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Outlier2 -> Beauty, Perception, Light, Balance, Time and (Michael) Moschen (5/8/2011 9:19:54 PM)
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"Michael Moschen's performance is exhilarating, virtuoso entertainment...
he gamely makes you privy to the secrets of the universe..." - The Village Voice
"Moschen walks a fine line between entertainment and high art" - The Boston Globe
Rarely an artist comes along who redefines their art form.
One who elevates and enriches their art until it is transformed.
Michael Moschen is literally a high school dropout who went on to be a street
performer and a MacArthur "genius grant" recipient.
As a performer he now manipulates: objects, time, motion, perception, light and balance.
As he does he opens new ways for us to perceive the world.
More Review Quotes:
"In Mr. Moschen's hands, juggling becomes a balletic art...
(he) elevates a minor theatrical art to visionary heights." - New York Times
"Michael Moschen is a juggler, a kind of dancer-physicist -
someone who can bend and twist the visible world out of the norm through
the sheer grace of his own movements." - San Francisco Examiner
He developed the manipulation crystal balls; he calls it Dynamic Manipulation.
It was his hands that did the ball manipulation for David Bowie in the movie Labyrinth.
He has inspired a host of others who call it "contact juggling".
These quotes specifically refer to his ball manipulation.
"He doesn't so anything the easy way. His opening, called Light is one of the most
magical things to be seen on stage" - The Denver Post
Here with multiple balls years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OTb8tga-yg&NR=1
Most impressive is that he has the artistry to do more with less.
"I wonder if we shall see anything more beautiful than what Michael Moschen
achieves with a ball of glass." - The London Times
A single ball http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX7xruR12YA
Maybe he is most famous for his 10 foot triangle. Because of the speed and
the precision required to my knowledge no one has ever been able to duplicate it.
You can see the full 6 minute version of it here. [http://wimp.com/thetriangle/]
This is his website. http://www.michaelmoschen.com/press.html with more examples.
Do not miss this:
This is an interview he gave. http://www.michaelmoschen.com/Clippings/pc2.htm
Which discusses his work habits, his creative process, the actual speed and spin
that are required for the triangle. It also contains a sensitive and beautiful
recounting of the death of his father.
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