Ali Oops,
Where did it all begin?
I began by throwing
three balls up in the air and dropping them a lot
and I progressed to club juggling, diablo, pois,
clubswinging, unicycling, stiltwalking, doing
performances and running workshops. Inspired by
others and occasional courses I learned the
skills I now have. I ran a juggling club, co-ran
a community circus, had a post as EAZ Circus
Tutor in Plymouth and currently teach circus
skills at Callington Community College.
Where does it
end?
When I have juggled
on the moon.
What is in the
middle?
Probably lots of
Cake.
Currently :-
-working at
Callington Community College, Cornwall, teaching
circus skills.
- running a
children's circus project with Emerge Physical
Theatre
- currently run
Calstock Unicycle Club.
- enjoying creating
walkabout stilt creatures.
Any extra special
bits?
We have just come
back from a three month residency by the Red Sea
in Egypt. Our brand of wacky stiltacts and
balloon modelling went down a treat with a mixed
audience of Europeans / Egyptians / Russians. It
was a brilliant adventure and our children had a
great time.
About 6 years ago I
worked as a volunteer in Cambodia.
My friend and I ran a project
working and performing with deaf children in
Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The children we worked
with were fantastic.
How would you like to end
this interview.
With a quote from a
paper."Oprah, Martha, Nigella: what do they
all have in common? Like all working women they
had to juggle to survive"
That was Ali Oops,
children's performer and circus tutor.
Ali performs currently as
a stiltwalking creature, available for all sorts
of events.
Ali can also be
contacted by post. Ali Oops, PE
Department, Callington Community College,
Callington, Cornwall, PL17 7DR.
Ali
Oops is part of Circus Allsorts, a group of
performers based in Cornwall / Devon who are
available for booking for events, stiltwalking
acts, trapeze, circus skills and storytelling
workshops, birthday parties, balloon modelling
and facepainting. Check out the website www.circusallsorts.com
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