The Ministry of Manipulation

Rubberlegzzz – Last Man Standing

February 14th, 2010
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I think I understand why this guy is called Rubberlegz, thou it seems to have infected all of his limbs…

B-Boys doing solo dance numbers? Not in a battle? Yes it’s true! SWEEEEEET.

You’ll not believe where this guy can put his legs. In a good way. :D

Jordaan!!!! (ridiculous balancing)

February 12th, 2010

CASH MONEY! I CAN’T REMEMBER WHEN I GOT SO PUMPED FROM WATCHING TRICKS! HIS STYLE IS SO FRESH, SO ORIGINAL, SO BADASS! WATCH IT!!!! BOOM!

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Riccardo Tanca – Ring manipulation & juggling

February 11th, 2010

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A kick-ass ring routine from Riccardo Tanca, loaded with neat tricks, funky variations and a crowd that loves it!

If you like rings, I suggest you dig through his profile. “Riky” has unique stuff and is showcasing some really good research. Some more of my favorite ring concepts are below.
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Fushigi: The Magic Gravity Ball

February 10th, 2010

A new infomercial marketing campaign in the U.S. threatens to rebrand contact juggling into…. Fushigi?
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Moscow Contact Jugglers

February 9th, 2010

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In todays mail bag – Photos of Contact jugglers in Russia!

Good afternoon, my name is Dmitry, I represent association of fans of contact juggling in Moscow. We very much would wish to place our video on your portal to show that in Russia there is a contact juggling.

Great photos, and a Big hello to our readers all over the world.

GOLTRIX Showreel

February 8th, 2010

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Circomedia students Ben Smith and Dan Liddiard’s professional/action showreel for 2010. Big up the Bristol Crew! via suggest a link.

James Thiérrée – Au Revoir Parapluie

February 8th, 2010
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What contempory circus would be if you had a dream of it and your dreams were extremely creative.

But wait, there’s going to be more: “James Thiérrée’s fourth full-length creation, Raoul (a theatre piece blending contemporary circus, movement, music and poetry) was co-commissioned by the Barbican Centre and will make its debut in London in October 2009.”

Damn you londoners.

Moon: Selfportrait

February 7th, 2010
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Lovely, peaceful video of Moon, made by Sigalit Productions.

Lovely editing, camera work, manipulations… You really feel as if you can get to know Moon in this video as he shows how calm and methodical he is. Nice to have such a well made manipulation video with a personality.

Stunning work. :D More videos like this please!

Big Balls: Tatiana Konobas

February 6th, 2010
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Oh yeah, I have to not make jokes about big balls. Ok, so this is a girl doing three of those large gym balls, the squishy ones, that you supposedly use to build up your core strength, but you actually just roll around on. This I assume Russian Ukrainian, has made a whole act out of rolling around on them, in a graceful way. There’s also some ball spinning, behind the head rolls, antipodism, and acrobatics with the big balls.

It’s always nice to see new props being used with innovative manipulation.

Bave Circus – Snails

February 5th, 2010

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Friday Fun, Contact juggling snail does flawless eyestalk to eyestalk roll, head balance with 3.
Thanks to Valerie for the link.

Speedlinks for 5/2/10

February 5th, 2010

I’m clearing out my e-mails (for the last 2 years!):
Kentaro Kobayashi Paddle and video – Genius. Thanks to Pich for the link.
Kim Buchler Posted photos of the MoM workshop last April in the Katakomben. Yay. Jeanine, Kelvin, Ed, MCP and maybe you!
I was reminded how much I like the 2nd half of Woutraub Raum after 3:19.
All that Music – Christof Buch Club Juggling, thanks to Tommy.
Loads of other great videos over on Suggest a link: Thanks to You lot!

HIMATSUBUSI (Komei and Masaki)

February 4th, 2010

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i was chatting on facebook with one of my friends and we were trying to figure out if this finnish girl liked me or not. i happened to go to youtube while we were talking and saw this pop up in my subscriptions!!! boom! one of the few things prioritizes over my interest in finnish trapeze girls is japanese juggling boys!