Manfred Hanke - Jongleur

We met Manne at the CJC in Rennes. Well, I didn’t, I met him a week later.

We think he rocks. With the way that he is combining juggling and breakdance, this guy is definitely one to watch.

Famous mime Marcel Marceau died yesterday at age 84.

From CNN:

Marceau died Saturday in Paris, French media reported.

Wearing white face paint, soft shoes and a battered hat topped with a red flower, Marceau, notably through his famed personnage Bip, played the entire range of human emotions onstage for more than 50 years, never uttering a word. Offstage, however, he was famously chatty. “Never get a mime talking. He won’t stop,” he once said.

A French Jew, Marceau survived the Holocaust — and also worked with the French Resistance to protect Jewish children.

His biggest inspiration was Charlie Chaplin. Marceau, in turn, inspired countless young performers — Michael Jackson borrowed his famous “moonwalk” from a Marceau sketch, “Walking Against the Wind.”

LINK to Google Video: Marceau being celebrated by his fans in 1961

Gregor emailed us on friday morning to tell us about this clip of his new act featuring balloons, but after a bit of digging and another recommendation from a friend that evening, I found the video above [direct link] and it made me smile even more so here you go.

Check his awesomely well designed site

YouTube - Dancing Otter

I reckon these Otters are gearing up to take over the world. We’ve seen them Contact Juggling, And now we get to see them getting down and groovy…

Beware the Otters!!

From Youtube:
The multi-award-winning dance film Amelia (2002) explores the use of point technique using extended intertwining solos, complex partnering sequences and extreme speed to generate powerful performances with unexpected moments of tender emotion and serenity.

Label - Production info:
Opusarte.com Homepage
Opusarte - Huge dance archive on Youtube.com

Diabolo meets dance. Roman Muller and Petronella V. Zerboni developed the techniques for horizontal diabolo, opening up new possibilities for exchange and play.

Video recorded at 10th China Wuqiao International Circus Festival
http://www.trespace.com/

A beautiful series of bounce patterns by Emmanuel Perez.

You can see more of Emmanuel in this EJC 2005 video

Thanks to Adam Rowney on rec.juggling for the links.

Great illusion techniques in this animation duet.

Related: Steen and Josephine

YouTube - Emiliano juggling dance

I saw this piece at Boudu la Jongle in Toulouse earlier this year, and it was awesome.

Emiliano mixes Contemporary Dance techniques with juggling/manipulation. Here’s a video containing snippets of his stage show from EJC in Athens. Lets you in on what to expect, without giving away the whole piece. If you get the chance to, see his whole act.

YouTube - Break Dance Battle - Japan vs Korea
Saturday morning Breaking skills, Skip to 1:30 to avoid the overblown intros usually associated with Japanese TV.

In the spirit of the recent ‘Time Displacement’ video that was featured here, Contactjuggling.org / Inertialforce.com admin Mot applies the effect to a contact juggling video for some seriously wierd wiggles.

An archive of MoT’s past videos can be found here.

Pilobolus Dance Theater in a commercial for the Hyundai “Santa Fe.”

Thanks to Graham Croft from The University of Victoria Juggling club for the link.