The European Juggling Convention (EJC), is the largest
juggling
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convention in the world, regularly attracting several thousand participants. It is held every year in a different
Europe
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an country. It is organised by changing local organisation committees which are supported by the European Juggling Association (EJA), a non-profit association founded in 1987 in
Saintes,
France
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. Like most
juggling convention
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s, it features a mix of workshops for jugglers, a "renegade" performance performed for participants, games, performances and a public show, usually spread out over a period of a week in the European summer. Accommodation is usually in the form of tents provided by participants.
History
The first EJC was inspired by the
IJA Festival and organised by jugglers who didn't want to travel to the USA. The IJA helped by giving the organisers a list (known as the roster) of IJA members living in Europe. It was also known as the "first European IJA mini-convention" and had an attendance of 11 jugglers from 5 countries.
EJC has now grown much bigger than its inspiration and has much less focus on competitive juggling, but is more about the sharing of juggling.
List of European Juggling Conventions
See also
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British Juggling Convention
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International Jugglers' Association
The International Jugglers' Association or IJA is the world's oldest and largest nonprofit circus organization, and is open to members worldwide. It was founded in the United States in 1947, with the goal of providing, "an organization for ju ...
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World Juggling Federation
References
External links
List of European Juggling ConventionsEJC Data Pages 1978 - 2006
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Culture of Europe
Recurring events established in 1978