“Foot-Juggling” is not juggling. It’s just not. It doesn’t involve objects; it involves people. These guys are wicked badass (though the article is such a bland advertisement for Cirque). They’re perfoming currently at Varekai, the Cirque du Soleil show now in Baltimore, which I sent my parents to see. Here’s what they said about it:
Thanks so much for Cirque du Soleil!! The seats were terrific (center, right behind an aisle so the view was clear) and the acts were amazing. But one of the attractions is there is much more going on than just the stuff on stage – many mysterious doings were visible in the background, some of which were explained and some not. In fact, there seemed to be some common thread linking the acts together but because the narration was either in Esperanto or a lesser-know dialect of Chippewa or we rubes don’t understand the complex subtleties of Canadian circus performances, it passed us by.Fortunately, this did not detract at all from the enjoyment of the show. The acrobats were terrific, of course, but the comedians were great and they had an amazing juggler who juggled little balls with his mouth, did some cool stuff with big balls, and threw straw hats in the air like boomerang Frisbees. He was Chinese and there were three little Chinese kids (age 10) who were equally neat. They had ropes with little weights at each end they twirled around, threw in the air, did sundry flips while waiting for them to return and other amazing stuff.
We had a great time and have told scads of people about our wonderful son who gave us this great gift. Thanks so much!!
I especially agree with the last paragraph.