Juggling Magazine is a quarterly magazine about juggling and contemporary circus arts. It was established in June 1998, and its project was rather ambitious. Its aim was that of spreading the history, culture and practice of juggling and of circus arts in general in Italy. We wanted to inform, involve, spread the news, invite, update and give important advice to a greater and greater number of profis or people who are simply passionate about juggling and contemporary circus arts. In its pages, full of pictures and original graphic designs, you will find interviews with artists and organizers, reports on important events, reviews of shows and festivals, columns about the history of juggling and other circus arts, reviews of books and other cultural elements, which are relevant in this field.
Our magazine was founded by Adolfo Rossomando, who is now its editor and who wrote “Juggling, ovvero l’arte della giocoleria” (The art of juggling)[1] and is the Italian representative in the EJA (European Juggling Association) and in the NICE (Network of International Circus Exchange).
Juggling Magazine had a great success thanks to the enthusiasm of our practitioners but also thanks to the trust that our supporters gave us. Among these supporters we want to thank the company Alivola (which helped us publish our first issue), the Italian editor Nuovi Equilibri/Stampa Alternativa (which published the magazine till 2001), the association El Are from Assisi, the major producers, distributors and sellers of juggling materials, the other magazines about juggling, our valuable contributors, the most important institutions for street theatre and circus arts in the world, professional schools of circus arts, and the Italian Ministry for Cultural Activities, which has recognised and supported the cultural importance of our project since 2002. Our magazine is distributed to our members, juggling shops and associations, the press, practitioners, schools of circus arts, and in all these years it promoted not only the technical and artistic aspects of juggling and circus arts, but also their educational, social and cultural importance.