s t h er e still ex is t
(so yo u ca n mak e up yo ur own as well)
and it sh ows how far on e s ti 11 h as t o
go • (i f you wa n t to be a juggler).
It al wa ys gives a great dose of insp i rat ion and the last time I met a
Russian juggle r I ju ggled my brain s out
afte rwards . T hi s ti me I can't. The mid d l e fi n ger o f my r igh t hand is serious l y
bruised beca us e I didn ' t follow th e wise
ad vice of Bilyaue r 's teac h er - I ove r worked
~li c hi el
Hesse lin g. Amste rdam
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Nehmen Sie KLEINGELD ?•
This arti cle sho uld pr ove to be of enormous val u e t o anyone expecting to "co i.n
it in '· an ywhere in West Ge rman y du r ing
th e foll ow ing decades and is ce rtainl y
far more interesting than "Sis More Impossible Things to Do Before BreaJ,-fasr ··
by A. M. B. Dextrous and even more
fascinatin g than "'Three Arms .-\re Rette r
Than Two'' by Za phod Beeb l ebrox.
Tak e it from me - I've had over three
yea r s d edi cated busking ex p eri en ce in
Europe an d
there is
n o pla ce
lik e
Deuts chland t o co llect a mountain of
money (or sh ould I say " rej ec t coins"?)
whi c h
are
v irtu a ll y
1inspendab l e,
fr owned upon by the gener al publi c.
loathed b:· su p ermark ets a nd ca f es and
tr eated with abso l ute disgu st a n d co nt emp t by eve r y bank west of Ch ernob yl.
I am o f co urs e ta lkin g about t h e amaz i n gl y in convenient curse t o all street
perform ers
KLEl NGELD
otherwise
kn ow n as fiddlingl y small c han ge. Beware!
Carry a hea vy bag of it around w ith
yo u all day and eith er try t o spend it
or have i t change d into so c i a ll y ac ce pt ed " real mon ey" in paper form . Most
sh ops wil l politely r e fus e and suggest
yo u ta ke it to th e bank. Man y o f : ·ou
may a lr ea dy be familiar wit h t hi s ac ti v ity. It goes so me thing like thi s: Walk
into an y bank wit h a large ba g of as so rt ed co ins. pla ce it on the "c ount er "
and th en ask i n a r easo nably friend\:·
manner to c h a n ge it for pap er mon ey.
T h e standard r eac tion i s to look at you
with abso lute horror as if it was th e
Bu b oni c Pl ag u e itself you had bundl ed
up in front. o f the m, and then t ell yo u
in a n of f ensi ve fashion to go t o anoth er
bank or suc h an institution where th ey
have a " MACHl. .E".
Th e r easo n f or this apparent rej ec tion
is o f
co urse
because
counting
the
wre t ch ed st uff co nstitute s "unne ces sar:•
work " and do es n't fi t in wit h th e ni ce.
easy, c l ea n, press -butt on , pop-up , di g ital, co mput eri zed , cr ed it ca r d auto se r ve, pr e -s e l ect, d epe r sonaliz ed s:·sr em
t h ey are so keen to preserv e.
So let 's ge t down to the fund amen tal
basi cs . Wher e does
"Kl ei n ge \d "
co me
from, what is its purpos e and why is
eve r ybody so anxious to ge t rid o f i t'.'
Well , yea r s o f painstakin gl y t edious r e search have r eve aled these und eniabl e
facts:
Go to an y s h op in t h e Weste rn Wor\ <1
( Hi Pi equip ment. boo ks , r eco rd s . c l o th es.
e t c.) and noti c e that al l th e pri ces are
ri g idly fix ed to cn m ·enien tl 0· e nd in
anything from 95 t o 99 Pf ennig. You
may pa y with paper mon ey for an:· i t ern
but it is gua rant ee d th at yo u ge t at
le ast thr ee more things in return.
a) a small piece of smashed up f orest
ca ll ed a pap er bag r o dis gui se the item.
and advertise the shop yo u bought i t
in :
b) a n
eve n smalle r
p iece of for est
( r ece ipt ) which ha s c learl y print ed on it
info rma tion telling yo u the total price
o f th e
item.
th e amount
yo u paid
(in v ariabl y too mu c h) an d th e arithmetic
dedu ctio n resultin g in th e •'O n clu sion
that yo u re ce iv e a small amount of
c) KLEI :\GE LD as c h a n ge . Q. E. D.
So, after a bus y day 's shopping, e\·er yone ' s got plent:· of spar e change
( exce pt t h e bank s fr om whe n ce it ori g inates , neat\~ - and efficiently stacked i n
a special pap er roll s of 50). Cl ea rly we
ca n
conc lud e
h er e
that :
a) th e pu rp ose o f small coins is to
eliminate the u sage o f paper in ord er to
save t h e rapidl y disappearing forests.
b ) t he an x i ety o f the populus comes
fr om an
und er lying feeli n g of guil t
about the fo r es ts r es ult i n g in an S. P..
P. (So mebo d y c;Jse ' s Pr oblem) si tuation,
h e nce rhe necessity to pass on the o ff ending
KLEll\iG ELD
to
un su sp <>c t i n g
st r eet perform er s.
O.K. so the point I'm co ming to now is
that when yo u do tak e t h e initiative to
open a BANK AC COuN T, in the d P. sperate
hope that th e bank wi ll feel ob liged to
rake into custody yo ur ap pa rn nt we alth
(I
am
talkin g
about
hundreds
and
thousands of Deurs chmarks) instead o f
fob bin g yo u off, t h en yo u can naturall y
e xp ect th e se mi- ex tin ct co ins to be
returned to t h e place of th eir origin ,
neatl y mummifi eri in t he same fashion
as the y left: imp ossi bl y r o ll ed int o paper tubes of fift y, labelled but n ot
glued so th ey will al l spill out at the
sl i ghtest disturban ce on th ei r uncerta in
journey towards the . end of a somewhat
path e tic. unappr ec iated and unrewarding
life cyc l e.
Now it has be en a cc laim ed by some
that I 'm a fairl y well co - ordinated ju g g l er th ese da ys (sti ll ca n't produ ce a
spinnin g ball. though ), but my genuine
klut zin e ss becomes onl y t oo apparent
whilst try in g to e ngage both hands s imultan eo usly rolling up 50 nast y littl e
co ins into the flap of paper issued by
the bank . Does an y on e els e ha ve this
f rustratin g abilit y to releas e the co mpl e te stack of 50 exactly at the same
pre c is e moment as yo u 're beginning the
roll'' :\ riuadrophonic delivery of al l the
coins to every co rner of the room , railw ay
co mpartm ent .
hospital
ward
or
wh ereve r yo u happen to lie at t h e time .
Pl ease let me kn ow I 'm not alone. It
ta k es far mor e time and t r ouble to ar ran ge my mon ey for the co n venie n ce of
t h e bank than i t does to earn it i n th e
f irst place!
So
what
about
t he
MA CHI NE?
( Wel co me, my son') Yes , they do ex i st
and th eo r etical l y you can th r ow all yo ur
ba g o f assorted coi ns in on e end and
out t h e oth er end comes th e whol e lot ,
counteri. so rt ed . but ( her e co mes the
cat c h ) l'J ROLLED. So . :·our mon ey is
prompt ly r et urn ed to you with a grac i ou s smile an d a sta ck of pape r flaps .
There was one occ asion wh er e all r eason
fa il ed and I tried to do my famous "I'm
g oing ro /.1 .1· rl ow n o n thP floo r .1 nrl
r e fus e r o man' unril rhe man .1 ger romes"
pl oy. It does n ' t wo rk so d on ' t try it.
The mana ger is carefu ll y r r a i ned a n d
selected
to
be
ext r eme l y
po lit e
at
putti n g y ou at ea se about th e fa ct t hat
rhe:· ar e r. o tal\y disinterest ed in yo u
and you r l\LEl l\iG ELD and the r e is no
way they ca n e xpP.ct their und erpa id
s taff to wast e valuab l e time ro llin g
yo ur mon ey when they can ' t make an
en ormo11 s pr ofit out of it I i k e thP. y do
buy in g and se llin g shares in the nu cle ar
in du s try.
Wa lking back out i nt o the street
aga in y ou ar e now fa ce d 1r ith two possib ili ties.
Eit h er
resign
: ·ours elf
to
roll in g up y our mone y or opt for the
eas y way out t ry to sp e nd it . I 'm
goi n g to assume here that you a r e sens ible and will naturally h ea d st r a i ght
fo r the nea r est jugglin g s hop . Bu t ju st
in case yo u· wo n ' t listen to my ad~· ic e
and insist on taking your debris to the
bank. then it may he an id ea to take a
f ew precautions at th e end of you r
S.S.l. C. show in order to r educe the
over whelmingl y
large
deposits
of
l\LE:I NGE LD that tend to occ ur.
Try this : Place thre e different si ze d
r ece ptacl es on t he ground, e.g. hats ,
frisbe es.
dustbins
or
whate ve r .
The
larges t on e is for paper mon ey whi c h is
r ea l and doesn't n eed c hanging unless it
is a trav ellers cheque which co nstitutes
a whole n ew problem. (for further information on this subject , I will be
making a detailed report on my world
tour in co ming issues of Kaska.de.) The
next-sized
receptacle
is
for
silver
co in s, jewelry, contraband or other items
of significant va lue , leavin g the last ,
sma ll est co ntainer (preferably a ma tc hbox) onl y for KLEINGELD.
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If t he pl oy wor ks , th e matc hb ox will
be come too f ull and t he a udi e n ce will
ha ve n o ch o ice bu t t o pu t la r ge r pre mi um value coins in t h e nex t r ecepta c le . Yo u can t r y e xpl ain ing yo ur probl em
with t he bank. Most of th e m will unde rsta n d - t h ey pr obab ly work th e r e.
But gene rall y speaki n g , at th e e nd of
a long day in t he st reet you' r e left
with a t leas t DM 30 - 40 in KL EI NG ELD
that pr obab ly n obody wa n t s . I h ave
liste d a few more intr icate KLEING ELD
a vo idance t ec hni qu e s ("KG .A.T.") .
KG.A.T. No. l : Save a ll s ma ll coins to
gi v e to othe r st r eet s h ows . ( Bu t be war e
of other st re et pe rforme r s doing t he
sam e th ing.) Do n 't u se t h e m a s a
starte r fo r y our own h at - th ey a t t r act
more of t h e same kind .
KG. A.T. No .2: Always use a calcu lato r
whilst co ll e cti n g mo n ey t o e mba rr as s t h e
non - ge n e r ou s t y pes and alway s offe r a
re ce ip t t o t he mea ne st of t he m. E. g.: "5
Pfe n ni g. Danke s e h r . Sie sind sehr freundli ch . Woll e n Si e e in e Qui t tun g?" Th ey
in va r iabl y re fus e a nd le a ve imm e diatel y .
KG.A.T. No.3:
Exp la in t o y our audie nce how t o wr it e che qu es h alf wa y
t hrou gh th e s how. T his gi v es th e m mo re
tim e to get ou t t he ir pe ns and boo ks .
Good for cre dibilit y. Even h av e a few
fa ke che qu e s and le tte rs of app r ec iation
ready t o imp re s s th e m.
KG.A.T . No.4 : Go in to r a ptu r ous de ta il s about yo u r e xp e ns iv e lifes ty le.
E.g . yo ur lu xu ry a pa r tm e nt in Pa r is.
e norm ous phon e b ill, e t c .. Th is doesn ' t
work in St ut tga r t.
KG.A .T. No .5 : Te ll the cr owd that all
co in s lowe r than SllY 50 Pfe n ni g pr e miu m v al ue aut oma ti ca ll y go to a
worth whi le charit y s u ch as Gr ee npea ce.
Wo rk s we ll in E' r a nce.
!\n d n ow a few s uggesti on s on how to
s pen d yo ur KLE !NG ELD :
Yo u can in vi t e yo ur fa n s and adm ir ers
yo u "ve ju s t a cqu ire d aft e r th e sh ow for
a drink a t t he nea re st s tre et ca fe . But
I' ve fo und that as s oo n as yo u be gin to
s pread co ins on th e tabl e t he wait e r
dons th e mos t r igidl y painfu l ex pr e ss ion . s e nds out te le pat hi c ob s ce niti e s
a nd re fus es t o a dd an y mor e we ig h t to
hi s or he r ove rfull - to-bursting pur s e .
By t his t im e , of co urs e. y ou r friend s
have t a ke n p it y on y our pr edi ca me nt
and a ll offer t o pa y with lot s of pape r
money since you ' re the struggl in g artist
an d th ey a ll h ave ni ce sec u re j obs at
t he ca r re nta l fi rm.
An oth e r possibilit y is to go t o s mall
s hops and bak e r ie s . E'or s ome obs cu r e
r eason , th e s mall e r th e sh op , th e mo r e
in c li n ed t hey are t o tr y to understa n d
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con veyo r be lt at t he loca l su pe rma r k e t .
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Hat Juggling
Charlie Frye
Reprinted by kind permission of the
publishers of The Magical Arts Journal,
Copyright. 198 7
Here are two jugglin g moves with hats .
They can be don e with a standard top
hat, collapsable or solid, or with an,similar type of hat that has a firm
brim.
No.I: The High Hat Twirl
Begin by holding the back part of th e
hat (the short part of the oval) by th e
brim, with the fing e rs on top , outside of
the brim, and the thumb fa cing toward
the leg. The hand is slightly away from
the side of the bod y down by the kne e.
You will swing the hat from the kn ee
upward ove r your h ea d , to a pos ition a t
about 11 o'clock if you were looking at
your body from the left side. During
this swing, the brim of the hat will
twirl once in a • clockwise direction
around th e tips of the fingers .
Hold the hat as in Figure I. Swing
the hat up, not with a hard toss, but
with enough momentum to cause it to be
temporarily weightless at the top of th e
swing. Don't let go at this point (Figur e
2), but do initiate the twirl.
At this moment , the thumb flicks the
hat so it begins to twirl around the
fingers in a clockwise direction. Figure
3 shows the mid-point , and Figure 4
shows the hat as it completes th e trip
around the fingers .
You will notice there is a r eal knack
to all the moves in this series. Thev
will seem very difficult at first; bu.t
with repeated effo rt they will become
second nature . Also, in this particular
move you will notice the hat does
travel around the fingers , bringing the
hat to rest in an off-centre positi on.
You might want to compensate for this
to begin with, but it re all y isn't a
problem once you master the mo ve. Ac tually, it puts th e hat in prope r posi tion to pla ce directly on the head at
the e nd of the twirl, as Lance Burton
doe s to end his act .
Some peopl e might find it easier to
begin if the index finger , and n ot the
thumb, is on the inside of the ha t to
cause the hat to twirl a round th e middle finger.
No.2: The Hand Flip
Figure I shows the starting grip on th e
hat , with the thumb along the inside of
the brim, and the four fingers on the
outside. The hat is held at the small
part of the oval down by the side of
the body.
Twist the hand at the wrist in a
clockwise direction, stopping at the
point shown in Figure 2. Yo u wil l see
the hat at its peak position on the flip
before the hand has to let go of the
hat , al lowing it to continue to fl o p
around on its own momentum.
®
Figures 3 and 4 show the hand has
released the hat and regrabbed it after
it has flipped around the hand once. At
this point you will be holdin g the hat
with the top facing the opposit.e di rection than when yo u start.ed. That is .
th e fingers will be inside the cro wn of
the hat, with the thumb on the outside
of the brim. You ca n now continue with
anothe r flip of th e hat that follows basically the same mot io n .
4
•
Figures -! , 5 and 6 show how th e hat
is caught and held after the fi r st Hand
Flip , and th e wrist turning clockwise
again until the position shown in Figure
5. At this point t he hand must once
a gain let go of the hat, allowing it to
continue its flip around the hand as a
res ult of the momentum generated by
the wrist turn. The hand the n regrabs
th e hat as shown in Figu re 6 . 1; s in g
this Hand Flip, yo u will be abl e to do
co ntinuous flips around the hand with
the hat .
It is poss ib le, with a s li ght regrip on
the position of the brim after the High
Hat Twirl , you will be able to go
straight into the two Hand Flips just
described for a short sequence.
There will be more hat tricks in the
next issu e of f\'askade.
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Unicycles
Let the Train Take the Strain!
Any unic.vclist will be familiar with the
problem of trai-elling by commuter train
with a uni. There you are. in front of
the ticket m,qchine, wondering where
they 'Fe
hidden
the
button marked
"unicycle ticke ts ". In order to solFe this
problem , we wrote the following Jetter
to the Stutrga rr .o ffice of German Federal Railways. The ,q nswer we recei1i ed
not only sol\led our own problems but
might also be of inrerest to Mr. and Ms.
A llerage - and to Kaskade readers.
Klaus Muth und Andreas Gackle
Bundesbahndirektion Stuttgart
Heilbronner Str. 7
7000 Stuttgart 1
Re: Anomalies regarding carriage of
unicycles by rail
Dea r Sirs ,
We are a juggling duo and have recentl y
pur chased unicycles. As we often take
the lo cal train to Stuttgart and would
not want t o leave our unicycles behind,
we are now faced with the problem of
dete rmining th e correct fare for transporting the unicycles.
Should we pay:
a) according t o th e number of wheels;
i.e . one bic yc le ticket for two unic yc les,
or
b) according to the number of saddles ;
i.e. two bicycle ti ckets for two unic y -
cles, or
c) according to handlebars; i.e . nothing
at all?
The following points might be taken
into consideration:
a) Unicyclists travelling alone would in
this case have to purchase half a
ticket , whereas a child with a tricycle
would require one and a half, or two if
he or she were driving a pedalcar.
b) In this case tandem riders would
have to purchase two bicycle tickets ,
whereas a damaged bicycle with no
saddle would require no ticket at al I.
c) This is the answer we would of
course prefer!
We would be grateful if you could
give us a speedy reply in order to
avoid unnecessary complications at the
ticket barrier.
Yours faithfully,
The Foxtrotts
From the Stuttgart Transport Authority
VVS:
Dear Mr . Gackle,
German Federal Railways have asked me
to reply to your letter as the VVS is
responsible for setting fares for local
trains .
It is with some envy that we have
studied the various possibilities suggested in your questions concerning the
fares for carrying cycles. We would
List of Addresses
rn so mu ch as I have been maintaining
an address list of jugglers in Europe for
severa l ye ars now and am often asked
abo ut address es of jugglers by people
looking for juggle rs in their area , I
have thou ght about making an official
co nta ct ser v ice available. It would be
co nceived in such a way that those
peo ple who do not wish to hav e their
addr ess in such a contact list could
ha ve it removed should it already be
pr es ent. In addition . anyone wishing to
req ues t information from the listing
wo uld ha ve t o be willing to add their
address (a nd telephone number , if they
req uest t e leph one information) to the
listin g.
T hi s would mak e it poss ible for the
now growing number of jugglers to reach
oth e r jugglers in their area or in a new
a rea s h ou ld they expect to be travelling
or mo v in g to a new area~ Obviously, t.he
peo pl e who would most be helped by
such a service would be new jugglers
wh o h ave n eve r been to a convention
and are not on the inside track of the
juggling sce ne. As a general rule I tend
to be ca lled or written by people who
wish to learn of other jugglers in their
ar ea
and
who have
only recently
learned to juggle: either on their own ,
with a book or at school in a physical
ed ucation c lass.
Obviously the information is privileged and not going to be available in
some massive on -lin e database open to
anyone who wishes it. Requests are
screened by myself and answered personally . Addresses are normally avail.able only to people leaving their address and then only from a small crosssection of the database, i.e. people in a
given small area. Answers are also only
sent to people who supply a stamped ,
self-addressed envelope with their request or e lse who reach me by telephone .
The only other group who normally
has access to this information is the
organizers of juggling conventions so
that they can send out information on
what is coming up to th e people most
likely to want to know , the jugglers in
Europe.
I can be reached at the following
address:
Neil Robinson, Bartelsweg 5. D-6930
Eberbach-Brombach, West Germany, Tel.
(06272) 785 or 3060
Please remember one thing. Despite
the very real danger of Big Brother and
his various clones, this is not intended
to be a service of the government or its
bureaucracy and anyone who does not
wish to participate does not have to.
The name of everyone who is presently
regist e red in the database will be made
public , possibly through Kaskade, by
printing their name and the city they
live in, and if you should see your
name there and wish it to be removed
or notice that your address may be
wrong or decide you want to participate
and want the information on file to be
current, please write and let me know.
I am also interested in the opinions
of the juggling populace on how best
they think this should be implemented
and if it should be done at all. I have
been performing this service on an informal basis for some time now and although it has not been extensively used
it may well become worthwhile. For
those of you who received information
dearly like to impose some of the suggested fares,
but are unfortunately
bound by the regulations , whi ch are as
follows :
We charge a fare for transporting
"normal" cycles, which are defined as
"single-seater bicycles". All other cycles, e.g. unicycles, tricycles, economic
cycles and lunar cycles may be carried
free of charge if the general regulations
concerning the transport of goods are
not infringed.
Unicycles whose saddles are not
mounted so high as to require a chain,
but whose pedals are directly attached
to the hub of the wheel, clearly cannot
be described as "bulky" (under the
terms of paragraph 1 of the regulations). However , the terms "endanger or
inconvenienc e other passengers" and
"unpackaged and unprotected objects
liable to cause injury to other passengers" may apply here . We therefore
recomm e nd that yo u protect the pe dals
of the unicycles and transport th e ve hicles safely, i.e. hold on to them during the journey .
We would like to wish you and yo ur
partner man y pleasant journ eys on our
trains , and much success with yo ur
performances.
Yours sincerely,
Stuttgart Transport Authorit y
Fares Department
on the convention at Saintes, you may
well have already benefitted from the
existence of this service.
Good juggling for all and fun in the
process is the objective I am striving
for.
Ne il Robinson
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Todd Sm i th European ............ .... ........... ..... l 16.00
Todd Smith Holly Greeley .................... ............ l15.00
Todd Smith Classic American .......................... l14.00
Spotlight European ..................... .. .................. l 12.00
Spotlight One-Piece................ ... ........... ............. l5.50
Henrys Clubs (Fibreglass Shaft) ...................... l17.00
Butterfingers Clubs ............................................. l5.00
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STOCKS
(SUpplied with handsticks)
Todd Smith .................................. ...................... l1l00
Todd Strong....................................................... f..1l00
Swiss .................................................................. l12.00
Todd Smith Fire Devil Stick.............................. f..14.00
Standard Unicycles
12.5" Wheel(32 cm ). Wide Tyre ......... .............. l51.75
16" Wheel(41 cm) .............................................. l51.75
18" Wheel(46 cm) ............................................ l50.00
20· Wheel(51 cm) ............................................ f..50.00
24" Wheel(61 cm ).............................................f..56.00
28" Wheel(71 cm) ............................................. l60.00
MRingmasterM Unicycles .
coloured Frame ................................................ f..56'. 5o
Chrome Frame..................................................l62.oo
Giraffe Unicycles .
D i ABO LOS
5toot(1.5mJ ...................................................... l 147.00
6toot(1.8m)......................................................l155.00
8 toot(2.4m)..................................................... f..182.00
Jugolebug Whistling Diabolo. Large................. f..15.oo
Jugglebug Whistling Diabolo, Small... .............. l10.00
JumbO Swiss Diabolo........................................ f..17.50
A professional contoured sadde is
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Unicytes for an extra l1l50.
BEANBAGS
Butterfingers Soft Beanbags, Small... ................0.90p
Butter fingers Soft Beanbags, Large................... f..1 .30
Spotlight Beanbags ............................................. f..2.50
STAGE
BALLS
(In Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange & While)
Small. ................................................................... l1.50
Large ................................................................... f..2.50
Butterfingers Starball ......................................... .f..2.50
Bu tterfingers Bouncing Baus .............................. l2.00
Small Silicone Balls. White. .............................. l18.00
Large Silicone Balls. White ................. ............. f..20.00
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Cigar Box Manipulation and Balance
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Juggling With Rnesse.
By Kit Summers .................................................l12.75
Circus in a SUitcase.
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Tropical Dream Hawaii
l 9 flying hou rs, I l hours time differ e n ce. 60 jugglers, a setting called
"Kalani Honu a", meaning "harm ony of
heaven and e arth ", and Bellyacres, a
jugglin g co mmunit y in the middl e of th e
jungle. Club Vo lcano : the co n ve nti on
with a differen ce .
You should v isit Bellyacres befo re it
gets buri e d under a n e w flow of lava .
Pele, th e goddess of the vo lca no, is
unpredictabl e. But she see ms to l ik e
jugg lers , and Bellyac res, th e mos t unusual co mmun e in the world, 1>.as a lon g
and creative future to look forwa rd to.
Kalani Honua lies 3 km from Bellyacres in th e south-west of Hawaii. It is
a training ce n t re and this yea r played
h ost to th e Club Vo lcano Co n ve ntion for
the fo urth yea r running .
It is difficult to r e port on th e juggling at this conve ntion , as most of th e
parti c ipants spent a larg e part of the
ti me on the black la va sa nd of th e
nudist beac h or on sightseeing trips.
No nethel ess , the ju gg lin g was pretty
impressi ve too . Aft e r I'd got over the
usual conve n tion ego -shock , I was abl e
to watc h so me fantastic ju gg le rs pra c ti sing. Nin e ba ll s, t e n- club pas s ing, a
Ka r a mas ov Brother, an Airjazzer , J e ff ,
the Ame r ica n passing wizard , and , as
one of only fi ve Euro peans , Mi c hie! , the
wonder-boy fr om Amsterdam . Ve ry few
a mateurs could affo rd th e trip (I had
just co me into a n inheritan ce ') . so it
was mainl y the American "crem e de la
jonglerie" who we r e th e re. There were
no workshops , but with so mu ch time (a
week), the atmosphere was more relaxed
than at weeke nd eve nts , and there was
enoug h opportu ni ty r.o ask for tips or
get ideas .
In th e fantastic publi c show a
Ch ev rolet truck disguised a s a pirate
s hip board ed t h e stage , disguised as a
lu xury cruise ship , M.S. Fia sco , and th e
pira tes th e n watched the show, onl y to
show the landlubbers afterwards the
way it should be don e.
The open stage the night before took
pl ace in th e jun gle, and was a gre at
success in spite of the rain .
All the publi c events we re atte nded
by a larg e numb e r of hippi es, still a
ve ry co mm on s ight on Haw a ii, whi ch
lent a n os talgi c touch to the pr ocee din gs.
Another int e res ting aspe ct was all the
le ft-hand e d passing goin g on, probabl y
because half of the inhabitants of
Be ll yacres are le ft-hand e rs . The most
popular va ri atio ns: 3-count ( ri gh t pass,
self, self, left p ass, self, self), and th e
"ultimate" or "t hunder shower" (passin g
eve ry c lub) . It 's really nic e t o exe rcise
bot h hands eq uall y for a chang e a nd
sta nd with your feet parall e l - goo d fo r
th e inn e r and out er ba lan ce
But th e mag ic of the island was much
more impressive for me than all thi s
juggling! Th e nightly expeditions to th e
Flow, th e place where th e glowing Ja va
fr om Hawaii 's ac ti ve volcano fl ows into
the Pacific a nd a ll th e fou r e leme n ts
are unite d, or to the "Centre of th e
Ea r t h ", a subterranean ea ve sys t ern
filled with hot water. It was much mor e
Martin Kammann, Hamburg
Asociacion de Malabaristas
Madrid 's
Asoc ia c ion
de
Malabaristas
(J ugg lers ' Assoc iation) finall y ce le brated
its first big party on 2 Marc h. The bar
was full to th e brim , and the dressing
room was even worse.
The show began with Ant-Platas, a
juggler with 4 5 ye ars of ex per ie n ce in
night c lubs , who had t o co mb his hair
ten times durin g the 4 5 - minu te delay.
He wasn 't us ed to performin g for th e
yo ung Madrid night crowd, but he dazzle d them with his ball spinning, two
a nd
three
high , catching
audience
throws on his mout hstick, a high speed,
hig h precision juggle , with bounces on
the h ead, shoulders, feet , etc. All with
socce r balls. Then he floored t he audience with a masterful display of ev e rything that can be done with tennis
ra cq uets when yo u 've forgotten your
tennis ba lls . 3 ! 4!' 5! ! ! 6! ! ! !
We followed with a classic clown routi n e - The Symphony With a Saw , by
Alehop, a magnificent group of circus
professiona ls. Then , between jokes by
our friend Roman , M.C. for the n ight ,
two wonderful mimes presented their
acts:
Abstemio
Gordon juggling
the
h e avens , and Lal o, the punk mime . The
first half closed with a delightful musical number by Monica (clarinette) and
Carmen (accordeon). A swee t end to a
snappy first act.
While the audience was stil l trying to
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impressive to war.eh th e whales lea pin g
offshore and being able to swim ou t to
the dolphins , or to sit in the na tura l
steam baths of the lava caves, or to
eat papayas , coco nuts and guavas fresh
from th e tree.
It took :3 hou r s' work to c lea r the
lava rocks an d roo ts off 2 sq. metres of
jungle in ord e r to pitch a t e nt , which
was th e n a popular place for ants and
occas ionall y 3 -inch long spiders.
And a Hawaiian jungl e wedding, at
which J oey and Michael we re united in
matrimony at an altar of leaves, draped
in purpl e rob e s, wea rin g wreat hs of
flowers , l)y a fat Hawaiian priestess .
T hey we r e surrounded by a horde of
guests in cos tum e , who provided a cordon of c lub passe rs for t h e newly -w eds
to march down.
Th e onl y t hing I didn 't see was the
jungle spirits - but then agai n , pe rhaps
I just wasn 't loo kin g ca r efu ll y eno ugh .
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catc h its breath, the ve rti gin ous se co nd
half got underway. Malo e i Maiisimo
de monstrat ed hi s true professi onalism ,
and held th e A. M.'s fir st offi cial juggling wo rksh op from the stage. With a
hatchet, sickle a nd mach e t e fl yi ng , h e
ex plained that the h a rd part is stopping .
The T rompi c hel i, th e onl y flamen co
jugglers in the world , fought with th ei r
clubs as· a bullfight e r with his bull, and
e nded up t ossi ng the bull in their own
inimitable way, inc iting the audience to
keep
drinking.
To
en d
the
sh ow ,
Madrid 's most wide-awake com ic duo ,
Rud y Calzado y Carlos Faemino and
their impressions of the world' s most
famous monuments.
As a final e we did some fo ur-man
patterns with tw e lve to rch es that al mos t brou ght the house down and the
insurance ra tes up .
All in all , it was a great success , and
n ext time will be even bette r . How lo n g
will we be able to resist organi zin g
anot her part y?
By the way, w~ ha ve c hanged our
mee tin g place - the n ew a ddr ess is:
Centro Cultural Galile o
c1Fernando el Catolico No.35
Friday , fr om 3.30 - 6.30 pm .
J av ier Jim e n ez, Presid ent of A. M.
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Australia
Marathon - Man Reg
.'\ ustralia is a cou ntry of pion ee rs an d
Aborigina ls . I ' ll
t ell
you
about
the
ama zin g talent o f th e natives in a la te r
l e tte r . I set t. led h er e 2h years ag o
se nsin g tha t it was th e place r.o get
thin gs do ne. I was right..
My e i g ht years o f hard work pl a nting
" Ne w Cir cus" see ds in th e damp British
soil yielde d a slow har ve st. Bur h e r e , in
th e sun and Th e "go fo r it" a tm os ph e r e
of Weste rn .'\us trali a , ev eryt hin g grows.
.A lrea d y I ha ve h e lp ed 3 High Schools
set up t h eir ow n c ir c us e s a nd see n jugglin g and oth e r s kills app ear on t h e
curri cu lum of sc h oo ls and colle ges. We
a l so hav e our s tr ee t and c los e t ju gg l e r s
- and alt hon g h onr standard is n ot high
in the west . th e movement i s growing .
It ca mp t oge ther in '\! ove mb e r 1987 for
th e Wes t .'\ u strnlia n Festival of Ne w
r: irrus a lo n g week e nd o f parad es.
e~ h i b it i o n s .
amatP.11 r
and
p r o f ess i ona l
shov;s , da n ce. c ir c us
spo rts , mas t erc lasses a nd " ha \·e -a-g o" sk ills wo rkshops f o r an es timated 6000 visit o r s .
It i s tru e, h oweve r. as e l se wh e r e, that
ju gg lin g is not taken se ri o usl y by t h e
pr ess a nd publ ic. I n an atte mpt to in ter est th e overwhe lmin gly spo rts-mind e d
popu latio n h er e , I train ed for months
a n d th e n j ogg l ed th e WA ma rath o n o n
.Aug u s t 9t h , l \187 .'\ wa rm w in t e r Snnday mo rn ing saw 600 runn e r s and o n e
joggl e r run th e 42 km course.
I was aimin g t o es t a blish an A ust rali a n r ec ord. h ut I a l so f elt I c ou ld
a pproach th e wor ld re co r ds
A l be rt
Lucas' 4hr 0 4m i n 3 5se c (offic i al), ~J h r
5 7min 35sec (uno ffi c ial) of 1982.
I ' m n o g r eat ju gg l e r , bu t I 'm stubborn.
full of admirati o n for L u cas ' n o- dr op
marath o n . and Lauzie r e's o n e -dr op, I
never aimed for that , bu t I dilig e n t l y
\
..
followed th e rule of jo gg lin g eve ry si ng l e met r e of the way. I dr opp ed ma y be
20
times
mostl y
through jos t l es,
kerbs . ti ght bends . sun , tu nnels , stron g
cr oss wind s a nd - towards the end fatigue.
My w itn esses, an d my pa ce r St eve
Jones , watc hed me a ll the way and
co nfirm ec1 that I a l ways ba ck-tra c k ec1
a nd j ogg l e<! eve r y s t ep. A t : h a lf way
(crossing t he Freemantle Brid ge ) I st ill
f e lt good, a nd was 20 minut es a h ead of
t h e world r ero rd . I 0 km fr om h ome I go t
shootin g pains in my righ t ralf wh i ch
sl owed me down. and staye d with me
until the end .
I finall y limpec1 h ome in a time o f :J
hrs 4 5 min 50sec - and ha ve c laim ed a
n ew world r ec o rd . It was a ll wo nd e rfn l 1
In the marathon itself as in all my
training runs and races. ot h er runner s
and t h e wat chin g pub li c we r 0 d el i g htPc1
and s upp ort iv e. Shout.s o f ' ..good o n ye r "
o utnumb e r " drop 'e m" te n t o o n e.
We had l av i sh TV cove ra g P. and I 've
had a co n g ratlllat.in g l etter from th e
Minist e r o f Sports and Re cr eatio n , anc1
the st.atu s o f ju gg lin g has ri se n - n ot
just
as
a sport , but
as
so methin g
pointles s an d h a rml ess , c r eat i ve
anc1
h ero i c
just what the human ra ce
n ee ds t o get us from toc1ay to tomorr ow .
Reg Bo l ton. Pe rth , W. ...i.. ustrali a
P.S. We h ave ju s t rna d in th e late s t.
J ugg /cr8 World t h at A lbP.rt Lu cas joggl ed
t h e 198 8 Los A n ge l es Marathon in a
n ew wo r ld r eco rd t ime of :Jhrs 29min
04sec - as usual without a s in g l e c1rop.
Something for Reg t o a im at ! When will
the gia nts of jo gg lin g meet for a showdown ?
Contact
Addresses
Mi cha e l Brownson of Queensland has
sen t us a ro mpr e.h e nsive li st o f workshops , co urs es a nd ju gg lin g groups in
...i..ustralia. If yo u ' r e thinking of go ing to
Aust r al ia and d on 't want to n eglect
your jugglin g whil e you 'r e down und er ,
you ca n o rd e r this li st from K.~skade.
J us t sen d us a self- ac1dr essec1 e n velo pe
wit h an int e rn atio nal r eply co up on.
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China Wuqiao International Acrobatic Festival
In July 1987 f ran <;ois Chotard rece iv ed
th e following letter :
"Jn order ro promote friendship and co operation between Chin ese and foreign
acrobatic
a rt ists,
.1nd
to
exchang e
artistic exp e ri en ces and learn fr om each
o th er,
the
Or ga nizing
Committ ee
of
China
Wuqiao Internationa l
4 crob.1tic
Festival wi l l h ost China Wuqiao Inter nation .11 Acro batic Festival. Th e e ven t
is to trike pJ.qce in Shijia z huang, the
capital city of Hebei Pro 1'ince. from Oct ober 25 to Nove mber 1. 1.98';. We han"
the hon our to inFite you in your person al capaci ty to participat e in the
festil'al ."
How did it happen ~ fran<;o is himself
takes up t h e story.
.'\ t th e l 986 !JA Co n ventio n in San
Jose , Califo rn ia , I had the pleasure of
meeting Da i Shu Che n g. He was inv it ed
to this convention as the world 's leading boomerang artist , and whil e I v ery
mu ch ad mir ed his s pecia l skill, h e was
also impr essed by my ball spinning. So
mu ch so, that on his return to China h e
made a rr a nge me nts to ha ve me invited
to th e l st Int e rnati on a l Ac r obatic f es ti v al at Wuqiao as th e onl y fren c h
participant.
Th urs. 22.10.8';: i\t the exit fr om
Peki ng ai rp or t I am g ree t e d with a
pla ca rd ("Meeting f r e n c h Arti st") a nd a
chauffeur who takes care of my luggag e
a nd driv e s me to the h otel. !\ ext morn in g h e sm oo thl y dr iv es me on th e fir st
of man y e xcursions, to the Te mple of
He av e n , together with my int erp re t e r
wh o is to remain at my s id e thro u ghout
t he whol e of my stay in China .
Sat. 2 .J .10.8';: We are greeted in Shijiaz huang by huge banners, whic h my
int e rpr e t e r t e ll s me say "Wa r m We lcom e
t o for e ign Artists". Th ere are lots o f
TV cam e ra s to film us getting off the
co a c h out s id e th e
mod e st soundin g
"He be i Guest House" whi ch turn s out to
he a fi ve - star h otel.
T he VIP t r ea tment con ti nu es on our
excursio ns . As our coac h leaves th e
hotel for a trip to Ca ngya n Mountain we
have a moto r cycle poli ce e s co r t, follow e d by a police car wit h the sire n
wa iling , a loud - speake r va n and a ca r
full of party offi c ials. At eve ry crossroads, police s t op the traffic to let us
pass!
· Pr ot oco l fo r the eve ning meals requires that a sepa rate table be re served
fo r each nationa lity , which means that I
ha ve to s it alone - until I mak e friends
with a Mexican a nd a Jap a n ese a nd set
up a joint table, whi ch the waiters and
waitresses pol itely tole r ate . My chopsti cks flatly re fus e to do wh-at they a r e
supposed to, a nd bits of s lipp e ry \'egeta bl e slither all over t h e place. Thi s
ve ry mu c h amuses the Canadians at th e
next table , especi all y as the whole
banquet is being filmed by TV ca me ras .
In despair, I finally skewer a slice of
tomato with a si ngl e chopsti ck , and the
camera team app lauds, th inkin g my beginne r 's ineptitude is a deliberate joke!
On e
afte rn oo n
is
desig nat ed
"aftern oon of presents" , and eac h for e ign artist is give n a n env e lope wit h
100 Yuan (worrh approx. £18) to bu y
souvenirs from the "fr ie nd sh ip Store". It
ta kes a great deal of diplomac y on my
part to pe rsuade my interpr e t e r to a c cept this e n ve lope as a tok e n of my
appreciation. She e arns a roun d l :20 130 Yu an a month .
Sun. 25 . 10.87: At last a coach tak es
us to the spor t s ar e n a, where t he shows
wil l take place. It is vast (lO OOO
seated
s pectato r s)
and
mag nificent.
Wh en we arrive some Chin ese artists are
r e h ea rsi n g, in c luding t he famous uni cy c list on he r rolling gl obe ' A Chin ese
journalist as ks me for -a n in te r view.
Jf on. 26.1 0 .81: Two dress re hearsals
today , the s econd in f u ll make-up. The
fo re ign a cts are dea lt with first, then
t he fo r eign e rs and t he Chin e se together.
Sat. 3 1. 10.87": It s n o'A'ed t hi s morning,
juggle a ll t h e ti me to keep warm. A
Chinese a r tist lends me h is pullover ,
anothe r offe rs me his thick ove rcoa t ,
and a pretty y ou ng artiste wraps her
sc a rf aroun d my neck.
I spe nd t he ti me bac kstage play ing
wi th th e y oungest artists . One ac robat
offe r s me a present: a wooden diab olo.
Wh e n I hesitate to accept it, she insis ts
and p ress es it fi rml y into my hands
with a gracio u s "fo r you !".
T he lon g warm-up befo r e t he show
pays off, and I feel bette r on stage
tonight than on a ll the oth e r eve nin gs.
.And the (' hin ese TV is th e re, broadcast in g t h e s how live to the whole of
China . My litt le partners r eceive kisses
of joy after the act '
Sun.
1. 10 .87: Visit to the He bei
School of Ac robat ic s . The gymnasium is
hu ge, a nd cont ai ns eve r y kind of gy m-
ft 's all very ti ghtl y st ru ctu red and we ll
orga ni zed. I ask e d for thr ee young
pa rtn e rs t o pass my pr ops and h e lp me
with one part of my routine, and today
I am introduced to tw o gi rl s of 9 or 10
and a 7 - y ear - old boy. They are from
Wuqia o itself, t h e Chin ese city most fa mou s for th e quality of its ac r obats ,
a nd these thr ee a r e alr e ad y exc e ll ent
equ ili br ists. Late r on I sit wi t h them on
one of our man y coa ch t rip s , showing
rhe m h ow to ma ke pape r aeroplanes and
"a nim ated carto ons " with a li ttle dr aw ing pad. It brin gs back re ce nt memories
of my work a s a pri mary sc hool h and icra f t tea c he r'
Tues. :c -;.10. R '; : In th e e vening. be fo r e
the offi cial openin g ce remon y, t h e Chi nese who are backsta ge like my silver
a nd bl u e co s tum e with t he plumed hat
so mu ch t h a t t h ey a ll want to ha ve
their photo taken with me. It 's a good
t hin g my c_o stu me goes down we ll , be ca use I'm not ve ry pleased with my first
public pe rform an ce . Maybe I wasn' t wa rm
e n ough
th e sports arena is not
heated because th e "offi c ial cold period"
in Chi na does n ot start until
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n astic and acrobatic apparatus. The
stude n ts give us a spontan e ous perfo rman ce of some of the fort y acts th at
a re cu rr ent ly part of th e repertoi re
they will be taking on a to ur of the
Philippines. We applaud the a r tist ic cy c lin g ( 15 peo pl e on one bike) , two acrobats performing slapstick comedy with
a c hair, a dragon dance , py r amids , a nd
jar juggling. Tha t is really amazi ng.
When y ou see the juggler man ipul at in g
these jars the y seem so lig h t - you 'd
ne v e r think they weighed ov e r 10 kg'
One j uggler pa rti cula r ly cat ches my
atte n tio n . Sitti ng on the gr ound , he
spins five ba ll s at a ti me: one on a
mouthstick , one on ea c h hand , and one
on th e tip of e ach sho e . But , be tween
y ou an d me, without wishing to sou nd
imm odest , h e rega rds me as his mast er
as fa r as ball spinning is conce rn e d .
Aft e r all, it is thanks to that skill that
I h ad the hono ur to be the only f r en ch
art ist invited to t h e Jst Chinese Acrobatics f estival. Ano t he r juggle r who,
ac cording to my interp r eter, has a n act
"so met hin g like mine", asks me if I can
send him goo d p las t ic spinning balls
from f r a nce . I promise to do so in the
~ove mb e r !
15
name of Franco- Chinese friendship, but
add t hat it might take some tim e because even in France it is ha r d to co me
across decent spinning balls .
That eve ning, the Final Gala is a
beautiful and grand occasion . The ViceMinist e r of Culture is there, the VicePresident of Hebei Province, and of
co urse the Chinese TV , broadcasting the
show live . The opening parade of all
the artists , each nationality preceded
by their national flag , reminds me of
the magnifi ce nt parade of athletes at
the ope nin g ce r e moni es of the Olympic
Games! And how proud I am to represe nt France in China! It 's all so e motional , but in s p ite of my goose pimpl es
I have to rememb e r to keep smiling and
waving to the audience. And to think
that , after t he s h ow, at the presentation of Go ld and Silver Lions and ot her
Medals , I am to r eceive from th e hands
of the Festival Pres id e nt a Golden Lion!
It 's more than I had ever dr e amed of !
In th e cou r se of the num e rous inr. e rviews I was ask e d to give in Chi na.
journalists always asked me fo r m ~· impressions of their cou n t ry and its ac r obats. Judging by the te chn ical leve l
of t h eir a c rs at rhe Festival. Chin e s e
artists a r e the besr in th e world . Of
co urs e. thes e we r e the besr artists in
China, co mbinin g g ra ce and elegance
with multipl e acrobatic skills. In the
are a of ci r c us skills, it is the Chin ese
who set an exa mpl e for the wo rld to
follow. Nonetheless , eve n the Chin e s e
mak e mistak es sometimes.
watched one
pe rformanc e in which the artists appeared to be even mor e da rin g than
usual, makin g the audience gasp with
admiration and f ea r . Suddenly a "pagoda
of glasses" . came c rashin g down and
s hattered into thousands of ti n y piec es
on th e ground. The "vibrations" must
have been bad that night'
Anoth e r co mm e nt I ma de t o j o urn a li sts
was ab out the differ e n ce between the
presentation of shows in Europe a nd in
China . I particu larl y felt that the la c k
of a prope r final e was a shame. After
the la s t act , t he two prese nt e rs simpl y
said goodbye to th e audi e nce, wh o
started to leav e imm e diatel y , and although all the artists came bac k o n
stage to wave goodbye , by th e time
they were all assembled, three quarters
of the audien ce had already le ft' I
tried to exp lain that a we ll-choreographed European - style finale. is an
important element, rounding off th e
s how just lik e the "bo uqu e t." of a rocke r
in a fireworks display. It can be a
numbe r in itself, accompanied by all
kinds of show effects - balloons, fl ags,
lights , lasers. etc. Otherwise it is a bit
frust r ating, especially fo r th e artists
who performed in the first ha lf of th e
show, to have to stay in co stum e and
mak e -up for a final wave on ly ro fin d
that the audien ce has already left'
An other subject of c riti c ism was th e
lack o f _ a co nstant
t he me runnin g
through the whol e show. Surel y thar
would have been better than a mer e
succession of a cts, one aft e r th e other
without any link.
In spite of the wonderfull y warm ,
friendly rec e ption we r ec ei ve d in Chin a
and the friends h ip which develop e d between the Chinese and
the foreign
artists, we regre tted not having t h e
opportunity to train in the sam e gymnasium with the Chinese. I would ha ve
lik e d to be able to train together with
my ball-spinning co ll e agu e fr om He bei I'm sure we would hav e been able to
mutually enhance o ur jugg lin g skills. I
miss ed th e ext raordinary co n viv iali ty of
Am e rican and European Jugglin g Co nventions.
It is very diffi c ul t to pass judgem e nt
on the diffe ren ces be tw ee n th e art of
juggling in China and in Europe. In
general I would say th at Chin ese ju g glers pe rform mor e "s pect ac u Jar" r o"i tine s than Europ ea n jugglers bec ause
they co mbine their juggli ng with a c roba t ics and balancing, aided, of cou rs e,
by their "univ e rsal" a c r o bati c t rainin g.
Pe rhaps only a ju gg le r lik e th e Russi;i.n
Popo v ic h can co mpare with t he be st
Chin ese jugg le rs, as he too co mbi ne s
jugglin g with ac robati cs and bfllancing .
Since my return, I've often wonder e d
if it wa sn 't all just a dr eam • Ta kin g
part ·in s h ows in th e company of th e
Chin ese, the be st art ists in th e wo r ld ,
and be in g we lco med and t reated li ke an
important ce lebrit y, while in Fran ce, I'm
sorry to say, c irc us arts ar e considered
by the autho rit ies and the ge neral public to be so meh ow inferio r to "real c ulture ". Wh e n i n v it e d t o att e nd th e Ac robatics Fes tival , t he Fr e n c h Cultu r al
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Autistic
Juggler?
An ar ticl e app ea r ed in t h e .Ja nu a ry edition of the German maga zin e Psychologie
Heute in whi r h author Harry N utt d e scrib es the t endency towa rds self-destructi~·e n ess
in
mode rn
sports
and
dis cusses wh e th er "sport- c ultu r e " acril"ities lik e juggling a r e r ea JJ.1- a n alternatiFe_ We thought Kaskade r ea ders
mig ht be in teres t ed in t h e p oin ts raised
about c.~ e psychology and self-ima ge of
jugglers by an outside o bs erver ,_,f th e
jugglin g scene. so by k ind p ermission of
th e Psychologie Heute publish ers
we
r eprint ex tra c t s of Harry Vutt's arti c l e:
"Sport : N ur norh 1-;ampf gegen sich
se lb st?'' (Sport: has it berome just a
batt l e against oneself ?)
Ir could be a rgued that s pan does not
ju st in\· o lve me ntal a nd na rci ssisti c
co mp e t itions rha r redu ce t he bo dy r.o a
hi gh- pe rform ance mach in e_ Yo u could go
so far as ro include in a de finiti on of
sport all th e ga mes of s kill a nd move menr rha t are curre ntl y expe ri e ncing a
boo m. Ta ke - a look into any pa rk in
s umme rr ime a nd yo u get t h e impression
that what is going on he re is a correcti\·e t o the s e lf- des tru ct ive co mpetiti ve
sports. Pla y ful c reati v it y a n d com municatio n, so th e inst ru c ti on manuals tell
us , are th e mai n thing for a crobats and
ju gg le rs_ Eff ortl e ssness, .gra ce and th e
jo>' of move ment ev identl y ha ve nothing
in co mm on with th e dead ly lon e liness of
t he long -di stanc e r unne r .
Howe v e r , th is pi ctur e do e s n ot tell
Th e whole sto ry. He re too, a st rug gle for
su rv ival is be in g e na c ted. Roger Ca illoi s
di sc ove re d in the
v isu ally pl e asin g
games of skill a n "agonal " aspe ct (i. e.
an ele ment of life-or-d ea th struggl e)
tha t is not imm ed ia te ly ob v ious : "Pla y
se rve s n or on ly as indi v idu a l ente rtainment . Ind eed. t his ma y he eve n rare r
t han fir s t assu me d. Of course, there is
a whol e s e ri es of ga mes . e spec iall y
games of skill , in whic h a ve ry personal
t ale nt finds ex pr ess ion , so that we are
not s urpris ed to find t h at the y a r e
playe d alo n e ( .. ). However , no matte r
how individua ll y on e s ees the manipulario n of th e object with which one is
playing, (. ) t h e ga me would s oo n become boring if there we r e no ri v als or
at least pot e n t ial spectato r s. In all
th ese v ar ious exe r c is es th e re e me rg es
an e lement of competit.ion , and each
pl aye r stri ves t.o out.do ri va ls, wh o ma y
be invisible or absent , by performing
unheard-of fe ars of heroism, overcoming
diffi culti e s , or sett ing r eco rds in endu ran ce, speed or precisi on - in other
wo rds, by ac hi ev ing glory through unsu rpas s abl e deeds, even if this glory
ex ists onl y in on e's own eyes."
What Ca ill ois is de s cribin g h e re is an
aspect whi ch may be charac teristic of a
ne w basic attitude to the world we live
in. Th e agonal (death struggle) tendency
has not disappeared, but it has been
pushed int o the background . Open asse rtion of th e prin c iple of excelle nce is
becomin g less and less popular, but it
is still p rese nt in the form of selfimpo sed compulsion , in which it is
negated. A look at the juggling boom
may sen c to illustrate this aspect of
disguised co mpetition. In certai n respects, th e juggler represents a new
social type. Superficially he is the embodiment. of th e drop-out type who
co ns cio usly rejects a s yste m geared to
hi gh-p e rforman ce and norms. But there
is nothing about him to suggest an apathetic
"co uldn 't-care-less"
attitud e.
The juggler is creative, imaginativ e ,
disciplined and gifted . He works in a
go al-directe d way on a project of selffulfilment in which all his e nergy flows
t hrough his flying objects.
To a high degree, the art of jugglin g
possesses a meditative quality. That
widespread ph e nomenon of our time, th e
ina bility to co n ce ntrate, is not true of
t he pra ctising jugg ler . The fact that he
ta ught hims el f to juggle is often an
important part of the juggle r's self- image . Basically , that is the only possible
way one . can lea rn to juggle: from one's
own mistak es and persistent practice.
Eac h ne w trick requires an ex tremel y
high level of frustration tolerance. Yet
it is pre c isely this kind of autodidactic ism that expresses what is becoming an
increas in gly widespread attitude to life:
"I did it! " Juggling requires a degree of
self- co ntrol ve rging on the autistic. On
a global so ci al level, it exp resses th e
attitude to life gai n ed from ha v ing
achieved something outside the confines
of any s c hools or social norms. It is a
monadic
co nsciousness that attaches
le ss and less importance to measuring
one's pow e r with others. It is enough to
have proved it to OJleSelf.
The juggler on the street co rner and
in the pedestrian precincts is a product
of our leisure and unemployment cultur e. It is important for him to be able
to let go of things and yet still retain
the feeling of having everything under
co ntrol. He is trying to ach ie ve someth in g in co mparable. What appears to the
outside obs e rve r to convey relaxed imperturbability is nonetheless narcissistic
self-imposed compulsion. His filigree art
e le vates the juggler in an a lmost magica l way above the banality and competitiveness of eve ry day life - but h e
is brought back down t o e arth when
another juggl e r appears in the same
pedestrian pr ec inct .
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Th e following information is rep r oduced
by ki nd permission of the editors of
Circus,
magazine
of
the
Ge rman
"Gesel lschaft der Ci rcusfreund e e. V."
and of 'manege', magazin e of the "Club
de r Ci r cus -, Variete- und Artistenfreund e" of Switzerland.
Switzerland
West Ge rmany
France
Hamburg is the place to be for c ircus
fans at the moment . Circus Fliegenpilz
is there (officially from 7 - 24 Ap ril ,
but the y are likel y to extend their
stay) as well as Circ us Sa rrasani (fr om
arou nd 28 April till 25 May, following a
stint in Be rlin ). Both circuses feature
jugglers: at Fliegenpi lz yo u ca n see the
Mike Schne ll e famil y (GDR) who ha ve
often been praised in this col umn , and
at Sarrasani you ng Chris Chr ist ia ns en,
known fo r his or igina l choreog r aphy . In
Ma rch 1988 the Ge rman magazine Circus
wrote about him : "In 1988 Sarrasani
ha ve affo rd ed themselves th e lu xury of
a very modern juggler, Chr is Ch ri s tiansen , who ce rta inly seems to have
learnt a lot from Francis Brunn. Parti c ularly impressive is his work with a
single larg e white ba ll , which he rolls
over his shou ld e rs, his ba ck, hi s whole
body. This is an a ct that emp h asizes
the goa l of presenting ci rcus a rts in
co nt emporary style , of being ope n to
new fo rm s of presentation." Incident a ll y,
Fra n cis Brunn worked for Sa rra sani be tween 1972 and 1974, at a time when
they used to sign u p more ju ggle rs who
normall y appeared on the va ri ety an d
night c lu b circu it. Rudi Schweitzer, who
was with Sarrasani in 1975 a nd 1976, is
anot h e r example.
Gina Alth off is touring again with
Circus Ba rum , and her antipodist ju ggling is looking eve n more polished
these days. The four Virjoagas h ave
returned to Circus Giova nni Althoff, and
"tenn is
juggler"
Serge
Percelly
is
spe nding hi s fou rth consecutive su mm e r
at Ci rcus Krone.
A mag ic ian can sometimes be a juggler
too, tha t is, an artist who throws ob jects into the air and catches th e m
aga in . The Swiss magician Po ll ux proved
t hat in Hansa-Th eate r 's April prog ramme
in Hamburg - with his playing cards •
Which br ings us ba ck to our geographi c al starting point, and I wish you all
lots of fun at the edge of man y a c irc us rin g, be it larg e or small.
Cirqu e Natio nal Gruss is currently pe rforming in Paris . T h e ope ning parade
includes several artists juggling clubs
and working with lassos. - Ste phane Gruss
juggles on the ground a nd on horseba ck
- 3 and 5 clubs , 3 to r ches a nd 3, 4
and 5 balls. He is ve ry proficient, displaying astonishing ski ll whe n juggling
on the galloping h orse .
Cirq ue de Paris had juggler Nino
Robe rtini doi n g the spinning plates and
spo ons in glass es as a separate act,
then co ming back with a juggling act,
featuring balls, c lubs and rin gs.
Ci rque Dakota had the clown Boboss
and family, feat uring juggling of pingpong balls wit h the mout h , unicycling,
giraffe uni cycli ng, ball- and platesp inn ing.
As yo u ca n see , there is pretty ofte n
a lot of ju gg ling to be seen in Paris.
Achim Sc hl otfe ldt, Bremen
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Circ us St ey: Nor bert & An gelika , h ig hspeed juggling with up to seven clubs.
Circus Roya l: Sascha Gasser,
juggler .
gentle man
Circus Knie: Petit Gougou & Eddy Sosman, clowns , pe rform a "juggling parody"
including a plate r ou tin e .
Ci r cus Y!edrano: Truppe Ollas
juggling.
-
Grou p
Ci rcus Noc k: "J uggler Cri se ll y started
out 3 or 4 yea rs ago in a s ma ll c ircus ,
t hen took two ye ars off to train at
Jacky Lupescu's juggling s choo l. The
r es u lt is sensational and is an indi ca tion of the quality of the t r ainer .
Cris el ly is a tall yo u th with excellent
costu mes and props , and is a bl e to
perform amazing tricks with c lubs , balls
and rings . He pi cks up fou r in a row
fr om th e ground, a nd does the most inc redib le mo ves ba ckwards an d forwa rds
with four and f ive clubs. His seven
rings at va ryi ng heights and with pancak e throws are jus t as astounding as
hi s ba lancing and hoop-spinning on the
uni cycle, with everything in co nstant
motion . The only thing that cou ld perhaps be added is a disc r eet fe male as sistant."
Beat Liechtenhan , Circus
W. Germany again
Neues Theater. Frankfurt-Hiichst: Variety Programme, every Sunda y at 4 pm
and 8 pm til l 29 May . "Wh en the juggling trio 'Ka priolen ' start to t hrow
clubs at eac h othe r , they bring a breath
of fr esh ai r into the s h ow. Group juggling with a differe n ce, with wit , e nergy
and co me dy. we ll choreog raph ed routines
and lots of sophisticated tricks, as well
as a stunningly beautiful fire dance
wit h flaming torches. "
Pete r Kr e mer , Circus
Sasr·haGmer, Photo H. Richner, 'manege'
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ford. Open Cabaret, drinking and dancing into the small hours (re member English licensing laws!) . On Saturday
t here will be a parade in the city centre ending with the games outside the
town hall. Th e public show on Saturda y
eve ning will be held in a beautiful
2 OOO seat Vi c torian theatre, also in
the city centre.
The conve ntion begins at 8 a.m. in
the morning of Thursday, 22nd .. and the
hall is NOT available on th e We dnesday ,
so we ask jugglers to bear this in mind
when arri v ing early. Separate, but runn ing con curre ntly, is an Arts Festival,
so there will be lots of exc iting and
interesting eve nts taking place around
th e c ity.
How to get rhere:
The l l th Eu ropea n Co nv ent ion wi 11 be
held in Bradford, England, from 22 - 25
September 1988. The event is be in g orga nized by th e Bradfo rd ju gglers with
assistance fr om th e ,\ssociation of European J uggl ers an d help fr om the City
of Bra dfo rd and Bradford Festival.
Bradford is a n industri a l c ity in the
North of Eng la nd with a va ri ed cultural
population, many of wh om originat e from
the Indian sub-contine nt , a nd so we are
hoping for an int erna ti on a l eve nt in a
multi cultu ral area. Some people claim we
have the best cu rries and sari shops
wes t of Kara chi'
The juggling h al l is in the Manning ham ar ea, wh ich is 1 mile from the
ce ntre. It is ove r 10 badminton courts
in size , and the space will be su ppl e mented by 3 large marqu ees adjacent t o
the hall. There is also a la rge park
nearby (weather permitting). :\ small
Victorian sw imming pool is also on the
site for u se by the juggl e rs . Thes e will
be available from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Thursday and Frida y eve nin g eve nt s
will be h e ld in the Uni ve r s ity of Brad-
By road : 200 miles north fr om London
on the Ml moto rway. 5 miles befor e
Leeds, turn onto the 'v16 2 t o Bra dford .
By train: From London Kings Cross. Remember to ask for "saver" re turn fares.
By coach: From London Vict oria Co a ch
Station (ch ea per than train)
By air: To Leeds 1Bradford Airport .
On Thursday, free bus es will ferry th e
jugglers from the bus ' train station to
the convention site. The site is on th e
Haworth Road, 1 mi le fr om the ce ntr e.
Accommodation:
range of accommodation is a\·a il able
from church hall floors t o uni vers it y
a partments and private homes . Being a
city , there are unfortunate ly no camping
facilities in the immediate area of the
co nvention, but a campsite is availabl e
on the outskirts of the c it y. We will do
our utmost to find accommodation to
suit all needs and pockets, but it will
h e lp us immensely if jugglers con tact us
r eg arding their accommodation ne e ds
before th e event!!
Please don 't ex pe c t warm weather in the
''fo rth of England in Septembe r , but we
can ensure a warm wel co me t o all juggle rs .
P.S. In a publici t y effo rt for th e co nvention,
lo cal juggler Sam Scurfield
successfu ll y broke one of th e most bor ing juggling world records . Yes, the 3
ball enduran ce. Sam in fact raised this
re co rd to 6 hou rs. 24 minutes , 50 seconds. Durin g t he convention , any challenges to t his r eco rd will be welco me ,
starting from 8 a.m. on Thursday and
e nding at 6 p .m. on Sunda y. Goo d lu c k!
P. P.S. Pro ble ms with Br itis h Customs Officials ! We have r ece ived information
that three Ame ri ca ns were refuse d entry
int o Britain last ye ar becaus e t he y were
carry ing juggling equipment ("Where's
your work-p e rmit then , so n ?"). So bring
yo ur in vitation: information sheet for the
co nvention with yo u to prove t o th e
custo ms officials t ha t yo u ' re only in
Bri t ain ro ha ve fun.
Buses from Europe
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Unicycling Convention
UN!BALL 88, HULL CANADA
5-7 AUGUST 1988
It is a great pleasure to invite yo u to
li niball 88. part of the Hull International Bicycle Festival.
The Unicycle Fede ra t ion of the
Outao uais (LA POU) is taking part in
this festi va l for th e fifth time . Un iball
(baske tball on unic yc les) is a young
sport that is physically very demanding ,
and generates great publi c e nthusiasm .
Uni ball utilizes e ssentially the same
rules as ordinary basketball, but jokes
and c low nin g are encouraged. At halftime and between the mat ches, various
jugg ling and uni cy cling acts will be
th e re to entertain.
Besides the Uniball tournament. several other a ct iv ities will take place:
- Rideau Ca nal and Parliame nt Tour on
uni cyc le
- The Int e rnational Unic r oss Race (a
Co ntact address for anything:
Br adford Jugglers
40 Nearcliffe Road
Bradford
West Yo rkshir e
England
Tel. (0274) 495098
2 km ra ce on natu ra l and a r t ificial
surfaces)
- Unic yc ling and Juggling workshops
The Cir cus Fantasy Improvisation
Evening.
In the past we have h ad international
and national teams participating fr om
Puerto Rico, Hol land, USA, Mont real ,
Quebec and Sherbrooke . So me great
names like Sem Abrahams, John Foss,
Tom Miller , Luc Tremblay have also attended.
Hull,
the twin - city of Ottawa
(Canada's capital),
is 200 km
(120
miles) fro m Mont real and 450 km (300
miles) from Toronto. The Hull City Gym
and large workout roo ms wi ll be avail able during the tournament for u ni cyc ling and juggling, videos, free accommodation .
Any individuals or groups interested
in participating a re asked to contact us
Con ven tion Coac h Trip f rom Germany
Co ach es will be leaving Munste r and
Co logne and wi ll be crossing the Chan nel via Dunkirk - Ramsg ate. T he price
is
DM 170 inc ludi n g fer ry crossi ng
Depart Wed. 21.9.88. eveni ng.
Ret urn Sun. 25.9. 88, evening.
Bookings must be re ceived by 15 Au gust.
To book, call:
ballaballa, Col ogne , on 022 1 243984
Luftikus, Munster, on 0251 47695
Die J ongl e ri e, Berl in , on 030 69 1876 9
Ple ase pa y D:Vt l 00 deposit.
as soon as possible: La FOU , a 1s Daniel
Pe llet ier , 120 Mutchm or e St ., Hull, P.Q.
Ca nada , J8Y 3T7 so t hat we can plan
for yo ur arrival and the tournam e nt
s c hedule . We will contact yo u in May to
inform yo u of the details .
Covent Garden
29 MAY 1988
This yea r 's juggling and unicy cling
co nve ntion in the open ai r on the piazza at Cove nt Ga rden will be a special
event . As well as all the usual f un and
games , this yea r Fool Time is organizi ng
a National Uni cyc le Hoc k ey Tournament .
The whole eve nt is going to be part of
t he "IT V Teleth on", a 27 -h ou r te levised
fund-raisin g ep ic.
Foo l Tim e is organising a ret u r n coach
for the eve nt, which also in c ludes a
mass juggle - in outside th e studios of
Lond on Weekend Television on the South
Bank . All jugg le rs and unicyclists wh o
are pe r forming or partic ipating will get
their travelling expenses paid by Alternative Art.s.
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Acrobatics
The Dutch Acrobatics Weekend 1988
will this yea r take place on 11 and 12
Jun e at "De Blinkerd". H.eerenweg 150.
Schoorl (Sc ho orl is a vi llag e approximately 50 km north of Amsterdam) .
WORKSHOPS,
OPEN
PODIA.
PERFORMANCES . PARTY WITH LIVE CARIBBEAN
MUSIC'!'
Apart from the tradition al wo rksh ops
(pyramids . tricks involving a number of
people. jumping, etc.). there will also be
a number of activities in the field of
co mp osition i n ac robat ics. e.g . Rock &
Roll. breakdance. aerobic. rap, show .
c lownesque and narrative ac robatic s.
It wil l be possible to take part in the
open podium wit h the "results" of the
workshops.
Further details:
Starts: Saturday 11 June, 12 n oon.
Ends: Sunday 12 Jun e . 4 pm
Costs: Dfl. 25
.'\ c commodat ion: Free (please bring your
sleeping ba g)
Meals : Dinne r (Dfl. I 0) a nd breakfast
{Dfl. 5)
In cas e you come ea rli e r or wish to
stay longer: Schoorl is a typical h oliday
village with many campsites.
To register for the convent i on . please
transfer Dfl . 25 to giro account No.
585903 in the nam e of Stichting Theater
KwinkeI. akrobatenweek e nd. stating you r
name and place of r es id ence. before 1
June 1988.
Fo r furth e r information. co nta ct : Theater
Kwinkel . Tel. (0)72 11 5521
P S. We wou Id especially lik e to hear
from anyo ne who ca n and would lik e r.o
give workshops on composition in acrobatics.
Giessen
Bern
2nd Swiss J uggling Festival
25/26 June 1988
Place: Seminar Marzili, Briickenstr. 11,
gymnas ium and sports g r ound (opposite
the \larzili ope n-air swim ming pool).
Progr amme:
Satu rday: Reception. juggling like crazy
from 2 pm : bi g workshop for beginners
from 9 pm: Juggling Spectacular on
the Bii.renplatz. followed by a surprise
Sunday: Games . workshops, com petition .
me rry juggling sma l l-talk and a dip in
the River Aare to coo l off
from 7 pm: Barbeque in Eichho lz
Accommodation:
- Eichholz campsite (for tents. buses,
carava ns)
- Marzili Youth Host el (closes at midnight). It is advisable to book in advance: Tel. 031 226316
- Big dormitory near the train station
(b ring a sleeping bag and som e kind of
mattress) .
Co n tact and Organ isation:
Bern Juggling Group, c/ o Gerda Saxer.
Sch6nburgstr.
18.
CH -3013
Bern .
Switzerland.
Tel.
031 400392
or
031 455589 or 031 54281 5.
Spoleto
Play For um, 2 nd International Meeting
of Street Performe rs
26 - 28 Augu s t 1988
In a natural Roman amphitheatre in
Spoleto we will be staging a three - da y
festi va l of va ri o us forms of Ci r c us .
Ca baret and Theatre.
We ha ve booked artists. mainly from
England and It aly, to animate this historic s tage . .'\ll other street pe rformers
are of cou rs e ve r y welcome to spend
t h ese da y s with us . but this yea r we
can only guarantee reduced prices in
The first GiePen Juggling Convention is
planned to take place on 29 - 3 1 October
1988 in the Main Auditorium (Audimax)
of GiePen University. Provisional starting time: 3 pm on Friday, finish ing 3 pm
on
Sunday.
Public
Show
Saturday
e vening. For more information. contact:
Ebi Kraatz. Tel. 064 1 53200. Final details in the next Kaskad e.
Fool Time
COURSES SUMMER 1988
Darmstadt
Erlang en
5th Erlangen Convention
24 - 27 November 1988
We can't give you any mo r e details at
the moment. bu t
we are de f init e ly
holding another convent ion
and it
will tak e place in time-honoured fashion. At least you now know the date.
More information in th e next F\as J.."ade.
Till then. ma ny greetings to the rest of
the jugglin g world.
The Erlangen Juggling Group
certa in resta urants and the campsite.
If any individual artists o r gr o ups
with an original show are interested in
co ming , please send us details in writin g. inc ludin g photos and yo ur fee and
expenses , as soon as possible.
We are a lso orga ni zi n g a tour of ot h er
Italian towns. Please contact us for
more information .
Play Forum. C. Ca tt aneo & G. Lanieri .
Monterone 111. l-06049 Spoleto. Italy
Te l. 0743 43377
The TSG Darmstadt 1846 is organising a
juggling workshop on Saturday , 28 May
1988 from 2.30 - 5.30 pm in the Felsinghalle (small hall). Heinrich-FuhrStrape
entrance.
All
are
we lco me ,
whether beginners or advanced jugglers.
to come and practise . and receive or
pass on tips. The juggling group from
Darmstadt Technical College will be
there to lend a hand. Besides training
fa ci lities. information will be available
on literature and places where you can
buy juggling equipment . Non-members of
the TSG are also welcome to attend.
4
5 Jun e: Ci rcus Theatre. with
Mummerandada. £45
11 - 12 June : Circus Skills. with Nic ky
Bee and Cla re Hudman, £30
13 - 17 Jun e: School For Fools. with
Franki Anderson and Guy Dartnel. £45
18 - 19 June: Buffoon, with John Lee.
£30
25 - 26 June: Ac robatics . Balances and
Tumbling. with Franki Anderson. £30
2
3 Jul y: Circ us Skills for th e
Family. £30 for l adult and l c hild .
£ 15 for eac h additional adult. £ 5 for
eac h additional c hild .
All courses run from 10 am to 4 pm . To
boo k a place. please send a 20 % dep os it to :
Fool Time. 40 Thomas Street , Bristol
BS2 9LL. England. T el. 0272 556452
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The new London festival of New Ci r cus
is a 17-day event (29 .July to I..\ ..\u gust) celebrating the re-invention of
circus as a focus on physical skills in a
theatrical setting
a modern circus
without performing animals.
The festi va l takes place in Jubilee
Gardens , next to the Royal festival
Hall, just a few hundred , ·ards from the
site of London's
first
ever
circus.
opened by Philip Astley in 1768.
for the duration of the Festh·al, Jubilee Gardens will be transformed into a
magical "circus village"
a crowded
canvas sky lin e of big-tops. mini-tops ,
magnificent outdoor flying trapeze rigs,
marquees and stalls. It will be a riot of
colour
and - act1v1t1y
with
jugglers .
c lowns,
musicians ,
acrobats,
street
artists, flocks of stilt -bird s and giant
puppets animating the beautifully illuminated
walkways,
tents,
bars
and
cafes. It will be a wonderful and exciting place to be.
To enthuse those new to circus skills
the festival will be initiating a series
of exciting activities in schools , sports
halls , arts and community cent r es in the
three months leading up to the Festival
itself. For example, there will be two
twelve-week courses
at the Central
London YMCA, drawing kids from all
Camden -bas ed secondary schools, three
twelve -we ek courses in Lambeth and
classes at Camden's Working Men's Club,
, The Ova l House and at Battersea Ar ts
Ce ntre.
The
l2th International folk & fool
Festival is taking place on 20 and 2 1
August in Schlo(lhof \loers. A small but
beautiful fringe festival for the independent
theatre ,
comedy and
music
scene, which has featured ove r 300
artists from all over the world, many of
whom were JUGGLERS - Dr. Hot & Neon,
Leo Bassi, lnstitut de Jonglage and
many more (you forgot to mention Die
Kapriolen and High fidelity - Eds.).
This year, as well as Theatre de Mie
de la Pain , Stoppok Band, Shooting
Party and John Lee, jugglers Mr. Adams
There are very few training opportunities
for
circus skills
in
Britain.
France has no fewer than seventy-two
state-subsidized circus schools whereas
Britain boasts only one. In order to foc us on this issue and to set the course
for change, the Festival is o rgani zing
the CONFERENCE ON NEW CIRCUS which
will take place at Riverside Studios in
September this year.
Groups in vited by the festival will be
giving workshops and classes as well as
performances. This training programme is
as important to the festival as the
shows themselves. There will be opportunities for kids to get involved in New
Ci rcus through free introductory sessions, also a wide range of classes for
those who've already discovered how
exciting circus skills can be and at top
level , a rare opportunity for professionals to work with some of the world's
best trainers.
The Groups participating are:
RA RA ZOO (UK)
five performances: 11 - 13 Aug. at 9.30
pm & 13 & 14 Aug. at 3.30 pm
Workshop: 12 Aug. Club Passing (T he
Art of Humourous Exchange)
' CIRCUS LUMIERE (UK)
Ten performances: 29 July - 7 Aug. at
9.30 pm (Unsuitable for c hildr e n')
Workshop: 2 - 4 ..\ug. Clowning Without
A Red Nose
· The BELf ..\ST CO MMU NITY CIRCUS (UK)
One of the pioneering groups of community circus, a remarkabl e exa mple of
what ca n be achieved by c ir cus in the
inner c ities.
free introductory wo rkshops : ~9 .July 14 Aug.
' OS PAX.'\ROS (S pain)
Fi ve performances: '.! - ..\ Aug. at 7.00
pm and 3 & ..\ .'\ug . at 3.30 pm.
Worksh ops : 31 Jul y & 1 Aug. Tumbling
and .A .crobatics (Slapsti c k Routining)
. CIR CLS SENSO (CK)
Seven performances: 8
11 Aug. at
9.30 pm , 9 - l l Aug. at 3.:10 pm and 13
Aug. at 7 .00 pm.
Workshop: 10 - 14 .'\ug. A Guide To All
Who' ve Ever Dreamt Of Leaving Home To
Join The Circus
L'ECOLE DE TRAPEZE VOLANT JEA'li
PALACY (france)
Workshops : 29 July
14 Aug. Jean
Pala cy will be bringing both his s mall
trapeze rig (single trape ze anrl catcher)
and his "Grand Vola nt " (double trapez e
and catcher). Early bookin g is r ecom mended.
OuTDOOR
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SPECT .'\CULAR
(Fran ce )
Two performances : 30 & 31 July at 9.00
pm.
THE SHE"iYANG ACROB .-\TI C TROuPE
(Peop le's Republic of Ch ina)
Seven performances: 6 & 7 ..\ ug. at 3 .30
pm and 8 - 12 .-\ug. at 7.00 pm.
Workshops: 8 - 12 Aug. "Flag", "Dragon
Dance", Diabolos and Hoo p Diving.
CENTRE NATIONAL DES ARTS
DU
CIRQUE (France)
S ix performanc es: :29 Ju ly - I .-\ ug. at
7.00 pm and 30 & 31 July at 3 .30 pm.
· FOOL TIME (UK)
Workshops
and
cla sses:
29
Jul y
7
Aug. Static Trapeze. Web Rope, T ight
Rope, Juggling , Stilt Walking , \lask Work
and Clow ning
. DR. HOT & !\EON (CS-\ Cana da)
Three performanc es: 5 - 7· Aug. at 7.00
pm
Workshop: 6 ·-& 7 .-\ug. Juggling With
Characters
· SHIP OF' POO LS (UK)
One performance: I..\ .'\ug. at 7.30 pm.A
mar ve llous end - of-festival "circus bonanza " featuring some of the best c ircus
acts from the c abar et ci r c uit . like \IR
ADA\IS AN D MR DANDRIDGE, POPE AND
CROCKER and LES BUBB, with spec ial
acts from the Festi va l its e lf and an
outdoor aerial
spectacular.
Performed
and presented in a party atmosphere
with a c ast of thousands , the festival
plans to go out in style'
Fo r mor e details, contact the festival
Directors:
Adrian Evans and Nigel Jamieson
!8b St. Stephen's .'\ve n ue
London Wl2 8JH
England
Tel. OJ - 743 9:21-1
& Mr.
Dandridge have announced their
participation. We 're still trying to get
hold of Cott on \lc .A loon. And we're still
looking for good jugglers, acrobats etc.
for this year's and next ye ar's programme and for ot her st reet and indoor
activities. In any case , you could ju st
co me and watch - Tim Bat's coming too.
Va con Dio and have fun
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Re: Whose Trick?
Sandra Gies read about Erik's Trick
Patent Agency in Kaskade No. I I , and,
not knowing Erik, took it seriously. She
wrote the following irate letter, and
after we straightened her out on the
joke, had no objections to ou r publishing it. "I don't mind looking a fool," she
writes , "as a matter of fact , I pride
myself as a professional in the field!"
What a can of worms you Eu r opean jugglers have opened here! I think it is
sad to try to claim ownership i:Jf tricks
in the juggling profession. I would like
to remind you that the International
Jugglers ' Association was founded 40
years ago as a distin ct fa ct ion from the
International Brotherhood of Magicians
to promote the art of juggling by
SHARING. The IBM had a policy which
only allowed certified professionals to
join and a demeanor of secrecy inv olv ing all skills, putting off those who
were trying to learn th e craft .
Now I'm not suggesting that. you adopt
the attitudes of the !JA, BL'T I would
like t o kn ow who you are going t o giv e
royalty fe es to for tricks that we re
developed by vaudevillians wh o are n o
long e r around . Wh o re all y own s a trick
anyway ? What is n ext? Will you try to
patent jokes ? Words? Looks ? A way a
hand is held in th e air ?
I am n ot a pr ofessional ju ggle r and
would not kno1r an y thing about the
dis cipline if ce rtain professionals had
not shown me the basi cs and co ntin ue
to help me out as my ability grows. One
of the best thin gs about learnin g to
juggle has for me been the e agern e ss of
others wh o make their living at it to
show me what they kno w.
It see ms to me that a juggler pays in
learning the trick in the first place .
Many tri cks take tim e and ea rn est application ro be able t o perform reliabl y.
That tim e spent training is already an
invest ment. If this desi re to patent
tricks is out of fear of being surpassed
at one's own tri c k . perhaps it is up to
the c reator to work hard er to stay
ahead of the younger, stronger, and
more
imaginative
performers
that
perennially show up . Jugglin g is not a
uniqu e profession in this respect.
Th e best way to protect a trick you
ha ve created is by being the BEST performer of that trick. No-one ever said
it was going to be easy!
Sandra Gies, Toronto , Canada
Re: Prench Translation I
It's a good idea . to have Kaskad e
translated into Prench . It shows that
you haven't forgotten the Prench juggle rs . Danke' I've corrected your letter
about the translation to help you improve your Prench. No. 11 is interesting, but contains too much advertising.
Jean-Luc Albouy, Cachan, Prance
to
"KASKADE"
c/o Gabi Hartmann & Paul Keast
Annastr. 7
D-6200 Wiesbaden
West Germany
French Translation JI
I have just received the Fr ench translation of the various h·askade articles.
By all means , don't'waste mone y sending
us translations of English texts'!'!!
Basically I think it is uncalled for to
distribute translations from English. The
Prench can learn English just like everyone else! Translations only spread
the misunderstanding that Prench is
Re: Let it dr op !
Last time Danny Avruti ck wrot e a bigoted ri ght-wing lett e r to Kaskade I assumed yo u would be flooded with angry
re plies . None were published , par t ly
because the "silent majority'' of juggle rs
are lazy like me , and partl y because
yo u , the editors, didn 't want a long
slanging match. This time I must say
something in case people think that
Danny (a US emigre) is representativ e
of European jugglers .
I used to run a juggling business and
ha ve come into contact with many
hundreds of jugglers. The vast majority
ar e people who have a lifestyle outside
or on the edges of socie t.y . Buskers,
travellers, hi-ppies , fools , jest e rs , gyp sies, whatev e r you call them. Holy
Danny calls them "de ge nerate, rowd y,
vulgar and decadent". Wel l , let me tell
you, Danny, you're outnumbered. They
may not write to Kaskad e and a lot of
them don 't come t o conventions - they
are down in South e rn Europe busking in
September - but they are out there. I
know because I have had hundreds
through my house, sometimes busking in
town to earn the last few pennies for
their precious clubs, sometimes arriving
in their vans in the middle of the
night , sometimes sleeping on my floor
and hitchhiking away in the morning,
always haggling, often needing a bath,
sometimes having one too , thes e people
are the lifeblood of the juggling movement in Europe. If we exclude them from
our clea n , organized, sanitary co nv e ntions, then our association will become
enough. This is , of co urse, a pe rsonal
view, but I am fed up with being in
international contexts where eve ry one
speaks English
exce pt the Pren ch
participants. Languages are on ly learnt
by necessity - so let them experience
that!
Zarro Zarro , Paris
as ste rile as perfumed t oi let pap e r . The
fools and gypsi es hav e been perse c uted ,
put
in co n ce ntration
murd e re d a nd
camps through out hist ory. Danny's attack on th e m is in that tradition , what
a sh a me to find it in A:as kad e.
Of cou rse t he orga n iz P. rs of t he
Saintes co nvention did a wonde rful job.
Th ey we r e e ffi cie nt a nd tact ful and
diplomati c a nd the fa c il it ies were great.
But it wasn ' t Nirva n a, it was an exc ellent jugg ling co n ve nti on in an affluent
part of th e world. for some peopl e the
romance of being on top of a mountain
in
sig ht
of
Afri ca.
away
from
"c iv ili zation " in t he co mp:iny of fellow
travellers, adults and children. from
land s far away, was j ust as exci tin g
and ext r ao rdin ary. Instead of end le ss
self-congratulation and non se ns e about
perfec tion we s ho uld be looking fo r ward.
That means h avi n g con\·e n tions w·hich
are differe nt and uniqu e, not trying t o
co py Sainies or Castella r but celeb ra ting the v ast v ariety of climates, cul tur es and people we h ave in Europe.
And it means co ming to co n ve nti ons
with an open mind and an open heart.
We must alwa ys r e spe ct the local
people and th e ir customs and try not to
invade th e m. But we don't ha ve to be
"respectable". The U.S. juggl e rs ' !J A has
been
trying
for
ye ars
to
be
"respectable " and look where it's got
them. Todd Strong and Holly Greeley
have to co me to the European co n ve ntion to have a good time' Vive la · difference 1
Nicky Bee, Bristol, England
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AUSTRIA
VIENNA
An yo ne in the Vienna area who is interested in juggling and ci rcus , pleas e
co ntact: Das Bunte Dorf
Freiraum,
Davidgasse
79,
1100
Wien ,
Tel.
0222 6042196. We organize meetings and
workshops and know where to get props
in Vienna
CAMBRIDGE UN IVERSITY
Cam bridge Jugglers Association. Co nta ct:
Michael Day . Meet Wednesdays 8- l 0.30
pm (term-time) in Vivian Stuart Room,
Newhall , Huntingdon Road , Cambridge
CA RDIFF
Balls-Up
now
meet
Monday
nights,
Sunday afternoons and occasionally on
Tuesdays. Contact Ali on Ca rdiff 488734
ISRAEL
JER USALEM
Jerusalem Juggling Club meets every
Saturday 1O am - 2 pm at Sacher Park ,
Sederot yizhaq Ben Zevi. Contact: fred
Schlomka,
Tel.
665-880,
or
David
Perkins , Tel. 233-1 71 ex t. 6 (answering
servi c e) 6 Ben Yehuda
SPAIN
BELGIUM
BRUSSELS
Co nta c t: L'£cole Sans Filet, Chaussee d e
Boo nda e l 104 , B-1050 Brux e lles . Tel.
02 640 1571
DENMARK
CO PE NHAGEr\
.long lor e r mod tyngdekraften meet Mon.
7-1 1 pm in Medborgerhuset "Honen",
Ahlefe ldts gade 33. Du ri ng the summer:
Kongens Have. Co ntact : Susanne , Tel.
0 1 932173, Erik , Tel. 01 318864 , Per &
Bi na , Tel. 01 205657
EDINBURGH
T o llcross State Circus. Tollcross Co mmunity Cen tre , Edinburgh. Monday 79.30
pm.
Co ntact :
Angelo,
Tel.
031 228 1386
HEBDE N BRID GE; YORKS.
"Snapdragon Ci r c us " Workshop, Melbourne
St ., Hebden Bridge , Yorkshire. Mon. 6-8
pm. Te l. 844897
LONDON
Sunday 12-4 pm Columbo Stret Sports
Ce ntr e. Co ntact Max and Susi , Tel. 01809 5005
FRANCE
LYON
Co nta c t : J ea n- Claude Meunier , 44 / o Rue
Carnot ,
69190
St . Fons,
Tel.
16(7)
8670219
Wedn esday 7-1 O pmat East Finc hley
Yo uth
and Drama Cent re,
142 East
Finchley High Road , N2. Co nta ct Max &
Susi (s ee Sunday)
NAN TES
Nant es
Juggling
Club
meets at
La
Bernardiere, Rue de Dijon , St. Herblain
(a suburb of Na nt es)
We dne s day 7.30 -9 .30 pm at Burntwood
Sc hool , West Hill, SWl8. Contact Dug
Orton (see Tuesda y)
Workshops by Mario . Sunda ys 12-4 pm
at 16 rue Leopold Ba ll an, 7 5002 Paris
RENNES
Co ntact : Laurent Gautier, 32 ru e du Dr.
Fran\ois J oly, 35000 Rennes
TOURS
Conta c t :
Co mpagnie
d 'O rl eans,
37000
47 05 57 05
Off,
37
Tours ,
Quai
Tel.
Thursday 7.3 0-9.30 pm at Tulse Hill
School, Upper Tulse Hill, SW2. Contact
Richard Briscoe , Tel. 01-671 2987
frida y 1.30 - :J.30 pm at the Strand Ce ntre , Elm Park , SW2. Co nta ct Ri c hard
Briscoe (see Thurs . )
MA NC HESTER
Workshops
run
by
Beanstalk
Circ us1 Manchester Co mmunity Ci rcus . Sundays 12.30 - 3 pm , Birch Comm unity Ce ntre, Birch Grove , Rusholme. Contact: Lyn
Ca rro l , Tel. 061 226 9752
OX fORD
East Oxford Co mmunity Ce ntre, Cow ley
Road , Oxford . Sundays 5 -7 pm. Co ntact:
Hugh, Tel. Oxfo rd 250847
GREAT BRITAIN
BRADFORD
Fridays 5 pm Manningham Sports Centre ,
Bradford. Run by Playspace , 40 Marlborough Rd., Bradford , W. Yorks. Co ntact: Sam Scurfield , Tel. 0274 457 20
(dayti me) or 495098 (evening)
BR IGHTON
Contact: Mim. Tel. 0273 698324
BRISTOL
run by Fool Time . Mon. 7.30-9.30 pm
and Thu rs . 7.30-9.30 pm at Fool Ti me ,
40 Thomas St. , Bristo l BS2 9LL, Tel.
0272 556452
CA MBRIDGE
Patchwork Ci rcus run ci rcus workshops
eve r y Sunday evening from i-9 .3 0 pm
in the Cambridge Drama Cent re, Covent
Ga rd en, Mill Road, Cambridge CB 1 2HR.
Tel. 02 23 3227 .:18 - ask for Ri c hard or
Richard! Anybody is welcome at any
ti me.
SWEDEN
STALLARHOLMEN
Sundays. Contact:
0152 43020
Birgit Philipson, Tel.
SWITZERLAND
Tuesday 7.30 -9.30 pm at Henry Thornton Sch oo l, Clapham Common South Side.
Co ntact: Dug Orton , Tel. O I -67 I 23 36
PA RIS
Workshops by the ADAC, o r gan ize d by
t he 'vlairie de Paris. Thurs. 6.30 pm at 3
ru e Am yo t , 75006 Paris. (Costs 300 FF
for 3 month s)
MADRID
Asociaci6n Malabaristas now meet fridays from 3 .30 - 6 .30 pm at the Ce ntro
Cultural Galileo, c t Fernando el Cat61ico
No.35, Madrid. Con tact : Javier Jimenez,
C/ Duques de Parcent No.2, bajo derecha,
28047 Madrid, Tel. 4617500
SHEffIELD
The Drop-Its , Jeremy
Sheffield 701799
and
Chris ,
GDIEVA
Thurs. 8-10 pm at Col le ge Ca lvin gym,
3 Rue Theodore de Beze, 1200 Geneve .
Co ntact : Bernard Gisin, 022 496856
WEST GERMANY
AACHEN
Tu es. 3-6 . 15 pm at the Bildungswerk
fiir
Friedensarbeit ,
Adalbertsteinweg
257. Co ntact: Krenne Aymans , Diippelstr .
16 , Tel. 0241 531 720 or: Uli Schneider,
Bliicherplatz
4,
5100
Aachen ,
Te l.
0241 505485
BAMBERG
Mon. 5.30-7 pm ,
Annette
Grabiger
Harder, Klosterstr.
Tel. 0951 203192
VHS Hall. Contact :
or Manfr ed
"Mac"
30 , 8600 Bamberg,
BERLI N
Tues. 6 pm Statthaus Biicklerpark in the
Bii c klerpark, Kreuzberg. Contact: Michael
Genahr, Leydenallee 39, 1000 Berlin 41 ,
Tel. 030 7917338 or: Karin Johnson ,
Wielandstr . 13, 1000 Berlin 12, Tel.
030 3247141
Tel.
STOCKPORT
Stockport Community Ci r cus runs workshops every Wednesday from 1-4 pm at
the Woodbank Resource Cent r e , Turncroft
Lane,
Offerton.
Stockport,
Cheshire.
Co ntact:
Clive
or
Susie ,
Tel.
061 429 6715
TAU NTON
Six Ac r es Ce ntr e. Times vary, so co ntact
Sally
Hat c h
for
details:
Tel.
0823 480839. In summer we'll be meeting in Vivary Park.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Co ntact : Andy , Tel. 0892 27417
BERN
Tues. 7-1 o pm, Lindenhofspital gym.
Contact: Gerda Saxer, Schiinburgstr . 18 ,
3013 Bern. Tel. 031 400392
BIELEFELD
Meet Fridays, 7 pm, Gymnastics Hall at
th e Univ e rsity. Contact : Anke Krahe.
Te l. 0521 100162
BREMEN
Mon ., Thurs. and fri. at 7 pm in the
foyer of the University sports ce ntre
(winter) a nd in the Biirgerpark (near
the Stern) (summer). Co nt.act : Holger,
Tel. 0429 3 585
BREMERH A VEN
Monday, 7 pm in the Frei z eitheim LeheTreff, Eupener Str., 2850 Bremerhaven.
Co ntact : Joachim Hamm, Pferdegasse 2,
2858 Geestenseth, Tel. 04749 497
COLOGNE
Sun. 7 - 9 pm in the gym at Escher Str.
117 . Co ntact : Klaus Ballier, Eisenachstr .
3 , 5000 Kiiln 60 , Tel. 0221 738395
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DARMSTADT
Thurs . 6 -1 0
pm
at
t h e T ec hnis ch e
Ho chs chule (Te chni cal Co llege). ol d main
building , Ho chs chulstra(l e, Ro om 11 / 25.
Co ntact : Till Pohlmann 0615 1 71'.:'440 or
Andreas Hec ker 06151 292 861 or Claus
Schmauch 0615 1 3 18191
DCSSELD ORF
Wed. 8-10 pm at the " Rondell " Leisure
Ce ntre,
Ze wi tstr.
2a,
Diiss eld orfObe rkas sel. Co nta c t: Guido Vo lkmar , A m
12,
Diisseldorf,
Tel.
Heid hii ge l
0211 4380803
ERLANGEN
Tues. and Thurs . from 8 pm in th e "E Werk". Contact: Holg er Dietrich , Niirnberge r
Str.
79,
8520 Erlang e n.
Tel.
09131 3 4296
ESSEN
Fri . 5-6.30 pm at the Univ e r sity Sports
Hall in Gladbache~ Stra(l e (B224). Contact: Klaus Bork ens, Bii ckmannsmiihl e 5,
4 300 Ess en 12, T e l. 0201 ·347 550
FRANKFURT
Thursday eve nin gs in the small hall of
the
Vo !k sbil dun gshe im
(U nd e r g round
St.ation :
Eschenheimer
Tor) .
Co nta ct:
Fritz Br ehm , Tel. 069 252265
GIESSEN
Sun. 6 pm . Fin e weath er : sport s ground
on th e bank of th e Lahn. Bad w eath e r :
Cr edn e r Str. 6 (at th e back). Co nta c t :
Micha 0641 726 44 , Ebi 064 l 5320 0 , Pete r 06404 62567
HAGE N
Mon. 6-8.15· pm i n th e Pelmke Sch ool.
Co nta c t:
Manfr ed
Pe lmkes tr .
14.
Schlo(ler,
02 33 1 15788
or
Tel.
02331 545 71
HA MB URG
Sun. 2 pm in the Stadtpark (summer) or
in the university (winte r) . Co nta ct: Ka y
Krau el/ Hansi
Jordt , Sc humannstr.
60.
2000 Hamburg 76, Tel. 040 2297962
'v! ON STER
'vl o n . 5.30 pm in the Sch l o(lgarten. Co nta ct: Olaf Zebrowsk i , Tel. 0'.:'5l 230 11 59
N0RSBERG (NUREMBE RG)
Thurs. 8 pm in th e KO'v!M yo u t h cent r e.
OLDENBURG
Tues. 7 - 8.30 pm , Thurs. 8.30-10 pm at
th e
Ca rl
vo n
Ossi etz ky
Uni ve r sity ,
Ghlhornsweg (during t erm-t i me)
OSNA BRO CK
Wed . 6 pm in th e Schlo(lga r ten . Co n tact:
Eugen, Tel. 0541 15226 or Jii r ge n , Te l.
05 41 845 13
SAARBROCKE N
Tues.
8.15 -1 0 pm at t h e u ni ve r s i ty
(te rm-tim e
onl y) .
Co ntact:
Marku s
Jaschek,
Graf-Johann-Str.
23 ,
6600
Saa r briicke n , T el. 0681 6 4786
SC HC TTORF
Thur s. from 8. 30 pm at the .luge nd ze nt rum Schiittorf, Hal l l. Co nta ct: lngo
Mi c ha e l , Sierin ghoe k 48 , 4444 Bad Be ntheim, T e l. 05924 6534
SCHWElNF RT
T u es.
6- 8
pm
in
the
Kulturhaus ; Sch r einerei. Contact: Be rnd Hofmann . Tel. 0 9 72 l 86966
T RIER
Wed. from 7 pm , Mergene r Hof, Rind e rtanzstr. 4'. Co ntact: Willy Rauc h s , Tel.
0651 28 4 68
WIESB ADEN
T hurs . 7 -1 0 pm , Haus der Jugend , Elsa sser Plat z. Co nta c t : Reinh o ld Becke r .
Te l. 06 13 1 8 33566
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Brusserer Str. 31
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Wed . 3.30-6 pm , Haus d er Ju ge nd , A IT.markt. Contact: Joachim Wondrak , Tel.
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05 61 87 4400
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MA I NZ
Tues . 7-1 O pm Jugend ze ntrum (Youth
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Jahnschule) , Zey stra(le.
Contact:
Reinho l d,
T el. 06131 833566
u.v. 111.
MANN HEIM
Mon . 7 -10 pm in the gym of the WallWaldweg,
dorf
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Mannheim-Neckarau.
contact:
Renaldo
Larifari , Tel 0621 8944 07
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( = Sports
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l. Contact: Kathrin und Jo ch en, T e l.
06421 43759
or c ontact: Florian and Sebastian Gempf,
Alte Weinstr. 11 , 3551 Lahntal-Sarnau,
T el. 06423 7796
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