Category Archives: Reviews

Another year has come and gone, and it is time to take a look back at some of the good, the bad, and the interesting happenings in the world of object manipulation this past year. 2011 continued the trend of juggling branching out more online. Not just in the form of new jugglers and hobbyistsContinue Reading

The 64 International Jugglers’ Association Festival took place in the Mayo Civic Center Rochester, MN this summer.  The festival included special guests such as Stefan Sing, Luke Wilson, Playing by Air, and Look Sharp!  and Francoise Rochais. Events such as the individual prop competition, XJuggling, and joggling took place at the festival as usual, thoughContinue Reading

On June 9th, the traveling circus show Circus Pages returned to the Lenawee County Fairgrounds to perform two shows in Adrian, MI. The show opened with a lion taming routine featuring a group of white lions. The animals bounded around the circled floor jumping over one another, and sitting atop platforms while several performers directedContinue Reading

The Golden Dragon Acrobats performed at the Tecumseh Center for the Arts on April 23, 2011 in Tecumseh, MI. The show opened up with a slow interpretive dance piece and slowly transitioned into a work of contortion, with performers balancing stacks of wine glasses on their feet while twisting around into various positions. Next followedContinue Reading

On March 12th, 2011, I had the pleasure of seeing The Flying Karamazov brothers perform in Jackson, MI. I had seen the brothers perform their current show 4Play a little over a year ago, and was curious to see them performing again. The cast this time around consisted of Zossima (Stephen Bent), Nikita (Andy Sapora),Continue Reading