Dutch TV visited for an interview and an overview of tricks. Below is a 4.5 minute (Dutch language) item on RTV Oost, which is the big public broadcasting organisation for the Northeast of The Netherlands. They made a really cool item of it, since my head was still full of our UFO urban-event and some […]
The news that Russia had invaded Ukraine hit us hard. We were busy with a series of theatershows celebrating freedom in The Netherlands. We were programmed to play on liberation-festivals and such. Literally on the day that we received the equipment (lights and such) for that tour, we woke up with the news that Russia
What an experience! Don’t even know were to start to describe it all. I think I will do it in a few posts. Let’s start with a general wrap up. For those who don’t know it: LAUCC is the Latin-American Unicycle Championship and Convention. The 11th edition is called LAUCC2024 and was held in Bogota,
As The Netherlands is really flat we don’t have a Muni-culture. Most unicyclists from Holland follow the same path I took: you discover the unicycle in a youth-circus and if you like it you start unicycling track. I still do track and I love long distances (10+ kms). But for my first muni experience I
My dad and I have rented a small apartment next to La Candelaria, the vibrant heart of Bogotá. It’s beautiful, yesterday’s pictures were taken there. Our apartment is in the top of a high-rise. It’s very practical. We have a small kitchen, decent bathroom/shower and good beds. It has one window overlooking a part of
So here I am, 9000 kms from home in sunny Colombia. Downtown Bogotá to be more precise. This city is home to 11-and-a-half million people and is in 2024 host of the Latin American Unicycle Championship and Convention. Or the Campeonato y Convención LatinoAmericano de Monociclo as it is known in Spanish. Hello Colombia! It’s
In 2023 I played my unicycle/circus/theater-act “Eaters” on a lot of locations, ranging from festivals to theaters and from events to ages old historic places. And then I was allowed to perform my act under the big top of the Wintercircus Leiden as part of the Miloco Wintercircus. A truly unforgettable experience. Maybe in the
Talking about awesome! Yes, that was my 2023. I made a movie with most of my highlights. Probably forgot a few, as you can’t remember (or even capture) everything. Nonetheless am I very pleased with the movie showing my year. I wish you all the best for 2024!
2024 will open with the South-American Unicycle Championships in Januari. I will be participating in LAUCC 2024, the Latin American competition. It will be fun and very educational. Played my theatershow “Eaters” a number of times and acted as Theater-technician during a lot of other shows. In all I saved enough money to travel to
This December I will be performing in Groot Kerst Circus (Big Christmas Circus) in Leiden on the 30th, in the show starting at 16:00H. My act “Eaters” will be part of the Christmas-show of the Miloco Youth-circus from the city of Leiden. How cool is that? The Groot Kerstcircus will be in town from December