Jojo - Born in a Bullring April 20, 2008

When it became necessary for me to create my own circus act, I ran into a difficulty unusual among circus children. I was scared of heights. Added to this the fact that I was not very talented at the normal things, like tight rop walking and juggling, that left me with few choices as a performer.
But luckily, in Spain, I ran into a retired roller balancer who had taken up clowning after an accident. He taught me his old act, and gave me his original props, a roller and a balance board, and some hoops, which you can see in the picture above. Thanks to this kind man, I quickly learned an act that brought me a lot of work, een if I wasn’t the most daring or inspired roller balancer of all time.
I had to put in many hours of practice, in shady spots about the bullrings where the circus was camped.