I fall down

Every muscle in my body hurts. It really is an eye-opener how out of shape I am. I really get a good perspective about how my body gets used to the twist and turns and bangs I have in the show everyday. I don't get sore from all of that, but once I do anything new and strenuous, I get sore beyond all comprehension. I can't believe I got on with the show today.

Yesterday, master juggler Anthony Gatto and I worked on a collaboration for his suite of circus skills instructional videos. Anthony asked me to put together a stage pratfalls how-to. I was reluctant at first, thinking it's really not my thing. But really, when Gatto asks you to do something like this, you can't turn him down.

I've seen his videos for how to juggle three balls and seven balls. Quite a leap between the disciplines, I know, but both are marketed to very different groups of people, obviously. I was able to get a sense of his teaching style, which is very thorough and accessible, and it's fun to watch. So it was easy to tap into his style for my own how-to.

I spent a few days writing out how to physically fall down on stage--super strange--keeping in mind that I would be going back and forth between showing the moves and talking about the moves in front of a green screen.

He's editing it together now, and he hopes to have it done by mid-October. Stay tuned!