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American juggler (born 1973)

Anthony Gatto Born Anthony Commarota[1] (1973-04-14) April 14, 1973 (age 53) Manhattan, New York Occupations Juggler entrepreneur

**Anthony Gatto** (born **Anthony Commarota** on April 14, 1973) is an American juggler who holds several [juggling](/source/Juggling) world records. He began performing in [Las Vegas](/source/Las_Vegas) at the age of ten.

## Early years

Born in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan)[2] and growing up in [Ellicott City, Maryland](/source/Ellicott_City%2C_Maryland),[3] he learned to juggle at the age of 3, taught by his stepfather, Nick Gatto, a retired [Vaudeville](/source/Vaudeville) performer.[4] By age 5, his skills had exceeded his father's.[4] He was a juggling [prodigy](/source/Child_prodigy): world-class by the age of nine, when he won a gold medal at Circus Mondial in [Paris](/source/Paris).[5]

He made his first television appearance at the age of 8 on the program *[That's Incredible!](/source/That's_Incredible!)*[1][6] At the age of 13, he came in third place in the individual competition at the 39th annual convention of the [International Jugglers Association](/source/International_Jugglers_Association).[7] Anthony Gatto appeared on [The Tonight Show](/source/The_Tonight_Show)[8] in 1985. His family moved to Las Vegas when he was 14 in order to take advantage of the career opportunities located there.[9]

## Adult career

In 1998, Gatto met his future wife Danielle, who became his assistant during his performances. A professional dancer, Danielle added circus-style skills to her résumé to accompany her husband on circus tours. Danielle and Anthony married in 1999 and they have two children.

Gatto performed in *[Midnight Fantasy](/source/Fantasy_(Las_Vegas_show))* when it premiered in 1999. As he performed largely without speaking, he quickly juggled [hula hoops](/source/Hula_hoop), swiftly thrown [clubs](/source/Juggling_club), and balls aimed for [baskets](/source/Basket_(basketball)).[10] Joe Delaney of the *[Las Vegas Sun](/source/Las_Vegas_Sun)* said that the audience most liked the part of the show where Gatto juggled.[11]

In 2000, he became the first and so far only juggler to win the prestigious Golden Clown award at the 24th [International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo](/source/International_Circus_Festival_of_Monte-Carlo).[12] Between 2007 and 2009, Gatto's performance was a part of [Cirque du Soleil](/source/Cirque_du_Soleil)'s show *[Koozå](/source/Kooz%C3%A5)*. From 2010 to 2012, he was part of Cirque du Soleil's show [La Nouba](/source/La_Nouba).

In 2012, Anthony Gatto retired from performing in Cirque Du Soleil in order to run a concrete resurfacing business "Big Top Concrete Resurfacing LLC" under his birth name of Anthony Commarota.[1] The business was founded by him in August 2012 and is located in [Orlando](/source/Orlando%2C_Florida), Florida.

## Skills

Gatto formerly shared the record for most rings juggled and caught at least once. He currently holds the following 7 [juggling world records](/source/Juggling_world_records):

**Rings**

- 7 rings for 15 minutes 5 seconds in 2011.[13]

- 8 rings for 1 minute 17 seconds in 1989.[13]

- 9 rings for 235 catches in 2005.[13]

- 10 rings for 47 catches in 2005.[13]

**Clubs**

- 6 clubs for 7 minutes 38 seconds in 2005.[13]

- 7 clubs for 4 minutes 24 seconds in 2005.[13]

**Balls**

- 9 balls for 55 seconds in 2006.[13]

## See also

- [List of jugglers](/source/List_of_jugglers)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-grantland_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-grantland_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-grantland_1-2) ["Dropped"](http://grantland.com/features/anthony-gatto-juggling-cirque-du-soleil-jason-fagone/). grantland.com. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Plotkin_2-0)** Gatto, From Vaudeville Acro-Cat to the King of Juggling, Produced by Alan Plotkin

1. **[^](#cite_ref-peacock_3-0)** Smith, C. Fraser (January 24, 1983). "[A 'peacock' juggles in Ellicott City](https://www.newspapers.com/image/377551340/)". *The Baltimore Sun*. p. D1.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-natural_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-natural_4-1) Holzberg, Janene (March 15, 2009). "[The Natural: Cirque du Soleil juggler learned at dad's shop](https://www.newspapers.com/image/252326213/)". *The Baltimore Sun*. p. A3.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "[Juggler, 12, sets own high goals](https://www.newspapers.com/image/145826691/)". *Asbury Park Press* (Asbury Park, New Jersey). p.G8.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gatto_6-0)** Gatto, Anthony. "History of Gatto Ent?" May 5, 2008. [Juggling Talk.](http://www.anthonygatto.forumco.com) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224235/https://anthonygatto.forumco.com/) December 15, 2018, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "[Convention attracts 700 jugglers and one teen prodegy](https://www.newspapers.com/image/498243023/)". *Associated Press*. The Leader-Post (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada). p. C14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Fagone, J. (1970, January 1). *Dropped*. " Dropped. [https://grantland.com/features/anthony-gatto-juggling-cirque-du-soleil-jason-fagone/](https://grantland.com/features/anthony-gatto-juggling-cirque-du-soleil-jason-fagone/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Boiler, Donna E. (July 19, 1989). "[Juggling his way through life](https://www.newspapers.com/image/377979072/)". *The Baltimore Sun*. p. HCS2.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Paskevich1999-11-19_10-0)** Paskevich, Michael (November 19, 1999). ["'Midnight Fantasy' too much of a throwback"](https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/0FD39252A422BEFA&f=basic). *[Las Vegas Review-Journal](/source/Las_Vegas_Review-Journal)*. Retrieved August 1, 2024.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Delaney1999-11-12_11-0)** Delaney, Joe (November 12, 1999). ["Plenty of flesh on display in 'Midnight Fantasy'"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240801103714/https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/nov/12/plenty-of-flesh-on-display-in-midnight-fantasy/). *[Las Vegas Sun](/source/Las_Vegas_Sun)*. Archived from [the original](https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/nov/12/plenty-of-flesh-on-display-in-midnight-fantasy/) on August 1, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["List of previous award winners"](http://www.montecarlofestivals.com/siteweb/palmares_precedentes.html). International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo. Retrieved October 16, 2009.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-JIS_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-JIS_13-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-JIS_13-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-JIS_13-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-JIS_13-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-JIS_13-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-JIS_13-6) ["List of Numbers Juggling Records"](http://www.juggling.org/records/records.html). Juggling Information Service Committee on Numbers Juggling (JISCON). Retrieved February 20, 2011.

## External links

- [Anthony Gatto's commercial page](http://anthonygatto.com)

- [Anthony Gatto's YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/ator1a1m)

- [Videos of Anthony Gatto juggling](http://juggling.tv/search/anthony+gatto)

- [Anthony Commarota's concrete resurfacing business](http://bigtopcr.com/)

- [Snapshot of now defunct website (August 26, 2019)](https://web.archive.org/web/20190826154242/http://www.anthonygatto.com/)

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