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"Tony is exceptionally gifted, both as a juggler and as an educator. He sets enough structure, along with challenging goals, to empower students in their learning and to enable them to achieve goals beyond their imagination. He also provides a supportive, open environment through which he and they are able to surface thought patterns that get in the way of success and learning.
He models an open, constructive, critically reflective stance toward his learning that provides for students greater insight into the attitude and practice of learning from experience. He helps students deal constructively with, and learn from, the emotions that typically surface when engaged in challenging learning that has the potential to transform underlying mental models and habits of mind. And he does this with a good deal of grounded understanding and the right dose of humor and levity."
Victoria J. Marsick - Co-Director, J.M. Huber Institute for Learning in Organizations
June 2, 2005
"Leadership...is brought to life in the expert hands of Tony Duncan, representing the leader and his ability to juggle risk, unusual objects, and group feedback, while depending on team members for support. Group participation takes this learning to a whole new level and transforms what would be an interesting learning approach to a rich and unforgettable application about leadership. It is truly out of the box!
The examples demonstrated in the activity expand ones understanding of leadership and I highly recommend this workshop for teams, cohorts, groups and their participating leaders. Both leaders and teams members will enjoy this fun and exciting experience while gaining key skills in interdependence, flexibility and adaptability."
Wanda Morrison - Learning and Development Manager, Sony, USA.
May 25, 2005
"I have known Tony for a number of years and have had the privilege of working with him in a leadership program where he not only demonstrated his unique, cutting edge juggling skills but also his deep fund of knowledge about learning and the process of adult education. He presented a workshop on Healthcare Leadership to the Veterans Administration in Washington DC in which I had the opportunity to observe him in action.
The focus of the workshop was on personal development and continuous learning, an area in which he is a wonderful role model. His use of juggling as a metaphor for learning styles was truly inspiring. More recently I had an opportunity to see him perform in his latest show with Jen Slaw. Their show is completely dazzling and they are a true model of perfection in teamwork.
In the juggling world Tony’s technical skills are considered the very best. The level of difficulty of his juggling tricks far exceeds that of any other performer, and he maintains this standard in all of his endeavors."
Jack Hirschowitz - Director of Residency Training, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
May 9,2005
"The workshop you led was inspirational. It allowed me to explore new ways to challenge myself in a safe, holding environment. The way you made yourself available, the real, personal you, made this experience unforgettable to this day. I learned to be more genuine and to translate mistakes into new ventures and ways of learning.
Again, why the workshop was so powerful was because you were as interested in seeing/knowing me as you were committed to sharing yourself, knowledge, skills and personal experiences with us! I will register for your workshops EVERY TIME!!!"
Darlene Cepin - Doctoral candidate, Columbia University
June 27, 2005
"I was participant in a class on Transformative Learning at Teachers College, Columbia University where Tony Duncan was a presenter on "Juggling and Leadership". Tony demonstrated his masterful skills in juggling and was able to give a true sense of how a leader can weave the many fabrics of a busy life together and not mess up the flow and harmony of an "act". I would highly recommend Tony's performance to anyone who is interested in a high energy, creative and thrilling performance which is perfectly suited to stimulating thinking about organizational behavior and leadership issues.
Superb work!!!!!"
Ken Williams - Professor of Leadership and Management, School for International Training
May 10, 2005
"I have been an Alexander Technique teacher now for 18 years. Through this discipline, I have learned how to attend to myself on a moment-by-moment basis. I have regained a sensitivity to how I move. I now have much greater command and control. This results in a much more natural and fluid coordination. My injuries are now a thing of the past. My functioning and performance in all facets of life have greatly improved. But my passion for learning how to attend to myself at an even higher level -- in order to expand my potential as a human being and to simply have more fun -- continues to grow.
I could not have chosen a better discipline for pursuing this passion than by studying juggling with Tony Duncan. Not only is it a lot of fun, but it is deeply challenging. Tony patiently instructs me how to expand my awareness, and my capabilities, step-by-step. This enables me to learn to do things that before I would have thought were impossible. The key is learning how to create time and space in the mind to attend to multiple events at the same time, while also planning your next move. Not only does this help in learning new juggling skills, but helps enormously in day-to-day living. I am truly excited to be studying juggling with Tony. Although I do not know exactly where it will lead, I do know I will be pleasantly surprised every step of the way."
Michael Protzel - AmSAT Certified Alexander Technique Teacher
May 5, 2005
"Tony has an amazing way with teaching and learning: He elicited from me the ability to juggle balls in an amazingly short span of minutes. But more dramatically, he provoked thought about juggling as a metaphor very different from the abused cliché of juggling tasks. Rather, Tony inspired us to think of the almost Zen state one must enter to juggle, the paradoxical state of at once mindfulness and at the same time, free movement. He also evoked ideas about taking baby steps towards any imposing challenge, and remembering first principles, the foundations after which everything else comes much easier."
Roben Torosyan - Assistant Director, Center for Academic Excellence, Fairfield University
April 17, 2005
"Tony Duncan was a great addition to our coaching staff. He can help the beginners find their way through the basic concepts of juggling, and can help the more advanced practitioner simplify and understand the complexities of club juggling, cigar boxes, contact juggling and many other manipulation forms. He has a clear director's eye and can help performers improve their technique and their delivery for a more professional and polished act."
Serenity Smith Forchion - Injury prevention trainer, Cirque Du Soleil
May 15, 2005
"The workshop, although short, was also a great experience. All of us there felt at least some immediate improvement in what we were working on from your constructive method of advice and self- and peer-reviewing of the issues and successes in our practicing. I will certainly be trying to remember your teaching advice and style whenever our club has new members looking to learn."
Derek Walker - President of the Middlebury Flying Fists Juggling Brigade
May 5, 2005
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