What is Contact Juggling?
“Contact” Juggling is the art manipulating balls so that they roll across, around, and over your body. In other words, the balls always remain in contact with your body. Although the term “contact juggling” is relatively new, rolling a ball across, around and over one’s body is not. Paul Cinquevalli, for instance, a juggler at the turn of the century, performed a routine where he wore a green felt jacket that had billiard “pockets” sewn onto it. He would manipulate billiard balls over his body and land them in the pockets. Today, Michael Moschen is the preeminent “contact” juggler. He has a routine where he manipulates up to four crystal balls in each hand and gradually lets each ball go until he is manipulating only one ball. Mr. Moschen is also known for his work in the movie Labyrinth where he acted as the hands of David Bowie doing his crystal ball routine (he did the routine blind and with the aid of a monitor. Mr. Moschen was featured on the PBS Series “Great Performances” in the
