Link

We spent a little bit of time in an ex CIA spy station making a short film last year. It was a really fun film to make and we just got the great news that it came first in the 2009 COL competition. We just wanted to share the happy news, plus give […]

Link

Object manipulations and projections from Kyle McLean on Vimeo.
This is a collaboration with my good friend Jay Latour from France. This is really only the start of our investigations with combining object manipulations and projections, we were pleasantly surprised with the results though!
Object Manipulation: Jay Latour
Programing & Music: Kyle McLean
Software: VVVV, Ableton, Reason
Project proudly supported […]

Link
There will be an awesome spinning and manipulation event in Melbourne on the 15th to the 17th of January, thanks to the hard work of Chris Carlos & friends. Thought I would let folks know that there are 30 early bird tickets available, but just untill the end of October, so be quick!
There is […]

Link
I really like to play with falling sticks, so I was quite happy when my friend Sam showed me this video this morning.
“Das Model” performed by Elena Shapoval

Directed by Taras Pozdnyakov. Check out his youtube channel for some really top notch contemporary Russian circus.

Linda Farkas rocks!

April 18, 2009 | 3 Comments

Linda Farkas of Magma Fire Theater, Hungry, performs a wicked contact staff / dance routine:

link
Loving how well the movement is integrated.  Linda, I very much hope I get to meet and jam with you while I’m in Europe!

YouTube link

All Staffs is staffed with:
Valerie Ann Sealey (USA)
Sebastian Berger (Austria)
Steve Joshua Dyffort (Germany)
Antti Suniala (Finland)
Editing credits go to David J Nolan, Vienna based motiongrapher who by all accounts is also quite good at Super Mario World.

Excerpts of Circles

April 16, 2008 | 4 Comments

I had the pleasure to meet Nicolas Longuechaud in Paris last year, and was blown away by his skill and creativity with hoop isolations. The video Extraits de Cercles (which I believe translates as Excerpts of Circles, please correct me if you know otherwise) is a nice collection of musings and research. […]

RoMaRo

February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

(Ro)b + (Ma)elle + (Ro)nan + Camera = RoMaRo = really really good poi video.

Youtube Link
Ronan, you are a madman.  Loving the contact poi!

New Mr Om Video

November 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

My favorite contact juggler, the legendary Mr Om, has a new promo video! Both the juggling and the production values are top notch.

Youtube link
Mr Om performs with AYA Company. You can find another nice video and some beautiful photos on the site.

The editors over at the Ministry of Manipulation have recently posted a couple videos featuring themselves, and they are both gems.  The first is in fact a full track from the very cool Sphercular Vision DVD
featuring Drew, the second is a nice sample of some of the madness that Ryan has been getting up […]