Guest Artists
Every year we invite special guest artists to perform, teach workshops and conduct master classes. Among our guests in the past were some of the best jugglers in the world today. The full list can be found here.
This year we are once again focusing on an outstanding line-up of jugglers. These leading-edge artists will conduct numerous gratuitous master classes to convention attendees, and will also perform in the International show and the Special Guests Show. Both are full length shows at extremely cheap prices for jugglers, presented in a professional theatre located within five minutes walking distance from the convention site. Here is a brief description of our guests this year:
clicking on artists picturse will link you to their website.
Wes Peden - is a young energetic juggler from America now studying circus in Stockholm Sweden. He learned to juggle at the age of 5 and has been obsessed with it ever since. His performances consist of impressive technique, strange shapes, mental convolution, inventive hesitation, counter clockwise conclusions, and more tricks than you can fit in a very large pickle jar.
Lorenzo Mastropieto - has awed and entertained with his unique hat juggling routines. He won the Eurovision Juggling Competition at EJC in 2006 and has been a regular on the convention circuit ever since.
Sean Blue - has been a guest on the shoebox tour, he co-created the lollipop intermission in finland, he's been a guest teacher at danshögskolan (university college of dance) in stockholm, and he has received the award of innovation from the international jugglers' association.
Look Sharp is a combination of the talents of Peter Aberg and Viktor Gyllenberg, both students of Cirkus Cirkör - Cirkuspiloterna, and both currently enrolled at University college of dance's new circus program, one of the top professional schools in the world with a reputation of providing the worlds best jugglers. They've teamed with the best coaches and artists in his performance tours around the world including the following venues: Cirkus Cirkör, Cirkus Bronett, Cirkus Normal. Look Sharp is a cutting-edge fusion of new circus action with world-class juggling technique. Look Sharp has been a success throughout North America and Europe and we're excited at the possibility of bringing them to Israel..
Frida Odden - Ultra-flexible Norwegian, specializing in balls and slackrope She bounces 9 balls and does 7 in the air. She spends most of her time doing three balls upside down, the way she likes it...
Fred Normal - has been traveling and performing around the world for over ten years. He was a co founder of the Cyclown Circus and his speciality is ropewalking.
Nicolas Longuechaud - is currently taking Master studies at Paris 1 University Pantheon Sorbonne with research combining juggling and plastic art. He deals with the relationship between the man and inanimate objects. In order to deal with this topic he makes sculptures which involve new ways and possibilities of manipulation. Nicolas has performed in many theatres, cabaret (Cabaret Sauvage, QuinN Elysée, Biarritz Elysée Prestige, etc..), most of the French Juggling conventions, and many abroad including the last two European Juggling Conventions.
Audrey Decaillon - recently captivated thousands at the European Juggling Convention in Athens, Greece. Audrey's unique style of club manipulation epitomizes the French school of juggling. Graceful yet adept, Audrey captivates with simple elegance and unique technical skills. Her work is about innovative technique with clubs while combining the emotions of childhood and innocence with the hysterical female pathology.
Frasier Hooper - Award winning clown Fraser Hooper has built a huge international following delighting audiences of all ages with his unique brand of contemporary clowning. With a nod to the great silent clowns he uses mime, audience participation, comedy juggling and eccentric dance delighting all ages in hilarious shows that receive rave reviews wherever he plays.