Juggling (Practices)

In Juggling , Stewart Lawrence Sinclair explores the four-thousand-year history and practice of juggling as seen through his life as a juggler. Sinclair—who learned to juggle as a child and paid his way through college by busking—shares his experiences of taking up juggling after an episode of suicidal ideation, his time juggling on the streets, and ultimately finding comfort in juggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. In many ways, this is a book about loss and recovery. From his own juggling story to clowns braving military checkpoints in Bosnia and Rwanda to perform in refugee camps to contemporary avant-garde performances, Sinclair shows how the universal language of juggling provides joy as well as a respite from difficulties during hard times. "In Juggling, Stewart Lawrence Sinclair explores the 4,000 year history and practice of juggling as seen through his life as a juggler. Sinclair-who learned to juggle as a child and paid his way through college by busking-shares his experiences of taking up juggling after an episode of suicidal ideation, his time juggling on the streets and, ultimately, finding comfort in juggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. In many ways, this is a book about loss and recovery. From his own juggling story to clowns braving military checkpoints in Bosnia and Rwanda to perform in refugee camps to contemporary avant-garde performances, Sinclair shows how the universal language of juggling provides joy as well as a respite from difficulties during hard times."-- Provided by publisher project_muse_109726-3334371 1 10.1515_9781478024231 2 CONTENTS 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12 1 Cirque du COVID 16 2 The Three-Body Problem 24 3 La Strada 34 4 Historical Arcs 46 5 Isla Vista 59 6 441 75 7 Makeup 80 8 Cascade 89 9 Lodi 105 10 Improvising 115 11 Mardi Gras World 118 12 Light-Hearted Humans 129 13 Cirque de Kabul 139 REFERENCES 148 Stewart Sinclair explores the 4,000 year history, culture, and practice of juggling as seen through his life as a juggler, showing how it provides joy as well as a respite from difficulties during hard times.