Juggling is a physical skill, performed by a juggler, involving the manipulation of objects for recreation, entertainment, art or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling. Juggli
Children performing juggling as part of the International Jugglers' Association supported Mobile Mini Circus for Children
This ancient wall painting appears to depict jugglers. It was found in the 15th tomb of the Karyssa I area, Egypt. According to Dr. Bianchi, associate curator of the Brooklyn Museum "In tomb 15, the prince is looking on to things he enjoyed in life that he wishes to take to the next world. The fact that jugglers are represented in a tomb suggests religious significance." ... "round things were used to represent large solar objects, birth, and death."
Circa 1075–1250 A.D. Juggler in the Tiberius Psalter, with balls and knives.
Albert Alter juggling on a unicycling Skeeter Reece
A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, m
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…acrobatics, though their main skills would have been oral (poetry, music, comedy and storytelling). In 1768, Philip Astley opened the first modern circus. A few years later, he employed jugglers to perform acts along with the horse and clown acts. Since then, jugglers have been associated with circuses…
Advertisement for the Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1900
Sells Brothers Circus with Great Danes
Astley's Amphitheatre in London, c. 1808