Jason Garfield (born in
Connecticut,
USA on August 9th,
1974) is a
juggler and
entertainer, and also the founder and president of the
World Juggling Federation (WJF).
Garfield espouses the concept of "sport juggling," promoting that juggling should also be regarded as a form of
sport. He disagrees strongly with the belief that juggling is something only performed by
clowns or other
circus acts. Garfield's stage performances can often be seen as a mixture of
stand-up comedy and demanding juggling routines. He has said "I hate most jugglers."
[1], and is openly critical of jugglers he sees as relying on unchallenging routines to entertain, occasionally performing parodies of specific acts, and is one of the most controversial members of the juggling community.
Garfield has won the International Juggling Association (IJA) Championships three times.
During 2004, Garfield coached
Vova and Olga Galchenko.
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Juggling is a form of object manipulation. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling, where the juggler throws objects through the air. Jugglers often refer to the objects they juggle as props
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Entertainment is an event, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the "audience" may be only one person).
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The World Juggling Federation (WJF) is a juggling organisation founded in 2000 by Jason Garfield which began to gain popularity in 2003 when ESPN showed an interest in televising a juggling competition.
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Clowns are comic performers, stereotypically characterized by their colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, and unusually large footwear. Clowning, in its most basic form, can be described as one form of drama without a fourth wall, however there are other types of
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circus is most commonly a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, trapeze acts, hula hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists.
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Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience, with the absence of the theatrical fourth wall.
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