Circus Arts

Ladies and Gents, Boys and Girls....Step right up to the Circus Arts Page! On this page you'll get a peak behind the big top curtain and learn an assortment of skills and fun activities!

A feature of every Sippy Cups performance is an outrageous display of circus arts talent. Our aerialist, Anna Robertson, dazzles the audience with her amazing tissu (aerial silks) and lyra (aerial hoop) acts. In the center ring Sippy Doug can be spotted doing everything and anything from juggling, unicycling, stiltwalking, puppetry and plate spinning to clowning, tricycling, feats of balance, rola bolas, slapstick acrobatics, hat manipulation not to mention a dizzying array of wacky characters!

Today's lesson: How to juggle 3 balls!

1. One ball juggling: Toss 1 ball from hand to hand about head high. Imagine the arc that the ball is making is a rainbow going from one hand to the other.

2. Two ball juggling: Start with a ball in each hand. Toss the first one along the rainbow arc. When the first balls peaks and starts to come down-toss the second ball under the first along the same rainbow arc. The balls are now in the opposite hand. It's helpful to use different colored juggling balls!

3. Three ball juggling: Start with the hand that is holding two juggling balls. Toss the first along the rainbow. When the first balls starts to descend-toss the second ball under the first just like you did with two ball juggling. As the second ball descends throw the third one under it! Repeat thousands of times!