Ali Oops,
Where did it all begin?
I spent my university
years learning to juggle being inspired by others
and occasional courses I learned the skills I now
have. I ran a juggling club, was a founder of
Plymouth's community circus (Rushin'State Circus)
had a post as EAZ Circus Tutor in Plymouth and
taught circus skills at Callington Community
College. I managed Cirque du Ciel, a circus
proect for very deprived children for 3 years and
am now back working for Circus into Schools full
time.
Where does it
end?
When I have juggled
on the moon.
What is in the
middle?
Probably lots of
caffeine.
Currently :-
- set up and run
Calstock Juggling Club.
- enjoying creating
walkabout stilt creatures and working as a
stiltwalker.
- expanding work
opportunities as I want to bring more work in for
my team,
Any extra special
bits?
2008 - 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.
2002 - 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"
 Some more
than others is all I can say!
That was Ali Oops,
children's performer and circus tutor.
Ali performs currently as
a stiltwalking creature, available for all sorts
of events.
Ali
Oops is the main tutor from circus into schools
but there are also 3 other tutors and 6
performers that work for Circus into Schools.
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