Chris Murdoch specializes in Contact Juggling, a form of object manipulation that focuses on the movement of balls in contact with the body. Juggling techniques include Body Rolling, Palm Spinning and Isolation. This is new updated version of this ancient juggling skill will delights every audience.
Chris has hosted a monthly show with fusion dance troupe Luciterra for 5 years and produced a series of Halloween theatre productions. Along with Yuki Ueda, Chris was the show producer, technical director and performance curator for Madskillz Vancouver – a ground level circus festival that ran for 10 years. Also with Yuki, Chris founded Cause & Effect Circus and created the award winning contemporary juggling show “the New Conformity”. Cause and Effect has performed at the Singapore Grand Prix and across North America, and produced the East Vancouver hit Nightmare Before Nutcracker: a circus and live music spectacle with a cast of 25 performers.
Chris has taught prop manipulation at CircusWest for numerous years, and has taught circus workshops in Canada, Australia, the United States and South East Asia. Chris is a featured artist for the Big Topp Circus performing at fairs, festivals, and corporate events.