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Canada Day, my favorite day of the year to do box juggling

Jul 20, 2011   //   by Ryan   //   Circus Blog  //  No Comments

Spent the day performing with Public Dreams, entertaining the crowds at Olympic Plaza in Vancouver. Made my flag boxes.. a real favorite of mine.

Piryokopi – Rehearsal and Development in Paris

Jul 8, 2011   //   by Ryan   //   Circus Blog  //  No Comments

I will be traveling to Europe to work with a fantastic group of contact manipulation artists on a new show in development.

Okotanpe Video

Pich Video

Pilolip Video

and me :)

Hoop Isolation – The Pong Routine

May 20, 2011   //   by Ryan   //   Circus Blog  //  No Comments

I improvised this short routine for a performance in Vancouver in 2008.  It has since grown into a longer act, which I now perform as a solo at different events.

Working with the Vancouver Circus School

May 9, 2011   //   by Ryan   //   Circus Blog  //  No Comments

I worked with VCS from 2007 – 2010, helping them support the growth of the school (from a humble 60 students to over 600) and it was a fascinating experience to learn about the foundations of circus education. Along the way, I did several performances with Inner Ring Circus, notably:

Bounce (toured several productions from 2008-2010) Video Link

 

 

 

Contact Manipulation Workshop in Vienna (2007)

May 8, 2011   //   by Ryan   //   Circus Blog  //  No Comments

Intensive workshop I developed and ran for a group of about 20 jugglers during a weekend with Fenfire.at in Vienna, Austria. By the end of the workshop, the students were able to demonstrate a variety of manipulation concepts, many of which are showcased in this video.

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Bounce!!! with Inner Ring Circus

May 8, 2011   //   by Ryan   //   Circus Blog  //  No Comments

A family entertainment circus/theater show in Vancouver.   I worked with them from 2008-2010 performing dance, character interactions, box manipulation, ring, contact juggling, 3 ball juggling and a lot of other things with this crazy cast of acrobats and jugglers.  I created my PONG routine for the show, as well as helped direct the first stage version (which featured a lovely trampoline duet)

More about BOUNCE can be found @ the awesome Inner Ring Circus Blog

 

“Anomalies” Ryan & Jago 2007 contact juggling show

May 3, 2011   //   by Ryan   //   Circus Blog  //  No Comments

Clips from the live performance of ‘Anomalies,’ a modern juggling and manipulation show featuring Ryan Mellors and Jago Parfitt. From Read more >>

London Manipulation workshops

May 3, 2011   //   by Ryan   //   Circus Blog  //  No Comments

contact juggling workshop in London focusing on new manipulation. For more details and the newest videos: www.ministryofmanipulation.com Ministry Of Manipulation Read more >>

Ministry Contact Juggling Workshop

May 3, 2011   //   by Ryan   //   Circus Blog  //  No Comments

From 2005-2006.. London had its own contact juggling workshop every Thursday night at The Hangar. Ryan and Drew [The Ministry Read more >>

CJ-Day, Vancouver, thx to Dawn and DotOrg

Oct 10, 2010   //   by Ryan   //   Circus Blog  //  No Comments

6min of me rocking out to Aphrodite. high five to all the contact jugglers! thx to dawn for starting an Read more >>

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