Festival Report フェスティバル レポート 2009

Pop Eyed

Surrounded by the enthusiastic audience, Pop Eyed, a macho pair from Australia
showed their acrobatic performances one after another.
Their beautiful muscle, fringed with clear blue sky, even got more shiny by resounding claps and applause.
As well as physical strength, their comical conversation in the show was a must-see part.

We all are looking forward to seeing them again next year!

(Hiro)

The yellow human juke box/TAKAPARCH

During DAIDOGEI WORLD CUP IN SHIZUOKA, sometimes you can see a big yellow box in the Aoba street. Throwing the coin in it, the window opens and the man with the trumpet appears.Yes, it's the "human jukebox".
Funny melody spreads out if you request the song you like. Surprisingly, he plays the trumpet in his left hand, and tambourine and maracas in his right hand. Don't miss the last cute greeting with maracas!!(藍)

What a powerful performance!!／　Mr.APATCH

Mr.APATCH is a champion of Japan Cup in Daidougei World Cup 2000.
He is not only a great performer but also has a wonderful communication skill with his audience.
He has been performing for 20 years.

He has many kinds of performance skills like a bicycle acrobat, juggling, robot dance and so on.


However, he sometimes makes mistakes.
Before Daidogei World Cup, he injured his shoulder,
so he was irretated by not being able to do things which he usually can.

"Have you ever felt that the chopsticks are heavy? That's what I felt after the injury." He said.
But his performance never let us feel like that.
He accomplished a lot difficult performances.

At the end, he tried to juggle 7 balls with difficulty because of the injury.
However, he tried a few times until he suceeded.
That's how he acts in everything. He never gives up.
That touches audience's hearts.

His dream is to become a performer that the world can acknowlege.

I am sure he will do it!

(Mina, Naru)

King of Laughter! Mikumo Iori

His kind atmosphere and more than 15years of his career make the
audience in a loud laugh.

"If you don't give up, it's not a fail", this is his motto.
You can feel this through his show.

He tries unicycle, diabolo, and so on in 15 minutes with the audience.
Even he misses or the audience misses, he never gives up and encourages them.

He says this year he can perform easily because everybody's manner has become better.
So you can relax and join the show with a sense of togetherness.

If you are in a bad mood, his show will cheer you up
so why don't you go and see his wonderful show with full of laugh!!

(Andy, Kozue)