A Circus Performer's Big Secret: He's Juggled for Decades, but There's One Thing Audiences Never Knew - CircusTalk

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A Circus Performer’s Big Secret: He’s Juggled for Decades, but There’s One Thing Audiences Never Knew

Nino Frediani stands in his kitchen, ready for an impromptu demonstration of his craft: throwing things into the air with controlled abandon.

“This is how a normal juggler does it,” he says, launching three small yellow balls above his head. But the 73-year-old Frediani is no normal juggler. After a few rotations, he tosses one ball almost to the ceiling and misses its return. It hits the floor and rolls under the table.

“Now, this is how I do it.”

He starts again. This time the balls remain only inches from his grasp, their orbits fast and tight, almost dizzying. Suddenly, he grabs them all at once, with a satisfied smile that says, “I’ve done it again. I’ve beaten the odds.”

For decades, Frediani carried a secret as he traveled across Europe and Africa with an act that earned him acclaim as the world’s fastest juggler. Since 1980, he’s performed on small stages around Las Vegas — tossing rings, knives and torches that could easily slice an arm or burn a leg. Yet he stubbornly refused to tell either his employers or audiences the truth.

He’s legally blind.

Link to Full Article on The Fredrick News-Post.

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