Contact Juggling with Houdini Polini

Body Rolls, Illusions and Fancy Hand Stuff

Contact Juggling with Houdini Polini

Have you always wanted to be like the guy rolling balls around in his hands behind David Bowie in "The Labyrinth"? Now's your chance to make all your floaty ball/Labyrinth stunt double-related dreams come trueeeee! (Shout out to Michael Moschen)

In this course, we will learn all of the hardcore basics of Contact Juggling, including a bit of discussion dealing with the variety of contact balls you can use, contact/balance points and the proper ways to utilize them, isolations & ways to better sell your illusions to your audience, body rolls (beginner to advanced), head balance stuffs, and more! This class will take you from Fushigi loser to Contact Juggling NINJA!

Tricks Covered

• Beginner/intermediate contact juggling components
• Isolations
• Transitions
• Body rolls
• Point stalls
• "Fancy hand stuff" you can add to really sell your illusions

Tickets are $20 online, or $25 at the door.

No Prop? No Problem!

We will have plenty of extra contact balls to share, and students will be able to purchase a contact ball either with workshop admission or on the day of the workshop.

Prop Packages:

Prop Packages sponsored by The Spinsterz

• $10 for 100mm Stage Ball
• $40 for 100mm Acrylic
• $45 for both!

Select the prop package option when you purchase your ticket.

About the Instructor

Nick "Houdini" Polini is a 28 year old circus artist from Lancaster, PA. He's a full time biologist, part time performer/instructor in the Circus School of Lancaster. He has been practicing the fine art of Contact Juggling (aka: Crystal Ball Manipulation.. aka: Shiny Rolly Magic Floaty Ball) for about 4 years, performing for 2. Nick enjoys long walks on the beach, petting fluffy animals, and adding unnecessary information into his instructor biographies.

Follow Houdini on Instagram @houdini_polini