I recorded a few data points from Bath Upchuck this weekend. Not everything in Dee's list as I don't have access to all that data, but here's what I have:
Show performers: 8 male, 2 female, broken down as follows:
Compère & one act: male (clubs, balls, juggling and balance)
Act: male (juggling I think from memory)
Act: female (hoops)
Act: male (ball juggling)
Act: male (ring juggling)
Act: duo male & female (club juggling & passing)
Act: male (cigar box & contact ball)
Act: make (diabolo)
Headline act: male (contact juggling)
Also on stage: 4 people plugging future conventions: 1 female, 3 male. Plus a voice from the audience (male) plugging a further convention (but did not appear on stage). Also during the curtain call, 2 convention organisers (main organiser and show organiser I think) appeared on stage, both male.
I also did as I suggested and recorded an approximate gender balance for the attendees. Late in the afternoon I went to the balcony and did a visual survey of the attendees in the main juggling hall. I excluded any children below teenage as they are probably brought by parents rather than there by choice (and they move too fast to count!)
It's difficult to count exactly due to people moving, the problem of double counting when scanning an entire hall, and using visual clues at a distance to determine gender. But I think it's fairly accurate. I counted a total of 58 female, 106 male, giving a ratio of 35%/65%.
I also wondered about breaking it down further into those actively doing a skill, and those sitting at the edges, to see who was there just to accompany a juggler rather than to actively participate. I decided to take photos to analyse later from stills as it would be easier. Sadly however the mobile phone photos are very blurry, and it's quite hard to estimate gender from them.
by Richard Loxley, in response to this post 2016-02-21 17:33:14