The Ministry of Manipulation http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com Manipulation, Juggling, Contact Juggling and Dance Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:30:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 LCD – contact juggling & liquid robot dancing http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/lcd-contact-juggling-liquid-robot-dancing/ http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/lcd-contact-juggling-liquid-robot-dancing/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:59:30 +0000 Ryan http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=3412
  • Juggling.TV & Liquid Crystal
  • Japanese popping-style contact juggler busker robot OMG
  • Liquid Pop Collective – Raw footage
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    After the silly robot intro, LCD launches into a wicked display of contact juggling isolations. To quote Su-nami from www.contactjuggling.org

    How is it when you Isolate an acrylic it looks like an incredibly intricate dance form and when i isolate an acrylic it looks like, well, someone isolating an acrylic?

    LCD (aka Liquid Crystal Display aka ‘elsie-dee’ aka Nika aka Nick) and Matt Hennem have been obsessing for a decade now about the fine details of moving a ball from point ‘A’ to point ‘B.’
    For more, check his youtube profile

    Related posts:

    1. Juggling.TV & Liquid Crystal
    2. Japanese popping-style contact juggler busker robot OMG
    3. Liquid Pop Collective – Raw footage

    ]]>     http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/lcd-contact-juggling-liquid-robot-dancing/feed/ 0     Nimi & Dimitar Crystal Balls http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/nimi-dimitar-crystal-balls/ http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/nimi-dimitar-crystal-balls/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:37:27 +0000 Drew http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=3410
  • Nimi the Tree Statue
  • Crystal Ball and Illusionary Movement Workshop – Matt Hennem
  • Crystal Ball Paul
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    Nimi and Dimitar crystal balls session in Barcelona, February 2010. This video is receiving high praise over on .org

    Dimitar just popped in to post it on Suggest a link.

    Hola, chicos! Saludos de Barcelona.
    This is a short video we filmed with Nimi here last month with 2 crystal balls:
    Thank you for your page!
    Hugs till we see each other around,
    D

    This is one of the most inspirational things I’ve seen in a long time, and one of the most beautiful contact juggling videos ever. I look forward to seeing it live. Wow, Thank you so much for sharing it Dimitar and Nimi. Smiles Drew

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    1. Nimi the Tree Statue
    2. Crystal Ball and Illusionary Movement Workshop – Matt Hennem
    3. Crystal Ball Paul

    ]]>     http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/nimi-dimitar-crystal-balls/feed/ 3     Moon – Ekidna 2010 http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/moon-ekidna-2010/ http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/moon-ekidna-2010/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:58:58 +0000 Moon http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=3407
  • Moon: Selfportrait
  • Moon at Katakomben
  • Video – Moon on Discovery Channel
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    Hi everybody,
    here it is a small video made quickly during the first Italian contact juggling convention. Nothing special technically, but very nice images and a very peaceful place to play in.
    balls are 90mm.

    thanks for watching

    Moon

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    1. Moon: Selfportrait
    2. Moon at Katakomben
    3. Video – Moon on Discovery Channel

    ]]>     http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/moon-ekidna-2010/feed/ 1     Stefan Sing – “pigeon, why do you scare me?” http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/stefan-sing-pigeon-why-do-you-scare-me/ http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/stefan-sing-pigeon-why-do-you-scare-me/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:35:32 +0000 Ryan http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=3399
  • More Stefan Sing!
  • Professor Stefan Sing
  • Stefan Sing & Phillip Meyhoefer – juggling improvisation
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    Masterful juggling from one of the best. I held my breath through most of this, and am without words to describe how deeply this inspires. It is a masterpiece of expressive juggling, with a constant play between the various emotional states and a huge depth and range of techniques. I’m feeling it; Stefan is awesome.

    Bravo!!!! and a standing ovation for bringing this to youtube in 1080p.
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Youtube:

    extracts from my performance at the festival “feux d’hiver” in calais (31.12.09)…. music from the album “rossz csillag allat született” by venetian snares … www.stefansing.com

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    1. More Stefan Sing!
    2. Professor Stefan Sing
    3. Stefan Sing & Phillip Meyhoefer – juggling improvisation

    ]]>     http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/stefan-sing-pigeon-why-do-you-scare-me/feed/ 5     Moon – Moogeng training http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/moon-moogeng-training/ http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/moon-moogeng-training/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:18:47 +0000 Moon http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=3396
  • Training of Young Chinese Acrobat Photos -Michael Wolf
  • Moon – Memo – Multiball
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    Hi everybody :)
    after acrylic party in bruxelles, I’ve studied a little these “Moogeng”. They are acrylic made S sticks, quite similar to Buugeng.
    this is a little vid of me training with them. Sorry if I’m not so clean, but they very hard to use in my opinion and I haven’t studied them so much.
    hope you like it :)

    hugs from italy

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    1. Training of Young Chinese Acrobat Photos -Michael Wolf
    2. Moon – Memo – Multiball

    ]]>     http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/moon-moogeng-training/feed/ 3     New Dance and Acrobatics Videos http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/new-dance-and-acrobatics-videos/ http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/new-dance-and-acrobatics-videos/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:12:11 +0000 mcp http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=3393
  • Dance & Acrobatics: Compagnie un loup pour l’homme
  • Lewie West: Acrobatics and Everything
  • Sport Acrobatics
    • ]]>     Seems like nowadays all my inspiration comes from dance and acrobatic videos… and whatever Wes Peden posts…

    Lewie West made a new video:

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    YouTube Link

    Seems like everytime he posts a new video, I’ll have to blog it. Sweet.

    Ronan showed me a very old video of an amazing dancer and he just popped back onto the internet with a new collaboration video:

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    YouTube Link

    And the video that Ronan showed me which is still amazing: YouTube Link And thou the above video may contain some weirdness, this one contains pretty much just awesomeness and a lot of titles.

    Finally, a man blogged on this blog before, Olivier Mathieu and his friend:Thierno Thioune. Doing some dance that even Ryan will think is amazing:

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    YouTube Link

    Going off to dance now… :D

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    1. Dance & Acrobatics: Compagnie un loup pour l’homme
    2. Lewie West: Acrobatics and Everything
    3. Sport Acrobatics

    ]]>     http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/new-dance-and-acrobatics-videos/feed/ 0     Were is Kliff (!!!!!!!!!!) http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/were-is-kliff/ http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/were-is-kliff/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:34:01 +0000 Wes http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=3389
  • Ohio – Teruki Okamoto, Yuri Yamamura, and Patrik Elmnert
  • Cheeseburger on Parasol
  • Video – Moon on Discovery Channel
    • ]]>     Two friends of mine went to Kiev to train juggling with the crazy kids there. I talked to one of them (Petter) the other day and he said that they would be posting a video of some stuff they had been doing there along with some of what the ukranian guys are working on.

    HOLY SHIT! I got so excited watching this! I’m not going to spoil the surprises for you but it’s an amazing video with incredible  technique and super new one ball and three ring work by the swedish representatives.

    Make sure you check out Petters other video and subscribe to his account. He’s one of the coolest smartest jugglers I know and for sure someone to keep an eye on if you like awesome things.

    Click here to view the embedded video.

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    1. Ohio – Teruki Okamoto, Yuri Yamamura, and Patrik Elmnert
    2. Cheeseburger on Parasol
    3. Video – Moon on Discovery Channel

    ]]>     http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/were-is-kliff/feed/ 7     Teku Contact – Ball on Ring / Club / Body http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/teku-contact-ball-on-ring-club-body/ http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/teku-contact-ball-on-ring-club-body/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:08:08 +0000 mcp http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=3385
  • UNIQLO MIXPLAY – Body Popping etc
  • Ball Contact – Simon Chen
    • ]]>     Juggling video hosted @ Juggling.tv

    JTV Link

    Some pretty sweet new shenanigans with ball contact on other props. I like it.

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    1. UNIQLO MIXPLAY – Body Popping etc
    2. Ball Contact – Simon Chen

    ]]>     http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/teku-contact-ball-on-ring-club-body/feed/ 0     (cheesy) Ice Dance – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/cheesy-ice-dance-tessa-virtue-and-scott-moir/ http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/cheesy-ice-dance-tessa-virtue-and-scott-moir/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:57:48 +0000 Ryan http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=3377
  • Diavolo Dance Theatre
  • Nicolas Ferreyra – Manipulation, Aerial and Dance
  • The Parallel scene – Detours Dance Video
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    Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are awesome ice dancers from Canada. They are competing tonight here in Vancouver as top contenders for Olympic gold, and I’m all caught up in the excitement in my hometown.

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    Even better stuff, but less cheesy so i didn’t put it on the main page.

    For all our sports fans on the blog, ctvolympics.ca has streaming coverage of absolutely everything in a huge and poorly designed online archive. Click
    full schedule’ on the “Bell Player”, choose event and then look for the ‘watch replay’ or ‘watch highlights’ links. Or search for things like ‘halfpipe final’, ’ski jumping’, opening ceremony, etc etc.

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    1. Diavolo Dance Theatre
    2. Nicolas Ferreyra – Manipulation, Aerial and Dance
    3. The Parallel scene – Detours Dance Video

    ]]>     http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/cheesy-ice-dance-tessa-virtue-and-scott-moir/feed/ 2     Vertical Palm Spinning http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/vertical-palm-spinning/ http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/blog/vertical-palm-spinning/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:27:59 +0000 Ryan http://www.ministryofmanipulation.com/?p=3372
  • Spinning Ball Spare Conversion
  • Berlin Spinning – Poi
  • Plate spinning in the countryside
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    The title is descriptive enough. Ball size: 2.25″

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    2. Berlin Spinning – Poi
    3. Plate spinning in the countryside

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