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Tag: Video of the week
Video of the week – Les Arts Sauts
(thanks to Adam for suggesting this one)
Video of the Week – Philippe Petit: The journey across the high wire
There was a time when the Twin Towers tight wire walk was an insider circus story, forgotten by New York and the rest of the world. Then Man on a Wire was released and the world listened, Petit back in fashion.
In this video Petit condenses his solo show to a 18min Ted talk.
*Warning* the juggling is a little painful….
Video of the week – Duo Mouvance
In Januaury of 1989 Duo Mouvance performed at the Cirque de Demain festival in Paris and received a gold medal for their groundbreaking doubles trapeze act ‘Tango Trapeze’.
Always nice to know your history!
(As suggested by Mr. Wilson)
Video of the week – Birds eye view
Helicopters are the new load tested points….
The brave artists name is Bello Nock from Circus Sarasota.
Video of the week – Unicycle meets Walking Globe
Some of you may remember this from bootleg VHS (some of you may even have been there!)…
Video of the week – The 3 Rebertis
According to rderitis on YouTube, “The magnificient Rebertis italian comedy acrobats, at Hollywood Palace (January 10, 1966, host Elizabeth Mongomery of “Bewitched”).
“They are the Bertolaccini family: Fernando (father), and Riccardo and Luciano (sons). This is barely the half of their full act.”
Video of the week – Mat Ricardo
Mat Ricardo appeared in this advert doing ‘the table cloth trick’ and his reverse of it. More than a few people thought it was fake so they released this video to show Mat is the genuine article!
Video of the Week – Taschen Book
After my rant from this post I thought I’d post something a little more helpful on the subject of circus history. Released by world famous publishers Taschen, ‘The Circus 1870-1950’ book should be on the (reinforced!) shelves of anyone remotely interested in circus history.
Read more about the book here and buy it for cheap on Amazon.
Or if you like supporting local shops do that, go out of the house into daylight (more likely rain) and have a lovley conversation with an actual human (although my experience of local book shops is a little more like this).
*Note in the video above the clips of Lottie and Francis Brunn, cool eh?!
Related articles
- Rare Images from the Golden Age of Circus, 1870-1950 (brainpickings.org)
Video of the Week – Marko Karvo
I first saw Marko Karvo perform in the WinterGarten in Berlin several years ago and really enjoyed his act. I was lucky enough to see him again on Monday but this time a little closer to home, at the London Palladium. I was sat 3 rows from the stage and was reminded at how impressive the precision of Marko’s movement is, how expressive his face is and by his parrot that flew over my head!
Enjoy… (skip the advert)
Video of the week – Markus
You just don’t get acts like this any more…
Markus – Strong Man Juggler
Video of the week – Penn
Penn & Teller are my favourite magic act, their art is thought provoking, accessible and entertaining. I recently read Jillette‘s book ‘God No‘ which I really enjoyed and would recommend to anyone who is not overly offended by swearing.
Here is a nice interview with half of arguably the greatest double act of all time:
Video of the week – Vince Bruce
Nice insights from one of the best in his field. A legend in his lifetime but sadly no longer with us.
Video of the week – Troupe Vertigo
Thanks to JJ for pointing this out to us! Loving TED more and more each week!
TEDxUSC: Troupe Vertigo
Find them on Facebook here.
Video of the week – Motet
Video of the week – Laver Vs Franco
Rod Laver Vs Dick Franco in an epic juggling battle of best ping pong ball juggler, filmed in various locations for a Japanese TV show.
Video of the week – Little John
Danish hand balancing sensation John Seidel (Le Petit John/Little John)
The last trick….. :-0
Note from Arron: After a bit of digging I found this video of Little John when he was… little!
If anyone has a website/knows more information about Little John then please leave a comment!
Video of the week – Jochen Schell
Jochen Schell has been a pioneer in manipulation technique and aesthetic for decades. Creating truly inspiring original work.
Video of the week – Duo Valeri
Duo Valeri won Bronze at Circo Latina in 2009, makes me think I need to get to the gym more often!
If you know there website address please leave a comment!
Video of the week – Rodolfo Reyes
Thought I’d start off the video of the week with a bit of an old school feel with legendary balancer/juggler Rodolfo Reyes.
This is one of my favourite acts of all time. Perhaps it’s me just being nostalgic but you just don’t seem to come across acts with the same kind of unique quirky skill anymore. Maybe there’s a reason for that? My head hurts just watching the last trick!
Here’s a different recording of the same act:
And Rodolfo Reyes promotional video from 2008:
CircusGeeks.co.uk 