Jay Gilligan

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Jay Gilligan is a professional juggler and performer from Arcadia, Ohio currently performing and living in Europe. Jay is a teacher of juggling and works at many circus schools overseas. He has been called one of the most famous living jugglers by writers at the usenet group rec.juggling. [1] [2] He has performed in many European countries and every state in America. [3] Jay toured American cities in the summer 2006 and summer 2007 with the Shoebox Tour. Jay is also the main teacher of juggling and creator of the juggling program at the University of Dance and Circus in Stockholm, Sweden.

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References

  1. The Top 40 Favourite Jugglers of 2004 as voted by YOU! Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. The Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers of 2005 Archived 2008-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Jay Gilligan - www.buildingweight.com Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine