European Juggling Convention
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The European Juggling Convention (EJC), is the largest juggling convention in the world, regularly attracting several thousand participants. It is held every year in a different European city. It is organized by changing local organization committees which are supported by the European Juggling Association (EJA), a non-profit association founded in 1987 in Saintes, France.[1] Like most juggling conventions, it features a mix of workshops for jugglers, a "renegade" performance performed for participants, and a public show, usually spread out over a period of a week in the European summer. Accommodation is usually in the form of tents provided by participants.
List of European Juggling Conventions
No. | Location | Year | Dates | Attendance | Organizer | Link |
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1 | Brighton, United Kingdom | 1978 | April 15 - April 16 | 11 | Lynn Thomas | [1] |
2 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 1979 | 25 | Lindsay Leslie | ||
3 | London, United Kingdom | 1980 | 60 | Tim Bat | ||
4 | London, United Kingdom | 1981 | 100 | Tim Bat | ||
5 | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1982 | 110 | Jonglorer md Tyngdekaften | ||
6 | Laval, France | 1983 | 200 | L'Institute de Jonglage | ||
7 | Frankfurt, Germany | 1984 | 400 | Schwerkraft Na Und | ||
8 | Brussels, Belgium | 1985 | September 5 - September 8 | 600 | Cirque de Trottoir | |
9 | Castellar de la Frontera, Spain | 1986 | 350 | Javier Jiminez, Hermann Klink, Fritz Brehm, Toby Philpott | ||
10 | Saintes, France | 1987 | August 17 - September 20 | 1000 | L'Institute de Jonglage | [2] |
11 | Bradford, United Kingdom | 1988 | September 22 - September 25 | 1000 | Sam Scurfield | |
12 | Maastricht, Netherlands | 1989 | August 31 - September 3 | 2000 | Stichting 12th European Juggling Festival | |
13 | Oldenburg, Germany | 1990 | August 30 - September 2 | 2500 | Verein zur Förderung des Freizeitsports e.V. | |
14 | Verona, Italy | 1991 | August 29 - September 1 | 2300 | EJA: represented by Jules Howarth, Pippa Stockting, Doug Orten | |
15 | Banyoles, Spain | 1992 | August 20 - August 24 | 1500 | Sue Hunt | |
16 | Leeds, United Kingdom | 1993 | September 1 - September 5 | 1800 | Up in the Air Ltd. | |
17 | Hagen, Germany | 1994 | August 2 - August 7 | 2000 | EJA (Deutschland) e.V. | |
18 | Göteborg, Sweden | 1995 | August 11 - August 18 | 1100 | Snöbollen | |
19 | Grenoble, France | 1996 | August 12 - August 18 | 2200 | Association Entre ciel et terre | |
20 | Turin, Italy | 1997 | August 1 - September 6 | 1000 | Just for Joy European Association | |
21 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | 1998 | August 3 - August 8 | 2000 | EJC98 Ltd. | |
22 | Grenoble, France | 1999 | August 12 - August 18 | 2300 | Association Entre ciel et terre | |
23 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 2000 | August 5 - August 12 | 2750[2] | Pyramidaler Kleinkunst-Verein e.V. | |
24 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 2001 | August 4 - August 12 | 3500 | Stichting EJC2001 | |
25 | Bremen, Germany | 2002 | August 8 - August 16 | 2200 | Zirkuswerkstatt e.V. | |
26 | Svendborg, Denmark | 2003 | August 5 - August 13 | 2300 | E.J.C. 2003 Svendborg | [3] |
27 | Carvin, France | 2004 | July 25 - August 1 | 4487 | Ch'ti Cirq | [4] |
28 | Ptuj, Slovenia | 2005 | August 14 - August 20 | 3500 | Rokodelci Juggling Association | [5] |
29 | Millstreet, Ireland | 2006 | July 9 - July 16 | 2252 | JCEvents Ltd. | [6] |
30 | Athens, Greece | 2007 | July 30 - August 5 | 2300 | ||
31 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 2008 | August 2 - August 10 | 6800[3] | Pyramidaler KleinKunst-Verein | [7] |
32 | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | 2009 | July 4 - July 12 | 4200 | [8] | |
33 | Joensuu, Finland | 2010 | July 24 - August 1 | 1100 | Sirkus Supiainen ry | [9] |
34 | Munich, Germany | 2011 | August 6 - August 14 | 7200 | EJC 2011 e.V. | [10] |
35 | Lublin, Poland | 2012 | July 28 - August 5 | [11] | ||
36 | Toulouse, France | 2013 | July 27 - August 4 | L’association Par Haz’Art | ||
37 | Millstreet, Ireland | 2014 | July 19 - July 27 |
See also
References
- ^ "The Stichting European Juggling Association". European Juggling Association. 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-27.
- ^ "The European Juggling Association". European Juggling Association, list of EJCs. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
- ^ "European Juggling Convention 2008". Pyramidaler Kleinkunst Verein. 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-04.