Five years ago, there was a product released called Fushigi. It was an attempt to sell contact juggling to everyone in North America, but unfortunately it was preceded by a terribly dishonest commercial. This commercial told North America that these balls “floated on...
Street performing has a wide variation and can be boiled down to about 5 types of street shows, all which vary greatly, but have their own sets of rules and why they work on the streets. The 5 shows you see are Circle, Atmosphere, Musicians, traffic lighting and the...
Image: Steven Ragatz performs at the ScotiaBank Buskers Festival in 2012 A world class performance requires us to be masters of many disciplines. If you’ve trained properly at a circus school – great! They likely taught you many of these tricks. But, if you’re...
Photo: Lukas Janko The conversation about sexual harassment is currently on every Canadian’s mind, because of some horrible allegations about a radio-host Jian Gomeshi, and then this video on cat calling went viral. There are some problems with it, like the white...
Here is a time lapse of my busking show. Clearly, it’s not my greatest achievement, but I do really appreciate the way it shows the crowds coming and going. Street Performance in France is new and a bit tough in these smaller cities, but, Contact juggling is...
If you watch only watch one video of mine, this is the one to watch. Filmed by Elijah Cavanagh at the 2014 Toronto Buskers Festival. Goldie was shining that day, and the wonderful camera work of Elijah catches it beautifully. I can’t wait to share this character...
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