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Permalink Reply by Sairz ward on September 8, 2011 at 2:56pm

I think I have a video of Spiral doing that at the Hoop Convergence showcase thinggy this year.  I just saw this as I was walking out the door, but I'll try to upload it this evening when I get back from class and I'll link it to you if she's hooping and using the ball in tandem. <3

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Permalink Reply by Pandamame on September 8, 2011 at 7:51pm

I do contact juggling and hooping together on occasion but have found that it always limits my movement with one or the other.  I'm still working on developing a new way of moving to include both.  I've found that contact staff and hooping mesh much better!  There are so many fun options that still allow you to dance.

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Permalink Reply by Troo Hoops on September 9, 2011 at 8:38am

Oh heck yeah we juggle! http://youtu.be/TUy-2sBVwt4

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Permalink Reply by Hamamelis on September 11, 2011 at 11:43am

 

 I also started as a CJer, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone mix the two well, they just need different ways of moving, and one always suffers.

But why do you think contact and dance don't mix? All the best contact juggling I've seen was at least 50% dance...

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StudentPermalink Reply by simon g on November 5, 2011 at 5:23pm

If you haven't already seen it, you might be interested in watching a YouTube video featuring Gina Shvartsman Cristiani, a world-renowned professional juggler and circus performer. The video's title is "Juggler Cirque de Demain 1998 Gina Shvartsman Cristiani." Although what she does is not really contact juggling (it's bouncing a ball off her forehead while doing some hooping tricks), it's still worth viewing just to see what can be accomplished with two objects that behave very differently. The ball moves in a linear fashion, whereas the hoop's motion is circular. My background is also juggling, and it was this particular video that inspired me to take up hooping. (The hoop segment comes on at the 2 minute mark.)           Regards, Simon

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