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Tomislav Kozarčanin

Born in 1979. Elementary school and high school finished in Samobor.

Graduated journalism on Croatian studies in 2005. Juggles with different props since he was 21:

  • balls
  • clubs
  • devilstick
  • diabolo
  • firestick
  • torches

 

Education

Beside being self-taught, Kozarčanin attended workshops which included juggling, theatre and circus performance which were held by artists known world-wide

  • Object manipulation - Vile Wallo, Finnish juggler and object manipulator
  • Ball juggling - Phillipe Ménard, French juggler
  • Performing workshop - Tom Oskar, Australian actor
  • Clowning - circus Klomp, the Netherlands
  • Clubs (wrist catches & kick-ups) - Luke Wilson, English juggler
  • Tricks with clubs - Malte Steinmetz, German juggler
  • Developing creativity and technique with three balls - Marco Paoletti, Argentinian juggler
  • How to make a good host - Luke Burrage, English juggler
  • How to make a street show - Paul Anderson, juggler/acrobat/entertainer from USA

 

Reference

2014
- August: hotels on island Rab, cooperation with animation team Imperial; Days of street theatres, Sibenik
- July: Lost Theory festival, band Acid Carrots
- May: CU'FUS (Circus street festival in my hometown)
- March: Reconstruction of the medieval battle 1441., the fool, Samobor
- February: Carneval Samobor, balloon modelling; juggling lessons for Dario Saric, a new Croatian basketball hope (Saric thinks that juggling should help him improve his basketball skills); juggling workshop for children in elementary school Sv. Nedelja near Samobor
- January: Night of the museum, a show in Vukovar, castle Eltz and Županja, Homeland museum Stjepan Gruber (tour Slavonika)

2013
- Octobre: photo session for Samoborski Tamburatorij, (tamburatorij.eu), international festival of tamburitza music in Samobor
- Septembre: juggling and unicycle workshop in American school Zagreb (American
International School of Zagreb)
- July/August: Land art festival Slama, Adriatic islands tour; hotels in island Rab, cooperation with animation team Imperial, Rab; medieval festival Rabska fjera, Rab, the juggler
- May: CU'FUS (Circus festival in my hometown), organization team of three circus associations, Razbibriga and Antuntun
- April: “Paoli, you naughty Paoli”, a puppet show for children, cooperation with association “Pjetlic Zlatokrijestic”, kindergarden shows;
- March: Reconstruction of the medieval battle 1441., the fool, Samobor
- February: Carnaval Samobor; puppet show “Circus comes to our town”, cooperation with “Pjetlic Zlatokrijestic” association, kindergarden shows

2012
- Septembre: juggling workshop “Land without borders”, association “Breza”, Osijek
- July/August: summer tour Adriatic Islands, Island Rab, cooperation with animation team Imperial, Rab, shows on hotel terraces
- June: Cest iz d best, Zagreb
- May: CU'FUS (Circus street festival in Samobor), cooperation with circus associations Razbibriga and Antuntun; hotel International, show for Kaufland management
- March: Reconstruction of the medieval battle 1441., the fool, Samobor
- February: Carneval Samobor; premiere of the kindergarden puppet show “Circus comes to our town”, association “Pjetlic Zlatokrijestic”
- January: “Zongli – bongli” - juggling and unicycle workshop, Cultural centre Tresnjevka, Cool School, Zagreb

2011
- Decembre: “Zongli – bongli” - juggling and unicycle workshop, cultural centre Tresnjevka, Zagreb
- Octobre: start of the cooperation with puppet association “Pjetlic Zlatokrijestic” on a puppet show “Circus comes to town”
- Septembre: “Land without frontiers”, juggling and unicycle workshop, Osijek, association Breza, Osijek; medieval festival Šibenik
- July/August: Adriatic Island tour, cooperation with “Ruke, rucice”, an association from Omisalj, island Krk, workshop and a show
- June: CU'FUS (Circus street art festival in Samobor), cooperation and organization with associations Razbibriga and Antuntun


2010 - Night of the museum, Art Pavilion, Zagreb; Carneval Samobor; Reconstruction of the medieval battle 1441., the fool, Samobor; 15. Terezijana, Bjelovar; Medieval festival Koprivnica, court juggler; Sv. Kriz Zacretje, festival
2009 - Carneval Samobor; Reconstruction of the medieval battle 1441., the fool, Samobor; Sv. Kriz Zacretje, festival; Novska, City day
2008 - Carneval Samobor; Reconstruction of the medieval battle 1441., the fool, Samobor; Baskerfest, Skopje, Macedonia; Sv. Kriz Zacretje, festival; Spancirfest, Varazdin
2007 - Carneval Samobor; Christmas Fair, Zagreb; Smotra kazalisnih amatera Zagreba (SKAZ) - A review of theatre amaters of Zagreb) in Zagreb, with the show "Ciscenje" (Cleaning); Festival alternativnog kazališnog izričaja FAKI, Zagreb; drove a unicycle for a commercial for Sarajevo film festival 2007 - SFF
2006 - Carneval Samobor; Carneval Zagreb; from April till Septembre has travelled on a bicycle (with two of his friends) from Croatia through Slovenia, Italy, France, Ireland and Spain and gained experience as a street performer. In Ireland the trio has visited the 29th European Juggling Convention and also a few small conventions in France (cities Vire and Bayeux). More info "press clipping" link - 5 month journey on a bicycle across Europe; Christmas Fair, Zagreb
2004 - Bussiness summit, Sibenik, hotels Solaris

 

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