Buckles Blog: Evansville 2008 #6

Sunday, December 14, 2008

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Anonymous said...: Display 13 - Hansel- foot juggling; 14 December, 2008 14:41
Glennis said...: Looks like he's juggling the IATSE symbol, affectionately called the "bug".

IATSE is the union that represents stagehands.; 14 December, 2008 21:09
Anonymous said...: I thought the IATSE symbol was the 'doughnut'!; 15 December, 2008 02:22
Anonymous said...: I always thought that foot juggling was called a risley act, whether or not the item was a person or a porop!!!; 15 December, 2008 19:59
Anonymous said...: Historically, foot manipulation of props is "antipodism" while foot manipulation of humans is "Risley". Years ago, I had to research the origins of the town of Carlisle, Indiana, for the introduction to a circus appearing at the somethingcentenial celebration of the city. It turned out that the city was named after Richard Risley Carlisle who, with his brother, was one of the earliest practicioners of the foot manipulation of humans, hence the name "Risley".; 15 December, 2008 23:12
Anonymous said...: Warren Bacon,
Thank you for the clarification.; 16 December, 2008 20:15

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