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All-Magic Guide

• A guide to sites of Magic, Mystery, Illusion, Legerdemain, Prestidigitation and other really tricky stuff.

Balloon HQ

• A guide to balloon sculpting and balloon art - any birthday party clown must visit. Balloonatics heaven with ideas galore!

• An around the world journey of two people who travel about, make other people wear silly balloon hats and then photograph them for international ridicule. Although I suspect the motives may be purer than my description.

Big Book of Skits

• Complete descriptions of 100+ clown routines and skits.  This site is a godsend to any teachers introducing the idea of clowning to their students.

Christian's Mime Page

• A great site all about the silent art of mime.

• Circus Royale is the premier Australian circus featuring famous international and Australian circus performers.

Circusworks

• Part of the Ringling site.  Especially suitable for younger classes (K-3).  Allsorts of activities relating to circus, including role-plays etc.

• A pictorial essay of the lives of some clowns in a small US circus.

• Yep, even clowns have a professional association.

• This site will have you tying yourself in knots.

• This is an examination and explanation of the principles and practices learnt and developed over seven years of making public festival entertainment. It includes mumming shows, puppetry, circus, strolling bands, parades, image building, site decoration, pyrotechnics, walk arounds, improvisation, site management and rehearsal.  This work was undertaken by students and staff in the BA Communication at Charles Sturt University. It was initially informed by the work of Welfare State International, by popular theatre, new circus and street theatre.

• We have gathered some material from the workshop and added it to this website. We have some samples of the work produced in the newspaper object and bookie stand exercises. There's also some notes about making banners, shadow puppets, the bug/car constructions and the street parade. Phil Relf's notes on where to find lantern materials are now online.

• Images of people who have evidently visited the site above.

• Some hints and tips on how to blow your head off if you get the instructions wrong. Have you read the story about the fire breather who had an audience member yell - "Fire" - and was so surpised he sucked in a mouthful of fuel and scorched his lungs? Be very very careful.

• An online guide to making and using fire equipment such as staffs, whips, clubs, and torches.

• For velocipedestrianisticalisturianologists the world over. Information on world competitions, associations and standards.

• An interesting collection of pages about fools and foolery.

Juggling Information Service 

• This is an amazing site! Everything from learn to juggle demonstrations to links and you can even watch movies of famous world jugglers. If you want to discover anything about what's what and who's who in the world of juggling then this site is a must.
• What's New
• Juggling Help Files with helpful suggestions from fellow jugglers.
• Jugglers' Home Pages
• News and Old News
• Picture Gallery - juggling photographs, drawings, artwork, logos, and clip art.
• Movie Theater Juggling videos and animations for UNIX machines, PC's, and Macs.
• Juggler's Mall Yes, you can now order juggling props through the Internet.
• Festivals
• Club Meetings - Is there a juggling group that meets nearby?
• Magazine Rack Bits and pieces of various juggling publications, including Juggler's World, Kaskade, Two-Ply Press, and others.
• Juggler's World Archive
• Juggling in the Media
• Juggling Software Programs
• Juggling Organizations Information

• A great website giving you a real insight into some of the secrets - a great site for budding and developing magicians. 

Magic, Illusion and Legerdemain

• A list of links at AltaVista's LookSmart Directory.

• A new initiative in Australian circus education.

National Circus and Physical Theatre Association of Australia

• The NCPTA was set up in 1999 to coordinate the 3rd National Circus and Physical Theatre Conference in Melbourne. Through the conferences and other activities the NCPTA aims to promote a dialogue between performers, directors, teachers, designers, riggers, managers and other creative itinerants in circus and physical theatre.  As our skills and creative expression extend and develop so too must our understanding of methodology, business, safety, and community. To aid communication within a highly mobile and varied sector of the  performing arts the National Association of Circus and Physical Theatre invite you to make use of this site to gain and share information.

• The famous Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe has performed around the globe and is a wonderful night out for visitors to Shanghai. Their movement is art - tightly choreographed and rehearsed endlessly.  This site has some really good video footage of various acts.

• Stephen La Frenie has been performing mime and physical theatre for over 22 years and teaching for the last 19. An interesting site that might generate a few ideas on using Mime in your classes.  Stephen is also available to conduct workshops and performances (bear in mind he is based on Canada).  Hi site also contains quite a few outlines of teaching programs and lesson activities.

• Learn how to ride a unicycle and then all the things you used to think could only be done on your feet.

• More on the ubiquitous art of staying upright on one wheel.

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