Defying gravity

No tech today, but some fun for Friday.

The 2015 Moisture Festival is over; if you're not familiar with the festival, it's a month-long celebration of old-timey and modern vaudeville, comedy, variety, burlesque and circus arts at multiple venues here in Seattle. Hundreds of artists come in from around the world, and often end up staying in my spare bedroom to cut down on their costs. This year I had the pleasure of spending a week with one of the world's greatest jugglers, Niels Duinker, during the festival and I thought I'd post some links to his videos. When I was a college student I taught myself to juggle, but that was before all the great youtube tutorials that are now available.

Here is Niels on how to do three - start here if you've never juggled before.

Back in the day I got a few pretty solid four ball patterns going but I never managed to get more than eight throws with five, or six throws with three in one hand. Maybe I'll give it another shot!