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'''Michael Davis''' is a [[juggler]]. He |
'''Michael Davis''' is a American comedic [[juggler]]. He came to nationwide attention in the early 1980s, appearing on NBC's [[Saturday Night Live]] six times, the only professional juggler to ever appear on the show. |
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Born Michael Allen Davis in San Francisco, he attended Ringling Brother's Clown College after high school, spending several years traveling as a clown with Ringling. Returning to San Francisco, he established himself as a street performer, branching out to performing at charity events, corporate events, schools and night clubs. |
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Moschen is particularly known for [[contact juggling]]. In the film ''[[Labyrinth (film)|Labyrinth]]'' the crystal ball manipulations seen to be performed by [[David Bowie]]'s character were actually done by Moschen, who stood behind Bowie during filming. Unfortunately for Moschen, this meant that he could not see the objects he was juggling, and it took many takes to film the scenes with the crystal balls. |
Moschen is particularly known for [[contact juggling]]. In the film ''[[Labyrinth (film)|Labyrinth]]'' the crystal ball manipulations seen to be performed by [[David Bowie]]'s character were actually done by Moschen, who stood behind Bowie during filming. Unfortunately for Moschen, this meant that he could not see the objects he was juggling, and it took many takes to film the scenes with the crystal balls. |
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Revision as of 17:39, 31 January 2013
Michael Davis is a American comedic juggler. He came to nationwide attention in the early 1980s, appearing on NBC's Saturday Night Live six times, the only professional juggler to ever appear on the show.
Born Michael Allen Davis in San Francisco, he attended Ringling Brother's Clown College after high school, spending several years traveling as a clown with Ringling. Returning to San Francisco, he established himself as a street performer, branching out to performing at charity events, corporate events, schools and night clubs.
Moschen is particularly known for contact juggling. In the film Labyrinth the crystal ball manipulations seen to be performed by David Bowie's character were actually done by Moschen, who stood behind Bowie during filming. Unfortunately for Moschen, this meant that he could not see the objects he was juggling, and it took many takes to film the scenes with the crystal balls.
A classmate of Penn Jillette at Greenfield, Massachusetts High School, class of 1973, Moschen and Jillette worked together developing juggling performances immediately after high school.[1]
In 1991, an episode of Great Performances entitled "In Motion with Michael Moschen" focused on his creative process and shows several of his innovative juggling routines. Moschen's television appearances also include An Evening at the Pops (with the Boston Pops Orchestra), Maury Povich, Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular, The Tonight Show, Jerry Lewis's MDA Telethon, The Montreal International Comedy Festival (Just for Laughs) on Showtime, Ricky Jay's Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, Sesame Street, The David Letterman Show and PBS's Alive from Off-Center. Moschen is featured on the recent A&E documentary The Mystery of Genius and made his television dramatic acting debut on L.A. Law. He has also appeared on TV in England, Spain, Italy, Chile and Argentina. In 2001, Moschen was named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch".[2]
Moschen's talk for the TED Conference describes some of his thought processes.[3]
References
- ^ Trillin, Calvin (May 15, 1989). "A couple of Eccentric Guys". The New Yorker.
- ^ http://www.michaelmoschen.com/bio.html
- ^ "Michael Moschen juggles rhythm and motion". TED.com. March 2002. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
External links
- Official Web Site
- [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392515/?ref_=fn_al_nm_50
- Michael Moschen at IMDb
- "Labyrinth: Behind the Scenes (Crystal Balls)"
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