TRAILBLAZERS: Women Who Juggle

Renowned female jugglers Lottie Brunn, Francoise Rochais, Noelle Franco, Cindy Marvell, Ilka Licht and Kati Yla-Hokkala share their travels, performances and training techniques over a five year period.

Connie Leaverton travels across America and Europe to theaters, juggling festivals and competitions seeking talked trailblazers who reveal the passions that drive them to new juggling heights.

Follow the history and culture of female jugglers and their collaborators from vaudeville to the zany 1960's and beyond. Meet dazzling families that juggle together such as the Finnigans and The Dazzling Mills Family. Catch a view of some of the troupes that have featured female jugglers, including Circus Chimera, the Pickle Family Circus, Lazer Vaudeville and Gandini Juggling.