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Contact juggling is a form of object manipulation that focuses on the movement of objects such as balls in permanent contact with the body. Having little in common with "toss" juggling, it most typically involves the rolling of one or more completely transparent balls on the hands and arms to create visual illusions, such as that of a ball fixed in space. It is divided into three main schools of technique:
1. Bodyrolling is the manipulation of one or more props (usually balls) around the hands, arms, and body, usually without the prop(s) ever being thrown into the air. This includes tricks such as headrolling, isolations, and the butterfly.
2. Palmspinning is the manipulation of two or more balls in each hand wherein at least one ball is always in continual motion. Balls may be transferred from one hand to another to form graceful and fluid patterns, but rarely are they ever released into the air.
3. Isolationism is categorized by manipulation of usually one prop (again, a ball of some sort or other toy such as firestaff) such that the prop appears to be suspended in time and place while the performer dances around it, usually in the Popping and locking styles.
1. Bodyrolling is the manipulation of one or more props (usually balls) around the hands, arms, and body, usually without the prop(s) ever being thrown into the air. This includes tricks such as headrolling, isolations, and the butterfly.
2. Palmspinning is the manipulation of two or more balls in each hand wherein at least one ball is always in continual motion. Balls may be transferred from one hand to another to form graceful and fluid patterns, but rarely are they ever released into the air.
3. Isolationism is categorized by manipulation of usually one prop (again, a ball of some sort or other toy such as firestaff) such that the prop appears to be suspended in time and place while the performer dances around it, usually in the Popping and locking styles.
