The Ministry of Manipulation

Aragorn Boulanger/Bishop Katakomben workshop

January 6th, 2009

974100b35bAragorn Boulanger A.k.a. Bishop (Frankreich): Jonglierkatakomben in Berlin
As well as the MoM Berlin workshop coming up 6th to 10th April 2009, Katakomben have got Bishop with his windstyle of dance coming on the 23rd of January. As well as a whole host of juggling workshops, including excellent workshops from Sean Gandini & Kati Yla-Hokkala as well as Stefan Sing.

Bishop previously on MoM 1 and another

Chinlone Squirrel

January 5th, 2009

http://www.dailymotion.com/videox47dn7
Cute CGI advert shows squirrel with football ball skills.
Thanks to Jeanine

Contact Juggling - Manne Hanke

January 1st, 2009

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Manne Hanke performing to the theme from Rocky. Some truly inspiring moments; Manne is a Ministry favorite :)

Previously on MoM
Manne-pulation
Manne Hanke

Komei 2008 - Pinball Style

December 30th, 2008
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very impressive tricks in this vid by Komei..pinball style rulez! :D

enjoy

Jorg Muller’s Mobile

December 29th, 2008
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Michael Karas writes on rec.juggling:

It is really hard not to get incredibly gushy about this video so I’ll try my best…

Anyway…I’m no juggling historian but it is to my best knowledge that the last time an American audience was able to see this routine live was in 1997 at the European Showcase of the Pittsburgh IJA. Correct me if I’m wrong. I didn’t start juggling until 2001.

Anyway, the routine is called “Mobile” and is (I think) the signature piece of Jorg Muller (add umlauts where necessary), a German juggler who isn’t discussed often here on rec.juggling.

In my opinion, this is one of the finest juggling pieces of our time, in many ways on par with or greater than much of Moschen’s work.

One of the greatest Christmas presents I received today was finding that a routine I had only heard about was finally able to be seen (albeit not live) on YouTube. I love juggling in all its forms. But to me, a piece like this transcends juggling and take it to a higher plane - a plane only vaguely referenced by Charlie Dancey, where the juggling begins to create
a three dimensional “life” of its own - an almost conversation between objects and body.

Thanks, Jorg, for sharing.

Kadafi - NonSense

December 28th, 2008
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A very nice vid by my friend Johnny Kadafi, from Switzerland. He’s studying at Dimitri’s school. :) hugs from Italy, Johnny! :D

enjoy :)

Friday Fun - Mysterious Space

December 27th, 2008


Masaki Hirano eats a cigarette, teleports in a phone booth and then does some cool juggling and dancing. At one point he splits into two Masakis and then dances more.
???

Tokyo Portraits - Okotanpe

December 26th, 2008

http://www.vimeo.com/2541251
A very well edited clip of Okotanpe, whose performance at the Japanese Contact Juggling Convention became the most viewed Contact juggling video internet.
Thanks to Jesse for posting it on .org, there’s a translation into English on that post.
Related: MoM interview with Okotanpe
This dude was a EJC this year, met him, but stupidly, I didn’t recognise who he was, until after we got home. Doh.
He even performed the open stage, but somehow we managed to miss the performance, Doh*2. EJC is BIG!

Le Mouvement Alerte - Walid El Yafi et Sébastien Renault

December 26th, 2008

http://www.dailymotion.com/videox5r5bv(IMO) Best club juggling ever; I’m speechless.
Thanks for rhalf @ rec.juggling for the link.

[Edited:drew]

Step off the Edge and Fly

December 23rd, 2008


Via playpoi
Base jumping with wingsuits in Norway, from the movie Seven Sunny Days by MSP.
Starring Loic Jean-Albert, Andreas Barkhall, Espen Fadnes, Shane McConkey, JT Holmes, and others.
www.skimovie.com
Another clip
The song is Fly by Jonathan David Helser.

Balls and Clubs @ Rex

December 21st, 2008


Juggling.tv link (because I dont think the embed is working…)

link via www.jugglingdb.com

Mouse agility II

December 19th, 2008


Mouse assault course.
The mouse with the skills is called Brain storm