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sorry about that, um.. mods could split the topics if they wanted, "naked contact juggling"...hmm... sounds weird.

The evidence is out there, but given to only those people I have met (and not people who'll use it as contact juggling porn). There is a little known fact that I am a nudest at heart... and I did learn most of my contact on a nude beach here in Vancouver. I am obsessed with the FEEL of CJ, not so much the look of it... but yah.

The context is a body painted performance that I have done with the work less party here in Vancouver - 3 years in a row..

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I don't think we'd met when you gave it to me

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With fushigi, Contact juggling gravitates like an Ungody Sphereplay nose fight inside a post box full of oranges

all I know is I cant joke about this anymore without sounding like a complete perv... so im just going to walk away from the lady who hates clothes....

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Just found this fairly old thread. Love this stuff. Light marks a time in my life that-- well it just can't be described. In college getting an acting degree barely 22. Then I saw light. Awesome.

Did anyone ever notice the 1-2-3-4 progression in the first half of this special? Check it:

1- single ring manipulation
2- double ring manipulation

And now it gets abstract

3- manipulation of 2 broken rings (the S shaped props) with a broken ring sculpture behind him (another sort of S shape) for 3 rings total.

4- two torches tracing 2 rings with a moving sculpture behind him made of 2 broken rings for 4 rings total.


Must have been by design.
Awesome.

As for the "Put on some trousers" headspace. I love the creative on the whole thing including the nigh naked 8 ball piece.

Well that was amazing.

OK, I've seen this piece before, but I hadn't realized until the other day (and was too busy to post) that this is over 20 years old... that just skyrocketed it in my estimation. I mean, it was amazing before, but the fact of how long ago it was made is just... wow.

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No matter how many times I watch contact juggling it never ceases to mesmerize me. I hope when I get older and have kids, that I can teach them this magical artform. I <3 CJ:D

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Yes I AM playing with my balls...Acrylics, that is:D

Hi !

The first link given by Ryan being dead, I repost "light" here for those willing to watch :

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT_p7eRLppY

I really loved the way he handled 4 balls, it looked absolutely amazing. It frustrates me that I didn't start 20 years ago! I'd do it with pants though...

This was one of the first CJ videos I watched online, before I found this forum. It is as relaxing as it is entertaining.

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We all (contact jugglers, multiball spinners, hoop & baton manipulators, buugeng spinners, and other similar manipulators) owe everything to Michael Moschen!
nuff said

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And Francis Brunn..
And Tony Duncan..
And the Ancient Asian civilizations..
And the Egyptians..
And probably Atlas too...

Nuff said

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I may be wrong, but I think that none of the above invented acrylic manipulation, isolations, acrylic multiball, floating objects in space, antispin and manipulation of hoops and batons the way MM did, as well as the way the today's so-called manipulators do deal with these objects. Ofc even more than what you mention above influence juggling and manipulation, but I am talking about inventing a whole new world here! And again, if i am not wrong, I think MM invented this new world after a long-long research. It is not just a little part of his work that just influenced some people. I think he is the reason juggling stores sell acrylic balls and aluminum hoops and S staffs.

PS. In case I am misinformed and someone else invented acrylics and hoop manip. please let me know because it will be very uncomfortable for me to believe the opposite as well as writing in forums false information

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I agree with Yorgos. Many people have influence on manipulation, but Moschen was the first one. In acrylics for sure.

there are arguments against the fact that he was the first to use crystal balls (there are photos from the 20's of people balancing crystals), the ancient Chinese do multiball and have for centuries. Tony Duncan was working on butterflies around the same time as MM and did arm and body rolls. Francis Brunn did extended body rolls in the 1920's..
Manipulation is an old art, and not all vaudville was caught on camera. Hoops have been manipulated in many ways for years.

MM did a lot of amazing things, and I would certainly believe he invented the isolated palm circle, but I do not give him credit for absolutely everything.

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