Welcome Show

Tony Steinbach has been yelling and throwing things since he was a kid. This year you can see him performing at The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival in Spokane, WA, Live on Atlantic in Virginia Beach, VA, the world famous P3 Magic Theater in beautiful Columbus, Ohio and at the Renaissance Faires around the country. This is his 10th IJA Festival, a full decade of this great thing and you wonderful people.

My name is Cyril Rabbath. I am a French artist juggler living in America. I have learned a solid skillset from both my personal experience, and from working with world-class jugglers over the years, notably Nadejda Akopovna Akvits at the Moscow Circus School and Italo Medini at the Ecole National du Cirque d’Annie Fratellini. I have been performing for 30 years, with Cirque du Soleil, Absinthe in Las Vegas, and beyond. Performing an average of 10 shows a week for a total of over 10,000 shows, I developed a series of exercises and routines to stay healthy and avoid injuries, all the while improving my skills. This workshop is an intensive exploration of the tools I learned and developed to be optimal, grounded, and efficient in my juggling practice.

Learn more about Cyril’s juggling technique at www.jugglegrooveacademy.com.

Helen Wonjila is an Ethiopian circus performer with a gymnastic background and is based out of San Diego CA. She has 15 years of experience specializing in Foot Juggling and Hula Hooping. She started her training with a scholarship at Wuqiao acrobatic and art school in China. There she learned Foot Juggling, Hoop Diving, Diabolo, Club Juggling, Chinese Traditional Plate Sinning, and Hula Hooping. She fell in love with the art of Foot Juggling and Hula Hooping then pursued those arts as a career. In 2008 she began performing in Germany continuing all over Europe. Since then, she has performed in theaters, touring shows, corporate events, large stage production events such as NBA halftime, TV productions, and cruise ships over the Caribbean.

The combined forces of Lisa Ellipse and Callum Baker, internationally renowned, multi award winning hoop juggling duo. They recently won “Best Duo” in the world hula hoop championships.

Yushi Yahata is a Japanese Hatter. His hat juggling consists of unique and passionate techniques and body movements. It depicts how he plays, fights, and lives together with his hat.