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An excellent beginners guide, with an endless number of moves to learn.  People will flock to ask to play with your balls. true!Contact Juggling (also known as Dynamic Manipulation, Sphereplay, Orb Rolling, etc) is a relatively new form of juggling where balls are rolled over the hands and body instead of tossing them in the air. The fundamental ideas of contact juggling were formulated by physical artist Michael Moschen, although different forms of CJ (as we call it) have been around for quite some time.It has some good solid explanations of moves, and a lot of moves that were not in the original “Contact Juggling” book.Manipulation is doing things with stuff. It’s about movement, about making objects dance and dancing with objects. It is a blend of juggling, dance, mime & illusion.object Manipulation is part of Modern Juggling. If we use a loose definition of Manipulation, then all Juggling is a type of object Manipulation, Alternatively if we take a loose definition of Juggling, then Manipulation is a type of Juggling.Juggling has a emphasis on throwing and catching, objects flying through the air. Manipulation generally has more emphasis on rolling, holding and movement. Most manipulators are also jugglers, they are usually more interested in the creative, playful and dancing side of juggling, than the sport or numbers side of juggling.