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Which tricks fit into a juggling routine.

Steven Ragatz - 1st January, 1990.

It is important to know your audience and to design an appropriate program. Shakespearian poetry does not go over very well at Billy's fifth birthday party... But, if it is poetry that I wish to perform, then it is my duty to find my audience, not force it upon an ill equipped one. That doesn't change the fact that my poetry act may or may not be good.

There are so many different situations that one can be put into as a performer that it is impossible to create a generalization to cover all of them.

"After all, it's not what you do, it's how you do it." This has truth to it, but, it too is not absolute. I have seen many entertaining feats that were simply done, with no real focus on "how". Ultimately, the deciding factor is simply - does it work on stage? If "yes", then it's in. If "no", then it's out. Determining whether or not it works involves listening to yourself and to the audience. If their reaction is what you want to create, then it works.

Many difficult tricks are interesting in their own right, without having to have a lot of theatrical slop thrown on top of them. The tension created by a master juggler, executing a trick that exceeds the audiences expectations, can be a very powerful, dramatic moment.

- Steve


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20th Nov 2003
Can you send me some "funny" t...
Can you send me some "funny" tricks and maybe some that looks cool but are not to hard to learn??
I´ve just started....
1st May 2008
Re: Can you send me some
try learning the "fake" tricks
like yo-yo or levitation where u do two in one hand and then move the third one up and down with one of the two balls

u can move the third next to one of the balls, above one of them (so it looks like u r pulling the ball up like a yo-yo) or below (levitation- so it looks like u r pushing the ball up)
16th Nov 2003
Hey, How's it going?Well I was...
Hey, How's it going?Well I was just wondering if You could Email me some new tricks b/c I look all Over the net but, I can't find any cool tricks.


Sincerly yours,
Justin
23rd Dec 2007
Re: Hey, How's it going?Well I was...
Wow, Ive been juggling for about 5 months now, and Ive gotten pretty good. I can do Mill's Mess, Behind the back, and all of the basics.

Go on google and search "wildcat jugglers". Click on the first one. It has countless juggling tricks, and explains them all with perfection and videos for each step. Its great!