Born
and raised in Los Angeles, CA Ivan started juggling when he
was about 12 years old… this strayed him off the path of practical
living and led him to where he is right now… Ivan did his first
performance at Six Flags Magic Mountain when he was 13 years
old. He was on right after the Senior Citizens Band… Juggling
was not a factor in him getting into college, but none the less
he got there anyway… and NOT by “juggling the books.” While
in college at California State University Northridge, (CSUN)
Ivan was awarded the title of Mr. CSUN 2000 by winning the school's
male beauty pageant. In college, Ivan was a member of the Phi
Delta Theta Fraternity and managed to eat very well despite
the fact that he lived in his fraternity house for two years.
With all that glamour aside, Ivan graduated in four years with
a degree in film production. Putting his degree to good use,
Ivan produced the “Things You Can’t Do Juggling Series” which
are montage DVD's featuring some of the best jugglers alive
and breathing today. Just recently Ivan has produced an "Advanced
Instructional DVD" which takes you step by step in
learning advanced 4 and 5 ball moves.
In 2000 Ivan
won the title of International Three Ball Juggling Champion
at a competition in Montreal, Canada. Ivan won the same competition
again in 2003 at the International Jugglers Competition in Reno,
NV. He also was the master of ceremonies
for the competition that year. Recently, in July of 2004 at
the world juggling championships, Ivan won first place in both
the individual three ball and three club competition. (The only
person to ever win both in the same year.) Ivan also won the
prestigious Silver Medal in the World Juggling Championships.
He was the only American to win top honors in the competition
that year. He has appeared on television on ESPN2 competing
in the World Juggling Federation Championships, on the hit TV
show "King of Queens," and in numerous nation wide commercials.
Most notably, in the summer of 2006, Ivan appeared on NBC's
"America's Got Talent." Out of thousands of jugglers
who auditioned, Ivan was selected to be on the show and made
it throught to the 2nd round. As of Nov 3rd, 2004 Ivan made
his new home in Las Vegas, NV where he built a house with his
wife Alissa...who by the way is beautiful... He got married
on April 2nd, 2005 in Orange County, CA. Ivan has been very
fortunate to be so young and to have already found where his
heart lies. His talents have taken him all over the world and
he truly loves what he does. Click here
to view his Promotional Video and here
to visit him on MySpace, here
to visit him on Facebook... and here
to visit him on Youtube.
UPDATE!!
On June 21st Ivan
appeared on NBC's new summer show America's
Got Talent in Hollywood, CA. He made it to the next round but
not without a little hassel from the "Hoff" himself... David Hasselhoff.
In Jan 2007,
Ivan produced his first in a series of Advanced Instructional
DVD's. The Ivan Pecel Advanced Instructional DVD Series Volume
1 covers over 55 differnet advanced 4 and 5 ball moves. Click
here to
view the trailer. E-mail Ivan for ordering info.
June 20 - July
4, Ivan will be performing onboard Royal Caribbean's beautiful
"Radiance of the Seas" traveling through Alaska and
Canada.
Born
and raised in Los Angeles, CA Ivan started juggling when he
was about 12 years old… this strayed him off the path of practical
living and led him to where he is right now… Ivan did his first
performance at Six Flags Magic Mountain when he was 13 years
old. He was on right after the Senior Citizens Band… Juggling
was not a factor in him getting into college, but none the less
he got there anyway… and NOT by “juggling the books.” While
in college at California State University Northridge, (CSUN)
Ivan was awarded the title of Mr. CSUN 2000 by winning the school's
male beauty pageant. In college, Ivan was a member of the Phi
Delta Theta Fraternity and managed to eat very well despite
the fact that he lived in his fraternity house for two years.
With all that glamour aside, Ivan graduated in four years with
a degree in film production. Putting his degree to good use,
Ivan produced the “Things You Can’t Do Juggling Series” which
are montage DVD's featuring some of the best jugglers alive
and breathing today. Just recently Ivan has produced an "
ceremonies
for the competition that year. Recently, in July of 2004 at
the world juggling championships, Ivan won first place in both
the individual three ball and three club competition. (The only
person to ever win both in the same year.) Ivan also won the
prestigious Silver Medal in the World Juggling Championships.
He was the only American to win top honors in the competition
that year. He has appeared on television on ESPN2 competing
in the World Juggling Federation Championships, on the hit TV
show "King of Queens," and in numerous nation wide commercials.
Most notably, in the summer of 2006, Ivan appeared on NBC's
"America's Got Talent." Out of thousands of jugglers
who auditioned, Ivan was selected to be on the show and made
it throught to the 2nd round. As of Nov 3rd, 2004 Ivan made
his new home in Las Vegas, NV where he built a house with his
wife Alissa...who by the way is beautiful... He got married
on April 2nd, 2005 in Orange County, CA. Ivan has been very
fortunate to be so young and to have already found where his
heart lies. His talents have taken him all over the world and
he truly loves what he does. Click