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Juggling clubs are often simply called clubs by jugglers and sometimes are referred to as pins or batons by non-jugglers. Clubs are one of the three most popular props used by jugglers; the others being balls and rings. A typical club is in the range of 50 centimetres (20 in) long, weighs between 200 and 300 grams (7.1 and 10.6 oz), is slim at ...
World Juggling Day is the Saturday nearest 17 June (the day the IJA was founded in 1947). [10] There are events organized worldwide to teach people how to juggle, to promote juggling, or for jugglers to get together and celebrate. Many countries, cities, or juggling clubs hold an annual juggling convention.
Whereas traditional clubs weighed up to seventy pounds, those recommended, and adopted by Britain's army, weighed four. [9] While torches and other stick-like objects have been used in juggling for centuries, the modern juggling club was inspired by Indian clubs, which were first repurposed for juggling by DeWitt Cook in the 1800s.
Vladimir (born September 15, 1987), known as Vova, and Olga Galchenko (born July 31, 1990) were a brother and sister juggling team originally from Russia, active from approximately 2001 to 2009. They specialized in club juggling, particularly technical solo juggling, technical club passing and numbers club passing.
Most cities and large towns now have juggling clubs. These are often based within, or connected to, universities and colleges. There are also community circus groups that teach young people and put on shows. The Juggling Edge [20] maintains a searchable database of most juggling clubs. Since the 1980s, a juggling culture has developed.
Between 2007 and 2009, Gatto's performance was a part of Cirque du Soleil's show Koozå. From 2010 to 2012, he was part of Cirque du Soleil's show La Nouba . In 2012, Anthony Gatto retired from performing in Cirque Du Soleil in order to run a concrete resurfacing business "Big Top Concrete Resurfacing LLC" under his birth name of Anthony ...
Kit Summers named a juggling trick after Albert [12] —an "albert throw"—which is a reverse club throw under the leg, made from front to back without either foot leaving the floor. [13] This trick was performed by many earlier jugglers, [ 12 ] originating with Morris Cronin, [ 14 ] who specialized in club juggling during the early 1900s.
Technical club juggling focuses on three to five clubs. There are many moves to do with clubs, among them being pirouettes, juggling above the head, backcrosses, shoulder throws, and kickups. Also juggling with a balance or head bounce. Many jugglers do Siteswap, although this is less common with clubs than with balls.