I'd never heard of contact juggling until I found these two video clips. Wikipedia defines it as "a form of object manipulation that focuses on the movement of objects such as balls in contact with the body. Although often used with 'toss' juggling, it typically involves the rolling of one or more balls on the hands and arms to create visual illusions without releasing the props into the air."
It certainly looks challenging!
Peter
Yikes!
ReplyDeleteFirst time I've seen this. Awesome!
I noticed the girl walking by in the background caused the cameraman(in the first vid) a moment of consternation. He couldn't decide which was more interesting to follow.
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting, never seen that before, I'm assuming China?
ReplyDeleteThanks for that, BRM.
ReplyDeleteI've already sent a link to some friends. Interesting art form.
You've never seen it before? Okay, I'm going to have to make you watch Labyrinth, in which you'll see Michael Moschen doing some incredible contact juggling - he's actually reaching around David Bowie to make it look like Bowie was the juggler.
ReplyDelete.. but if you turn it this way, and look into it, it will show you your dreams...
ReplyDeleteAlso been getting more popular at ren and faery fairs over the last decade or so, for some strange reason. :)
I saw this years back in the movie "Labyrinth" starring David Bowie! Way cool stuff!
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