Juggling A talk by Dave Thomas 23 rd June 2007

Slide 2 of 7 What we will cover Toss Juggling in General What is Toss Juggling? History Explanation Demonstration(s) Balls Clubs Consternation(s) Why juggle? What Juggling Means to Me (and Why) Breakfast!

Slide 3 of 7 Toss Juggling is the form of juggling which is most recognisable as 'juggling‘juggling is at once: a performance art, a sport, a form of exercise and meditation, a recreational pursuit, and often simply child's playperformance artsportexercisemeditation recreational child's play for some devoted jugglers, it may even verge on being a religious experience.religious experience

Slide 4 of 7 History of Juggling An old art\skill Egypt (1994 – 1781BC) Egypt Also recorded in Chinese, Aztec, Indian, Polynesian and Greek civilisations ‘Quiet’ in Europe after the fall of Rome 1768 – Phillip Astley’s first modern circus included jugglers Vaudeville to modern day juggling common even amongst commoners

Slide 5 of 7 Explanation What juggling is (in my view) A ‘cascade’ like thisthis And thisthis Or even a reverse cascadereverse cascade What juggling isn’t (in my view) A ‘shower’, like thisthis Or thisthis The difference between ‘tricks’ and ‘numbers’

Slide 6 of 7 Demonstration(s) and Consternation(s) Demonstrations Balls Clubs (Not on) Fire Sticks Consternation(s)

Slide 7 of 7 What Juggling Means to Me Allegory for learning Looks much harder than it is Meditative ‘Autopilot’ demonstration Leap of faith and trust Partnership and teamwork A very personal thing