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63rd IJA Festival
July 26 - August 1, 2010
Sparks, Nevada (next to Reno)
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This year's very special guest will be Kris Kremo, who will
amaze and delight us with his appearance in the Cascade of
Stars. Kris will also teach a three-day Special Workshop entitled 3 Object
Juggling. Everyone can meet Kris when he hosts an open
question/answer session on Friday at 10am.
He has showcased his skills before the crowned heads of Europe including the Queen of England and Prince Philip and King Carl Gustav XVI of Sweden. He holds the record for the longest continuous appearance by a juggler in Las Vegas, where he performed his act for eleven years at The Stardust Hotel. Some of his awards include the Las Vegas Award as Best Performing Juggler, the Silver Clown Award at the Monte Carlo International Circus Festival, and the IJA's Award of Excellence. The Guinness Book of World Records notes his quadruple pirouette and catch of three cigar boxes as unique.
Here are some of the other special guests who will be performing at the IJA festival:
- Joelle Huguenin
- Jochen Schell
- Brad Weston
- The Flash
- Jan Damm
- Bronkar Lee
- The Jugheads
- David Hunt
- Playing by Air
- Coney Island Chris
Joelle Huguenin will bring some female mystique to the IJA
Cascade of Stars. Born and raised in Switzerland, she began
juggling at the age of 8. She attended juggling classes as
Ecole de Cirque Larbi in Neuchatel after learning to juggle
three balls with her mother. She will bring beauty and artistry
to the IJA Cascade of Stars stage.
Jochen Schell will be coming to us from
Berlin, Germany. He studied at at the Centre
National des Arts du Cirque in Chalons sur
Marne, France. Jochen Schell developed a
pioneering devilstick and diabolo act which
continues to set the standard for subsequent
generations of jugglers. Among Jochen
Schell's numerous performance credits are
Solstrom by Cirque du Soleil, Juste pour rire
Montreal, Deutscher Artisten Preis 1999, and
Rock'n'Roll Circus Arte which was a special
collaboration with Rodger Hodgeson from
Supertramp and the German rockband Vivid.
He has been described as "a juggler with
seemingly magical powers! An artist who
composes pictures in the air that remain vivid
long after the moment has passed."
Brad Weston, comedy juggler extraordinaire, began training
as a juggler and actor while growing up in Chicago. Since then
he has performed all over Europe, the United States, the
Caribbean, and Morocco. He began his training as a child at
the Piven Theater Workshop. Later he pursued acting and
dance at North Eastern Illinois University. He has received a
BFA from Ringling Brothers Clown College, and spent a year
at the world famous Dell'Arte School of Physical Theater. In
addition to these intensive studies, he has taken courses
ranging from improv with Second City to pantomime with
Marcel Marceau.
The Flash -- David Graham and Tobin
Renwick -- is an energetic acrobatic juggling
duo sure to bring a lot of spark to the IJA
fest. In addition to their juggling and
acrobatics, The Flash also perform slack wire
and cigar boxes. These guys have performed
with Cirkus Smirkus, at the World Buskers
Festival in New Zealand, and the Edinburgh
Fringe Festival in Scotland among a myriad
of other venues. David and Tobin are also
founding members of the Flying Gravity
Circus.
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