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Kyoki_Sanitys_Eclipse Inner circle 1513 Posts |
Hello all. I was wondering how many buskers out there come into contact with contact jugglers on the street. Pun intended
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TheRealMagicMike Regular user Las Vegas, NV 178 Posts |
I haven't seen any contact jugglers in Vegas on the street. I've seen several practicing around town or even in magic shops, but not any actually performing. I love to watch a good contact juggler; I think they would do very well here.
In fact, over by the Bellagio fountains I think there could be a small fortune to be made by a good contact juggler!!! |
gallagher Inner circle 1168 Posts |
Between my own Shows,
I've been asked a couple of times, to accompany a couple of Contact Jugglers, on my piano. The Shows 'interested' folks, but didn't "come to a point". They were more 'trickle' then 'tickle'. ,... This probably (most definately!) was due to the Show structure. Simply painting with great colours, don't make a masterpiece. Tony Duncan used to start his juggling show, on the Streets, with contact juggling. (I saw him Contact Juggling, before Micheal Moschen got into the groove.) ((Funny thing, as well,..he has a totally DIFFERENT style and technique!)) http://youtu.be/btRCkWNt4h8 smiles, in the heat of the day, gallagher p.s.: Turkisch watermelons and sweet corn, are keeping our hearts content. |
Kyoki_Sanitys_Eclipse Inner circle 1513 Posts |
Thanks for the information guys. Right now my wife and I are otr truckers. I have been practicing magic for about 5 years and my wife is looking into performance arts. We are thinking about taking up busking for a living. She has always wanted to live around the US in a mobile lifestyle.
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Kyoki_Sanitys_Eclipse Inner circle 1513 Posts |
Also that guy was amazing
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Silvertongue Inner circle One day I will die leaving behind 2426 Posts |
I've tried busking doing contact juggling in the past. It went well but I had no real routine. I do a bit in a magic routine though sometimes.
For as long as space exists,
And living beings remain in cyclic existence, For that long, may I too remain, to dispel the sufferings of the world. -Shantideva Engaging in the Conduct of a Bodhisattva |
Thorn (UK) New user United Kingdom 52 Posts |
I've seen a few contact jugglers busking here in the UK. Contact juggling of course doesn't lend itself to the load-mouth style of street performers (as I used to be) that tend to dominate the pitches, but with the right choice of music, a good eye for your costume and a nicely choreographed routine with big flowing movements I think contact juggling can work very nicely and could be lucrative if you find the right pitch and the right audience.
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D. Yoder Veteran user 376 Posts |
The eternal quest seems to be to find the right pitch and the right audience. Or maybe the quest is really to figure how to make it work when pitches and audiences are not "right."
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