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Contact Juggling
Contact Juggling

Contact juggling is the art of juggling without letting the balls leave contact with one's body. Instead, they are rolled around each other (palmspinning), or along the arms and body (bodyrolling). Contact juggling Subjects are Greg Maldonado and Remy Holwick. ... Jump to: navigation, search The cascade pattern juggled with three fire torches (time-lapse photograph) In its general sense, juggling can refer to all forms of artful or skillful object manipulation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Body rolling is a form of contact juggling in which the ball doesnt leave the body, but instead travels over the hands, arms, and pretty much anywhere else you can manage to roll it. ...


Alternatively, 'still ball' or 'isolations' which use a solid coloured, or often transparrent ball, involve the movement of the hands or arms around the ball, whilst the ball remains stationary. This gives the impression that the ball is fixed to the spot.


Contact juggling in its modern popular form originated with a juggling routine developed by Michael Moschen. Some of the various moves of the artform (headrolls, for example) existed long before that, but it was Moschen who pulled them together.


In the film Labyrinth, David Bowie (aided by the arms of Michael Moschen) is seen to contact juggle throughout the film. Labyrinth Animated Title Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film directed by Jim Henson. ... Jump to: navigation, search David Bowie David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947 in London) is an English rock musician and actor. ...


Contact Juggling is also known by several other names, including Orb Rolling and Dynamic Manipulation.

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External links

Online contact juggling communities

Popular contact jugglers

Resources for learning

  • Contact Juggling Part I - Instructional Video
  • Contact Juggling Book
  • "My First Lesson" by Rich Shumaker

Other links

  • Contact Juggling Wiki
  • Contact Juggling Resource Page

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Contact juggling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (174 words)
Contact juggling is the art of juggling without letting the balls leave contact with one's body.
Contact juggling in its modern popular form originated with a juggling routine developed by Michael Moschen.
In the film Labyrinth, David Bowie (aided by the arms of Michael Moschen) is seen to contact juggle throughout the film.
Patri's Contact Juggling Page (2527 words)
Contact Juggling [CJ] is one of the most hypnotic and fascinating forms of the art of juggling.
Unlike normal juggling, in which objects are thrown, spun, or balanced, in contact juggling, as its name implies, objects remain in contact with the body.
One of the segments is a phenomenal contact juggling performance, in which he begins with four balls in each hand, and performs a number of patterns.
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