It’s a fairly long film, but worth watching.
thanks for posting. i enjoyed it.
Jason Garfield on above video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3203883329274446460
We saw him on a cruise ship in late 2005:
http://unicycling.smugmug.com/gallery/1338898#63150743
Can’t remember his name offhand. Mostly he did standup comedy, and he finished with the juggling piece. Yes, Jason Garfield can do similar with five, and cleverly jumped on the publicity bandwagon with the first video when it was super-popular last year.
That’s Chris Bliss.
The funny part is that Jason Garfield’s 5 ball routine to the same song (the Chris Bliss Diss) is not as mesmerizing to watch and less entertaining to watch. If you’re doing a routine at the WJF then do the 5 ball version. If you’re doing a routine for entertainment purposes you are going to do much better with the 3 ball version.
It’s the same with unicycle performances. It’s the easier stuff that people are more impressed with as long as the easy stuff is done smoothly, and well choreographed. You don’t do Smiley’s UNICON freestyle routine on a stage for entertainment to regular people. If you do a routine like that on stage you do it at a public show during a unicycling convention for other unicyclists who appreciate the skill and difficulty level.
So who are you trying to impress? Other jugglers or the people out in the audience who want entertainment?
Chris Bliss’ routine rocks for its intended purpose. Much moreso than Jason Garfield’s 5 ball version.
Cleverly? WJF’s same kind like ‘His’ invitation to Anthony Gatto, or WJF’s Chris Chiapini who found it cool to littery dance on the grave of Francis Brunn. I think here the word stirring would fit better.
I fully agree. I think Garfield is too selfish to be able to adapt to an audience, interacting with an audience will be even harder for him.
Myself, even as a juggler interrested in juggling, I rather see Bliss, than a drug-abusing-like bold guy only showing agressive expresions on his face, and putting himself on a higher stage by talking respectless towards others.
Correct, same difference between artistic and competition.
Chris Bliss choosed to be a profesional, if he felt the need to get covered with the horseshit of the WJF, he probably would have appeared on their stage. Same for Anthony Gatto. What’s more rewarding, receiving appreciation of immense audiences for a living, or sitting at your attic-room posting rubish video’s on the internet? They spend their time more wisely, and so never choosed to waste their time by appearing in the WJF competition.
Anthony Gatto Juggling Videos
http://www.anthonygatto.com/gatto-video-order.html
Anthony in Cirque Du Soleil’s Kooza:
Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=DlORbDOjTeU
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bp2Anm2z1RM
I know most of the time when Gatto is brought into conversation people say something like ‘he’s good but I don’t like his style’ or ‘he’s good but I like so and so better’. Well, I think he’s the Jackie Chan of juggling, and Jean Claude and Steven Segal just don’t match up.
That routine is da bomb.
Here he is doing many of the key bits from the Cirque routine…in his routine at age 12. I think Gatto is the best, but this act seems out of place in Cirque. Compare it to Viktor Kee’s routine in Dralion. Not quite as technically difficult, but infinitely more creative.
Anthony’s juggling skill certainly has improved, even if his taste in background music hasn’t. It’s amazing to see how much of it he already had at 12, nailing long runs of 7 rings, etc.
Go Jason, go. It was a parody. It was also made to show what technical juggling is not 3ball juggling to a song a lot of people like so they think it is good juggling.
I actually I did compare it to Kee’s routine. And while I admit freely that Kee’s is a bit more creative - and probably more pleasing to the non-juggling public - the sheer technical brilliance and flawlessness of Gatto’s work I enjoy more. I also think they packaged the routine well enough to fit in a Cirque show.