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Object manipulation is a form of dexterity play or performance in which one or more artists physically interact with one or more objects. These can be special props made for the purpose of the manipulation itself - such as balls, clubs, hoops, rings, poi, staff, devil sticks, etc. - or any other object. In this case we consider it as object manipulation when the object is taken out of its socially acknowledged context and its original purpose.
Object manipulators may also be practitioners of fire dancing, which is essentially object manipulation where specially designed props are soaked in fuel and lit on fire.
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Types of object manipulation
A man juggling five balls
Juggling and tossing
An orderly tossing, exchange of hands, and/or bounding of various objects:
Spinning and twirling
Rotation of an object, often as a component of dance:
- Club swinging
- Fire staff
- Freestyle nunchaku
- Glowsticking
- Hooping
- Poi spinning
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- Trick roping
- Twirling
Dexterity
A boy with a diaboloShowcasing manual dexterity, sometimes with the use of small props, typically in illusionary ways:
- Card manipulation
- Chip tricks
- Dice stacking
- Hat manipulation
- Illusions
- Isolation
- Knife throwing
- Pen spinning
- Prestidigitation, a.k.a. sleight of hand
- Shuffling
- Whipcracking
Complex object
Highlighting the mechanics of an object, or interplay between a set of objects:
See also
- Michael Moschen
- Burning Man, an annual event that attracts object manipulators
- Modern juggling culture
External links
Ministry of Manipulation - a large resource for object manipulation references (video and articles)
Categories:- Circus skills
- Physical activity and dexterity toys
- Sleight of hand
- Motor control
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