Michael Moschen Performs with One Crystal Ball

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @LawrensGodon
    @LawrensGodon 15 років тому +66

    Us contact jugglers should never forget what this man brought to our art.
    Genius.

    • @martinroland
      @martinroland Рік тому +1

      I would say what he brought to us humans to experience

  • @Bubbahyde90
    @Bubbahyde90 13 років тому +83

    He was the first to use this form of juggling. It was so unique it was featured in Labyrinth as Jarath's magic.

  • @twmama
    @twmama 14 років тому +48

    I've loved this performance since I first saw it on PBS's Great Performances back in 1991. Even today, it's amazing!

  • @houseofshuffles449
    @houseofshuffles449 4 роки тому +168

    "I've brought you....a gift."

    • @rmswolfgamer1171
      @rmswolfgamer1171 4 роки тому +22

      "what is it"

    • @matteobeach4261
      @matteobeach4261 4 роки тому +37

      “It’s a Crystal, nothing more. But if you turn it this way, and look into it, it’ll show you your dreams”

    • @Rhamsody
      @Rhamsody 3 роки тому

      Screw that baby. Gimme the crystal! 😂

    • @TheDanielRodriguez
      @TheDanielRodriguez 3 роки тому +16

      @@matteobeach4261 "but this is not a gift for an ordinary girl who takes care of a screaming baby.
      Do you want it?"

    • @Aenwyrm
      @Aenwyrm 2 роки тому +10

      @@TheDanielRodriguez Then forget the baby.

  • @PanthereMauV
    @PanthereMauV 15 років тому +30

    His moves are so silky it's hypnotizing...

  • @LikeMugo
    @LikeMugo 15 років тому +99

    James Ernest coined the term "contact juggling" giving Moschen credit as his main inspiration. Moschen is credited for inventing Palm circle isolations, Snakes or trains, 7 ball "moschen transfers, Isolating 1 ball through 4 ball pyramid manipulations, and the butterfly. So, ok. He invented many modern moves which are a staple of contact juggling. Maybe he didn't come up with the idea of moving a ball around your body, but he did make it what it is today. That's enough to make him "a founder".

  • @Dontworryaboutanything
    @Dontworryaboutanything 5 років тому +48

    Big Lebowski‘s landlord stepping up his game

  • @davidrosen9346
    @davidrosen9346 3 роки тому +7

    when I first saw Michael Moschen, live, put the ball in one hand and watch it move across his upper chest and end up in his other hand in a second, I thought that I had seen an act of God. Bless you Mr. M...you are the King. We just live in your world.

  • @madhatterspunkalice
    @madhatterspunkalice 14 років тому +11

    This video is just simply beautiful. Michael is an artistic genius!

  • @ladyamerias
    @ladyamerias 15 років тому +6

    Simply beautiful and graceful.
    a true artist at his work.

  • @SpikeWolfwood
    @SpikeWolfwood 12 років тому +2

    This is one of the most beautiful things I've seen in a while.

  • @Jourell1
    @Jourell1 12 років тому +6

    true and i agree with you, although it could be argued that he was so influential that he could be said to have formalized elements into what we now think of as contact juggling

  • @josephdolman
    @josephdolman 4 роки тому +20

    Ladies and gentlemen the man behind david Bowie in labyrinth whenever he produces a crystal ball Michael's ability is amazing

  • @passepassecom
    @passepassecom 16 років тому +3

    The inventor of contact juggling, Michael Mochen is a genius!!!!

  • @joninapepperell1151
    @joninapepperell1151 8 місяців тому

    Im going through a really rough time right now and watching micheal perform has always helped as a kind of relaxation therapy so a big thank you x

  • @Ibrahim-Almarzouqi
    @Ibrahim-Almarzouqi 3 роки тому +1

    thank you for uploading this

  • @shable1436
    @shable1436 2 роки тому +1

    Moschen is and will forever be the king of contact and triangle juggling

  • @Simalacrum
    @Simalacrum 14 років тому +1

    You can really tell that he's the inventor of contact juggling... his moves are what have become standard, yes, but its so much smoother than any other contact juggler I've ever seen... Sure, other juggler's have branched out and innovated with new tricks and whatnot, but Michael Moschen is so, so much more smooth and hypnotic...

  • @baremusicandfilm
    @baremusicandfilm 6 місяців тому

    What amazing eye to hand coordination… simply magical…!

  • @oranguflang5471
    @oranguflang5471 4 роки тому +1

    Its so weird but also so captivating the way the ball moves elegantly

  • @CallMeMistressSally
    @CallMeMistressSally 14 років тому +2

    Beautiful. Simply beautiful. I look forward to continuing learning this art form as soon as I get my first ball! I always thought it looked so difficult and that I wouldn't be able to do it, until someone at a festival taught me some basics - apparently knitting is good training for manual dexterity!

  • @sadman000
    @sadman000 17 років тому +1

    He's the one who re-created it, and you can see it! Even if today technique in contact juggling went so far away, this for me reamains one of the most charming juggling pieces of all times, consistent and full of grace.

  • @InTheZone85
    @InTheZone85 5 років тому +1

    Very relaxing, like something you can listen to or watch while falling asleep instead of netflix

  • @jlodas
    @jlodas 17 років тому +1

    This is from PBS' "Great Performances" which aired in 1991. He also was the "hand double" for David Bowie in the movie "Labyrinth." I consider Mr. Moschen a true artist. I'm curious to know what he's been working on in the meantime.

  • @katherineledesma5201
    @katherineledesma5201 7 років тому

    You can just tell that's years and years of dedication to an amazing craft

  • @kief4diamonds
    @kief4diamonds 15 років тому +5

    stunning performance. 5 starz! 2 Thumbs.

  • @psibur
    @psibur 3 роки тому +4

    This is amazing talent! What kind of luddite would ever downvote it?!

  • @JasonTylerRicci
    @JasonTylerRicci 14 років тому +1

    Breathtaking

  • @houndsofroses3727
    @houndsofroses3727 5 років тому +13

    1:50..... the reason we are all here... YOU'RE WELCOME!

  • @sadman000
    @sadman000 17 років тому

    He's the one who re-created it ...and you can see it!!! Even if today technique in contact juggling went so far away, this remains for me one of the most charming juggling pieces of all times, consistent and full of grace.

  • @ozgday
    @ozgday 13 років тому

    Absolutely hypnotising. Thank you for sharing!

  • @Sunomis
    @Sunomis 4 роки тому

    He makes it look so easy too!

  • @skytron100
    @skytron100 5 років тому +30

    3:25 holy moly

  • @EmyN
    @EmyN 2 роки тому +1

    After Labyrinth I had to check this out!! So hypnotizing

  • @Jimmyboygohome
    @Jimmyboygohome 3 роки тому +1

    So mesmerizing

  • @JJEHUTYY
    @JJEHUTYY 4 місяці тому

    Does anyone know this majestic music this majestic man is performing to?

  • @AMovieFan35
    @AMovieFan35 16 років тому

    Absolutely beautiful... very inspiring as a form of performance art.

  • @LikeMugo
    @LikeMugo 15 років тому +1

    I think there should have been one added word to my original statement. Michael Moschen is the inventor of "modern" contact juggling. Or what he personally called "dynamic juggling". Do you have a link to any of these photos? I'd like to see them.

  • @ImmortalChaos
    @ImmortalChaos 13 років тому +1

    One Crystal Ball is all he needs, so hypnotic

  • @LoydeReed
    @LoydeReed 13 років тому

    this amuses me a lot more than it should

  • @Thisguy2532
    @Thisguy2532 5 років тому

    This video is like 11 yrs old yet there’s comments from like an hour ago, why is this coming up in the reccommended, but still impressive

  • @ladydrgonflye
    @ladydrgonflye 14 років тому

    Beautiful work.....so graceful !! Does anyone know the title of the piece of music he is working too ?

  • @tommyboom
    @tommyboom 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing performance!
    Wouldn't change a thing!
    3 / 5 stars.

    • @shable1436
      @shable1436 2 роки тому

      Your kidding, that is amazing and memorizing, 3 out of 5? I would love to see what a 5 star performance is to you, or what is unbelievable

    • @zryptex_7041
      @zryptex_7041 2 роки тому

      @@shable1436 personally i like 1 to 10 stars but if its 1 to 5 stars, 5 to me would be basically a life changing, perfect, act that no human can do. And 3 stars is completely average, so yeah i don't get how this is 3 stars.

  • @HEARTOF24K
    @HEARTOF24K 14 років тому

    That was beautiful!

  • @JasonTylerRicci
    @JasonTylerRicci 5 років тому +1

    I didn't know it was this man who invented contact juggling. It's quite something to see him perform

    • @sphinxrising1129
      @sphinxrising1129 5 років тому

      He did not invent it, as it has been around far longer than you, I, or him.

  • @roastchicken2114
    @roastchicken2114 4 роки тому

    Wow that was beautiful.

  • @burnpoi86
    @burnpoi86 14 років тому

    @Dragslo you can grab one from Dube or countless other juggling stores/sites. i would reccomend a stage ball for beggining. they have ones called silex that are a bit heavier, but still nice and soft and also dont break when you drop them. 4" silex is probably your best bet when learning, they come in any color, have patience and have fun.

  • @mattiaflip85
    @mattiaflip85 15 років тому +5

    pure poetry..

  • @scott917
    @scott917 5 років тому

    So far ahead ofnhis time. I remember seeing him on Letterman a couple times in the 80s.

  • @Saisei92
    @Saisei92 5 років тому +12

    I wish my wife looked at me how he looks at that ball

  • @StrandKMD
    @StrandKMD 5 років тому +22

    Came here from the triangle video

  • @gregtestagent
    @gregtestagent 2 роки тому

    I was most impressed with the back and forth from backhands to palms bridging movement. Probably why it was featured on film.

  • @DeppTillDeath
    @DeppTillDeath 11 років тому +2

    it's mesmerising :) it's beautiful I've been trying for so long to learn how to do the labyrinth part its this guy that did the arm of Bowie in the film :)

  • @SycophantFoo
    @SycophantFoo 16 років тому

    u can get or order those acrylic balls at most juggling stores if im not mistaken.

  • @BabyFarkMcGeezaxI
    @BabyFarkMcGeezaxI 12 років тому

    The force is with you

  • @unoriginal345
    @unoriginal345 14 років тому

    @Dragslo There are heaps of sites to buy them on, if you live in Australia I recomend juggleart, I'm not sure about other countries though.

  • @Luthien196
    @Luthien196 15 років тому

    I've just started learning contact juggling. Now I feel inadequate... but also inspired! :)

  • @BeautyinDiatoms
    @BeautyinDiatoms 15 років тому

    Such a beautiful, dreamy skill...
    It's hypnotizing @_@!

  • @oscarmardonezgutierrez332
    @oscarmardonezgutierrez332 3 роки тому +1

    Acabo de venir del video de las bolas en el triángulo y no deja de sorprenderme, este genio maneja su cuerpo como quiere, pareciera que le cambiara la densidad a la esfera. Es un reverendo capo

  • @TheKingOfTheTemplar
    @TheKingOfTheTemplar 12 років тому +1

    my precioussss

  • @buiavhamri
    @buiavhamri 11 років тому

    after all my time contact juggling, this remains one of the very best performances i've ever seen. does anybody know what music this is?

    • @Phyoomz
      @Phyoomz 10 років тому +5

      It's a song called "Crystals" by David Van Tieghem, off of his Safety in Numbers ('87) album. Beautiful music. Hope that helps.
      www.frequency.com/video/david-van-tiegh/4877828

  • @JacobYuanHang
    @JacobYuanHang Рік тому

    This video gives me asmr so much

  • @diafenix
    @diafenix 5 років тому +1

    ...is this music an actual cover of Harold Budd and Brian Eno? works so good for this.

  • @IgorQuadrosvmq
    @IgorQuadrosvmq 5 років тому

    Is there a full hd version of this?

  • @sheldonmurphy1
    @sheldonmurphy1 14 років тому

    I agree with tallie7487. How did someone click dislike? That is just awesome skills!! Give credit were credit is DUE !! (**Bravo**)

  • @WolfySnackrib666
    @WolfySnackrib666 13 років тому +6

    I love the art, I love the man, but I haaaate the choice of music for these performances!

  • @kennyrollins5340
    @kennyrollins5340 5 років тому +2

    If this guy was on America’s Got Talent, he’d still end up losing to some 8 year old singing crappy songs, but he’d have a hell of a run

  • @zaprutertape
    @zaprutertape 15 років тому

    beautiful. amazing. dynamic. powerful.

  • @captspaulding100
    @captspaulding100 14 років тому

    @IMMrSparkl3 are you the one who did david bowie's juggling in "the Labyrinth"?

  • @LilDemon147
    @LilDemon147 12 років тому

    he was the one standing behind david bowie in the movie "the labrynth." produced in 1986 26 years ago, he was brought on because he was the only one doing it at the time... so yes, he did invent it, hes a performance artist and he also invented many other styles of juggling, look up his half hour seminar on youtube where he explains technique skill and thought process behind his ideas...

  • @OrbbKlesk
    @OrbbKlesk 2 роки тому

    0:52 holy crap this is some serious and quality orb pondering.

  • @scubbygubbins
    @scubbygubbins 14 років тому

    @DaVegasAlchemist It helps, if you think about it. Less fabric means less to get caught up on and it helps the ball roll smoothly.

  • @bulbasaurbrutal5137
    @bulbasaurbrutal5137 10 місяців тому

    I once saw Michael Moschen drop a ball once in a presentation and my heart fucking stopped... I consider it one of the greatest jumpscares of my life! X_X I felt so bad that he dropped it though.

  • @asdfhhfd
    @asdfhhfd 14 років тому

    it's so beautiful i'm trying to learn now. i got the butterfly down

  • @ibeetellingya5683
    @ibeetellingya5683 3 місяці тому

    He'd be insane at the martial art of Aikido, which is based on fluidity, balance, redirection of force, and requires exquisite control, seamless transitions, and a perfect sense of spatial awareness,

  • @RevRedmondFarrier
    @RevRedmondFarrier 14 років тому

    Up until I discovered contact juggling about a week ago, I thought the scene in Labyrinth was done with some sort of special effects. Now I am trying to learn it myself.

    • @deanross9319
      @deanross9319 4 роки тому

      RevRedmondFarrier have you learned it?

  • @RequiemF
    @RequiemF 14 років тому

    @haappy411 And Moschen named this Dynamic Manipulation and Ernest named it Contact Juggling. Body rolling has been around for so long, it's just Moschen altered it and gave it a name of his own.

  • @cltorrez
    @cltorrez 16 років тому

    exactly..not being able to see made even harder...but he pulled it off...he's brilliant..

  • @Fenixart87
    @Fenixart87 14 років тому

    It´s awesome... is really hypnotizing!!

  • @chriswilsonmagie
    @chriswilsonmagie 14 років тому

    Thank you for this moment to dream and work extraodinaire sensitivity and accuracy in space!
    Chris Wilson

  • @ZEPPIHEK
    @ZEPPIHEK 15 років тому +3

    I saw this guy on a video tape of Phil Donahue one morning after I had taken 14 hits of stale acid while drunk(It seemed like a good idea at the time).I'd never seen a person manipulating gravity like that.He's totally in tune with the forces of nature and blew my mind,especially in the state of mind I was in that day.

  • @eeeeeeeeeeeelknadl
    @eeeeeeeeeeeelknadl 14 років тому

    @Dravenswraith fushigi is not weighted or anything. it is just an attempt by a company to "own" contact juggling. it is exactly the same thing.

  • @MurphDTE
    @MurphDTE 14 років тому

    @Heliosvector yep he did in i believ the early 80s... he was also the one who did the juggling scene in laberynth

  • @Pops_baker98
    @Pops_baker98 14 років тому

    amazing!

  • @TarePandaHelp
    @TarePandaHelp 5 років тому

    Thanks rec

  • @JIMBO8472
    @JIMBO8472 4 роки тому +1

    The real goblin king magic!

  • @pedrokoury1352
    @pedrokoury1352 5 років тому +5

    Therapeutic! But if it were live, I'd be really tense, hoping he wouldn't drop the ball
    I'm becoming a fan of this magician.

  • @luverboy77
    @luverboy77 12 років тому

    Fushigi Balls, how do they work?

  • @illmaster47
    @illmaster47 14 років тому +1

    OMFG I just had a meltdown watching this... Seeing something so amazing is just too much it's like having someone melt your face with a little crystal ball..

  • @Jourell1
    @Jourell1 12 років тому +3

    That is not a fushigi ball. fushigi is a brand name refering to the specific ball with the steel core that is advertised. Acrylic balls like the ones hes using here have been around for decades.
    In fact a lot of contact jugglers are angry with the makers of fushigi because their ads suggest that it is the prop that makes it seem like its floating not the hours of work taken to develop the skill.

  • @michaelrich1012
    @michaelrich1012 5 років тому

    I remember him in 80s hes badass

  • @youneselalami4166
    @youneselalami4166 5 років тому

    Soo smooth

  • @bobvlogbobvlog3967
    @bobvlogbobvlog3967 7 років тому +4

    1:51
    Jareth: It’s a Crystal nothing more but if Turn it this way look into it it will show you your dreams but this is not a gift for an ordinary girl who takes care of a screaming baby

  • @RequiemF
    @RequiemF 15 років тому

    Michael Moschen is amazing regardless...

  • @mikedubya4427
    @mikedubya4427 16 років тому

    Thank you, timotiis. Are you really from Turkmenistan?

  • @kigerx02
    @kigerx02 14 років тому

    wow!!! iwant to know how to do that!!

  • @Sitarchsfalcon
    @Sitarchsfalcon 16 років тому +2

    Michael is amazing! He makes it look so easy! : O

  • @YfelTheRealEmeraldKing
    @YfelTheRealEmeraldKing 4 роки тому

    What size is the acrylic?

  • @MPS186282
    @MPS186282 13 років тому

    Flawless butterflies.

  • @bensons999
    @bensons999 15 років тому

    Ebay!!! Or one of several online stores.