Matt Hall – The Juggle Sensei
Matt Hall is a hobbyist juggler (his words) and a teacher. He juggles a lot of different props skillfully, including diabolo. This interviews is full of great advice, I highly recommend watching it in its entirety!
My favorite takeaways from this interview :
- To create a good act, you’ve got to be you.
- What makes a good workshop is to cater to different skill levels (have an easier and a harder version of the thing you’re teaching) and focus on the students
- Great juggling conventions : European Juggling Convention, Israeli Juggling Convention, Australian Fest, New Zealand Fest, British Juggling Convention.
- Don’t be afraid to ask questions, the juggling community is always happy to help !
Find more about Matt Hall here : https://jugglesensei.net/
Chris Garcia
Chris Garcia is a professional juggler, he performs with several different props, but diabolo is his favorite.
My favorite takeaways from this interview :
- you will learn a lot practicing with friends and going to festivals
- don’t try to be someone you’re not, find your style and develop it
- the only limit is your creativity
Find more about Chris here : http://dracothejuggler.com/
Tony Frebourg
Tony Frebourg is a diabolo player from France, member of the Mad French Posse who created the DVD Diabology.
My favorite takeaway from this interview : « The key to diabolo high self start is the hand throws »
practice 2 hours every day
Follow Tony Frebourg on :
https://www.instagram.com/tonyfrebourgofficiel
Alexis Levillon
Alexis is a fantastic professional diabolo player, creator of the galexis style of diabolo.
My favorite takeaway from this interview :
You don’t need to enroll in a circus school to improve, you will learn a lot and develop your style going to juggling conventions.
Yohan Durand
This interview is in french.
My favorite takeaway from this interview : the more technique you master the more creative you can be !
Norbi Whitney
Norbi is a professional juggler and teacher at Quebec circus school. He started his juggling career with diabolo and then moved on to other props.
My favorite takeaway from this interview :
- when you work on mastering harder tricks, it will take time to learn, so if you become bored or unmotivated, do something else entirely (like trying a new prop)
- you can find a lot of inspiration outside of juggling
- the juggling community is awesome, go to festivals and conventions
- work on your technique first then develop your style/research
- don’t overpractice one move : 15 minutes is enough then you start to get physically and mentally exhausted which leads to learning bad habits and try to finish on a high if possible (if your first try is the best you’ve done so far, stop practicing that move)
https://www.facebook.com/JugglerNorbi
http://www.norbithejuggler.com/
Eric Longequel
Eric Longequel is a diabolo player from France, member of the Mad French Posse who created the DVD Diabology.
My favorite takeaways from this interview :
- it’s important to have a lot of material to be able to create freely
- when doing research, start with a cool body movement and then find a juggling trick that makes sense with the body movement (don’t just stick a trick on top of the movement)
Graham Lo
My favorite takeaways from this interview :
- Sometimes the best thing to do when you plateau is take a break or reach out to others for advice
- As long as you practice, put in the time and effort, you can learn any trick you want
Did I Miss Anything?
If I missed any diabolo player interviews, please share them in the comments!
