35 Facts About Thom Wall

Thom Wall is known for his avant-garde performance style, cultivated through training at the New England Center for Circus Arts, lessons with mime Karen Montanaro, and training with long-time friend Curtis Carlyle.

In 2009, Thom Wall competed at the World Juggling Federation's "Winter Blitz" event.

Thom Wall is one of the last gentleman jugglers performing in the world today - a performance style where relatable objects are manipulated in clever ways.

In November 2017, Thom Wall married fellow circus performer Chloe Somers, who worked with Thom Wall to revive and popularize the old circus discipline of "bottle walking" in the United States.

Thom Wall left Cirque du Soleil's show Totem after its premiere at London's Royal Albert Hall in January, 2019, to pursue work on cruise ships.

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In 2014, Thom Wall competed at the International Jugglers' Association Senior Stage Championships with a traditional mouthstick juggling act.

Thom Wall was hired by Cirque du Soleil in April 2014 in their touring show Totem.

Thom Wall worked for the company in a temporary position, performing shows in America, Canada and New Zealand before being replaced by Chris Chiappini in September 2014.

Thom Wall was then rehired by Cirque in February 2016 as a last-minute replacement for the Japan tour - this was possibly the fastest re-integration ever into a Cirque du Soleil show, as Thom Wall was given eight hour's notice before catching a flight to Tokyo.

Thom Wall performed with the show through their European tour in 2019 before moving on to work for Royal Caribbean International as a guest entertainer, performing his own show on cruise ships.

In 2017, Thom Wall was the face of the American juggling tradition at the 50th annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC, where he hosted panel discussions and performed a daily lecture and demonstration of the history of juggling.

Also in 2017, one of the glasses from Thom Wall's mouthstick act was inducted into the Museum of Historical Juggling Props in Middletown, Ohio.

Thom Wall has a wide array of skills but what he is known for few people do.

In 2021, Thom Wall joined the Board of Directors of the Celebration Barn Theater, one of the premier physical comedy schools in the world.

In 2021, Thom Wall was awarded the International Jugglers' Association's "Excellence in Education Award".

Thom Wall was the 18th honoree with this title in the organization's 74-year history, and the youngest to receive this lifetime achievement honor.

In 2022, Thom Wall was named a "distinguished alumni" from his high school, Ladue Horton Watkins High School in St Louis, Missouri, for his work in the performing arts.

In 2019, Thom Wall published the book Juggling - From Antiquity to the Middle Ages: the forgotten history of throwing and catching with the imprint Modern Vaudeville Press.

Thom Wall attended Washington University in St Louis, where he earned a degree in Germanic Languages and Literatures under Herr Dr Paul Michael Lutzeler.

Thom Wall was drawn to Washington University due to its "robust language offerings" across a variety of linguistic families.

Thom Wall speaks Spanish and Arabic and has taught workshops in both languages, and holds teaching credentials from Cambridge University.

Thom Wall holds a master's degree in Nonprofit Arts Administration from Drexel University.

Thom Wall's thesis revolved around the branding of nonprofit circus organizations in the United States.

Thom Wall was a member of the 2012 Professional Development Program at the New England Center for Circus arts, where he trained juggling and hoop diving.

Thom Wall served on the Board of Directors of the International Jugglers' Association between 2009 and 2013.

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Thom Wall is widely credited by members of the juggling community with helping turn the International Jugglers' Association around - when he was first elected to the Board of Directors, the organization was in the middle of a public relations crisis on the usenet forum Rec.

In 2020, Thom Wall was made an MLA Field Bibliographer, helping the organization cultivate its inaugural Circus Arts bibliography.

Thom Wall has coached a number of notable jugglers throughout their careers, including Sam Malcolm, Benjamin Domask, and Tony Steinbach.

In 2021, Thom Wall was awarded the "Excellence in Education" award by the International Jugglers' Association.

Thom Wall has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Celebration Barn Theater since 2021.

In 2014, Thom Wall competed at the Zelta Karlis circus festival in Riga, Latvia.

In 2015, Thom Wall was invited to perform at the 3rd annual Festival Universario de Circo, circus festival held at La Universidad Mesoamericana, which is home to the Mexico's traditional circus school, in Puebla, Mexico.

In 2017, Thom Wall was invited to teach a fifteen-hour masterclass workshop at the Periplo International Circus Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Thom Wall debuted his new one-man show On the Topic of Juggling at the event.

In 2019, Thom Wall was invited to the Zelka circus festival in Lublin, Poland to present On the Topic of Juggling at the country's national juggling festival.