Episode 70: Innovative Movement and Cigar Box Juggling with Eric Bates

Eric Bates is considered one of the best cigar box jugglers in the world... what's a cigar box juggler you ask? Don't worry Eric will explain. In addition, he talks about how he creates new tricks, ideas, and creates work with his company Barcode Circus Company Find Eric Bates Online: https://www.ericbates.com/  Watch him juggle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yynLur7aRo0&list=PLWzY6UKVFOfd_cPxlYjKCAk-p1R4U Check out his company, Barcode Circus Company: https://www.barcodecircuscompany.com/   Please won’t you be a Patreon?: http://www.patreon.com/theartistathlete This podcast is dedicated to CIRCUS. Aerialist, Shannon McKenna interviews guests from acrobats in Cirque du Soleil to circus therapists and everyone in between. Learn the backstage lives of those who flip, twist, sparkle, and shine under the big top. Shannon McKenna is an internationally recognized circus performer and coach. For the past decade, she has been a freelance artist: giving workshops and classes across 7 countries and working on and backstage for both traditional and contemporary circus shows in the US, Portugal, Germany, and Australia. She holds a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a concentration on post-modern physical theater (how’s that for a mouthful?). She founded The Artist Athlete in 2018 as a means to produce educational materials for aerial artists and a podcast in which she interviews experts in the circus industry about their careers. If you’re reading this, you’re probably listening to it. Thank you! She currently lives in Atlanta, GA USA, but gravitates towards whichever circus community is the warmest. Find her online: www.theartistathlete.com Facebook: The Artist Athlete Instagram: @the_artist_athlete