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Thom wall mouthstick act ija seniors 2014
Thom Wall (born February 9, 1987) is a juggler and variety entertainer based in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
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- Thom wall mouthstick act ija seniors 2014
- Ija tricks of the month thom wall march 2014
- Career Highlights
- Education
- Community Service
- International Recognition
- Awards
- References
Wall is known for his avant-garde performance style, cultivated through training at the New England Center for Circus Arts, lessons with mime Karen Montanaro, and training with long-time friend Curtis Carlyle. In 2009, Wall competed at the World Juggling Federation's "Winter Blitz" event. No judge had seen any of his creative five-ball tricks performed before, so his routine was deemed unscoreable.
Ija tricks of the month thom wall march 2014
Career Highlights
In 2014, Thom competed at the International Jugglers' Association (IJA) Senior Stage Championships with a traditional mouthstick juggling act. This act was awarded the bronze medal, making it the first time the discipline has been awarded a competition medal in the championships' 67-year history.
Thom was hired by Cirque du Soleil in April 2014 to replace juggler Greg Kennedy in the show Totem. He worked for the company in a "permanent temporary" position, performing shows in the American, Canadian, New Zealand, and Japanese legs of the tour. In 2017, he signed a contract with the company as a full-time position holder.
In 2013, Thom was the first person to ever juggle six knives. To date, he's the only person to accomplish this feat.
In 2014, Thom and Benjamin Domask debuted their new creation "The Dinner and a Show Show" at the Kansas City Fringe Festival, where it received top honors.
In 2015, Thom joined the Celebration Barn Theater's new performance ensemble in their creation of "Traveling Light."
In 2017, Thom was one of the "faces" of the 50th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC, where he hosted panel discussions and performed a daily lecture and demonstration of the history of juggling.
Education
Wall attended Washington University in Saint Louis, where he earned a degree in Germanic Languages and Literatures. He also speaks Spanish and Arabic, and holds teaching credentials from Cambridge University.
He also holds a Masters' Degree in Nonprofit Arts Administration from Drexel University. His thesis revolved around the branding of nonprofit circus organizations in the United States.
Thom was a member of the 2012 Professional Development Program at the New England Center for Circus arts, where he trained juggling and hoop diving.
Community Service
Wall served on the Board of Directors of the International Jugglers' Association between 2009 and 2013. During his tenure on the Board of Directors, he helped found the a new international competition format, helped implement eJuggle, the IJA's electronic magazine, and started the IJA's annual Video Tutorial Contest. Wall is widely credited by members of the juggling community with helping turn the International Jugglers' Association around - when he was first elected to the Board of Directors, the organization was in the middle of a public relations crisis on the usenet forum Rec.Juggling. His work with online educational programs, global outreach, and benefits to new members through the new online magazine has brought the 66-year-old organization many new members, much new respect, and financial solvency.
His work with the International Jugglers' Association inspired him to pursue a master's degree in Nonprofit Arts Administration through Drexel University. In a 2012 interview, Thom's primary interests in arts administration were cited to be strategic planning, PR, and marketing.
International Recognition
In 2014, Wall competed at the Zelta Karlis circus festival in Riga, Latvia. He was presented with the "People's Choice" special prize, given to the act found "...most pleasurable to the Latvian people."
In 2015, Wall was invited to perform at the 3rd annual Festival Universario de Circo, circus festival held at La Universidad Mesoamericana, which is home to the Mexico's traditional circus school, in Puebla, Mexico. At the culmination of the festival, he was presented with the Crotalus Scholaris Medal - the highest award the university offers. Chancellor Salvador Calva Morales stated that the award was to "indelibly recognize Thomas Wall's work as a juggler."
In 2017, Wall was invited to teach a fifteen-hour masterclass workshop at the Periplo International Circus Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico. He also debuted his new one-man show "On the Topic of Juggling" at the event.