the Cream of Juggling Videos

Xah Lee, 2005-09

If you are not in the juggling community but is fascinated by juggling. Here is a introduction to some of the best juggling recoded on video on the web.

This video is of the Juggling Convention in 2005: http://www.jugglethis.net/files/videos/EJC2005ptuj.mpg (45 megabytes)

There are many highlights that will be of interest to different jugglers. Here's a list of the video content:

2-person passing 8 balls.
Some 4-balls bouncing. (by Manu↗ (AKA C2Laballe) of Paris)
5-clubs half-piroutte. (orange clubs) ¿Thomas Dietz?
5-balls bouncing by a blond guy.
A spectacular contact juggling 3 balls.
5 balls shower.
10-clubs passing.
3-footballs spinning and stacking.
blind juggling of 3 balls (done beside the waist with one hand from behind). By Minh-Tam Kaplan.
9 clubs 3-persons passing, 3-backs-to-backs formation. (¿by German trio “Firlefauz”, Matthias and Silke (last name?) and Barbara Rau?)
Spinning small ball on forehead
6-clubs.
12 clubs 3-persons passing, single-line formation.
8-balls bouncing.
3 spinning football stacked up.
5-balls 3-ball-double-pirouette and 5-balls over the head. ¿Thomas Dietz?

If you know who these people are, please email me.

Jason Garfield in The World Juggling Fedration Championships 2004, in Las Vegas: http://www.jasongarfield.com/jasonballs.mov

The gem in this video is his 5-balls routine where he throws one towards the back, then bends forward down and reachs his hand between his legs towards the back and catches it, then continue with 5-balls.

Jason Garfield is a master ball juggler but is also a arrogant, bitter guy. Here's one of his harangue against juggling as cheap clowning: http://www.jasongarfield.com/JASON.mov

Thomas Dietz, a world class juggler.

• balls and clubs: http://www.jugglebum.com/videos/thomas1.mpg

• balls, clubs, rings, chinese yoyo, by various people: http://www.jugglebum.com/videos/israel.mpg

• double devil stick by Markus Furtner. http://www.jugglebum.com/videos/markus.mpg

Vova & Olga Galchenko are famed as the greatest club passers. And they are a brother and sister pair in their teens! The way they pass clubs are as if one breathes, in variations unprecedented.

• This video speaks them well. From ESPN, of World Juggling Federation Championships, 2004. http://www.galchenko.com/Videos/Promo/Promo,_May_2005.mov

Anthony Gatto is one of the world's best juggler. He has many videos on his website: http://homepage.mac.com/anthonygatto/FileSharing2.html . the ones not starting with 1- are more fun. (those starting with 1- are often world records, which tends to be boring to watch.)

Ben Jennings. Juggling balls, bouncing, clubs, at a basement. http://benjennings.net/flash/movie/basement.mov

Video content highlights:

Perfection of placing and balacing a ball on feet, knee, head while doing 5 balls.
Mastery of “back throw to same side front, other-hand catch”.
3-balls showering, throwing one to the other hand at back.
Blind 3 balls at back
5, 6 balls bounce transitions and to throw/catch

Dave Kelly's 3-ball madness, 2006-02-27. http://www.jugglethis.net/filemgmt/visit.php?lid=507

That's a fantastic 3-balls show, with lots of fluent behind-the-back blind moves.

Erin Stephens, great 3-balls dance routine, and also clawing of 5 balls and above-head 633633. See Goddess of Juggling.

If you have any videos to recommend, please write to me. Thanks.

Vova Galchenko.

Vova practinging clubs. 7. And some 5 balls. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXNukbO6D1E

Vova and Kristina practicing clubs passing. Kristina is so sweet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABD1hFJHJiY

Viktor Kee juggling video↗.

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