• Source: Object manipulation

Object manipulation is a form of dexterity play or performance in which one or more people physically interact with one or more objects. Many object manipulation skills are recognised circus skills. Other object manipulation skills are linked to sport, magic, and everyday objects or practices. Many object manipulation skills use special props made for that purpose: examples include the varied circus props such as balls, clubs, hoops, rings, poi, staff, and devil sticks; magic props such as cards and coins; sports equipment such as nunchaku and footballs. Many other objects can also be used for manipulation skills. Object manipulation with ordinary items may be considered to be object manipulation when the object is used in an unusually stylised or skilful way (such as in flair bartending) or for a physical interaction outside of its socially acknowledged context or differently from its original purpose.
Object manipulators may also be practitioners of fire performance, which is essentially object manipulation where specially designed props are soaked in fuel and lit on fire.




Types



There are a very wide range of types of object manipulation. Each type of object manipulation has often been grouped together in a category of object manipulation skills. These categories are shown below. However many types of object manipulation do not fit these common categories while others can be seen to belong to more than one category.




= Juggling and tossing

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Juggling is a physical skill involving the manipulation of objects for recreation, entertainment or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling. Juggling can be the manipulation of one object or many objects at the same time, using one or many hands. Jugglers often refer to the objects they juggle as props. The most common props are balls, clubs, or rings. Some jugglers use more dramatic objects such as knives, fire torches or chainsaws. The term juggling can also commonly refer to other prop-based manipulation skills such as diabolo, devil sticks, poi, cigar boxes, shaker cups, contact juggling, hooping, and hat manipulation.

Juggling
Contact juggling
Toss juggling
Chinlone
Cigar box (juggling)
Devil Sticks
Diabolo
Flair bartending
Footbag
Hat manipulation




= Spinning and twirling

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Spinning and twirling are any of several activities performing spinning, twirling or rotating the spun object for exercise, play or performance. The object twirled can be done directly by one or two hands, the fingers or by other parts of the body. It can also be done indirectly, as in the case of devil or flower sticks, using another object or objects. The origin of twirling can be found in manipulation skills developed for armed combat and in traditional dance. The various twirling skills have become increasingly popular with many associated with circus skills.

Chinese yo-yo
Club swinging
Devil sticks
Diabolo
Eskimo yo-yo
Fanning
Fire staff
Flagging
Freestyle nunchaku
Glowsticking
Hooping
Hula hooping
Padiddling
Plate spinning
Poi spinning
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rope dart
Trick roping
Twirling
Baton twirling
Color guard and winter guard
Yo-yo




= Skill toys

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Skill toys are purpose-made objects that require manipulative skill for their typical use. Also often used as fidget toys, examples of such toys are:

Astrojax
Begleri
Kendama
Pen spinning
Butterfly knife (Balisong)
Knucklebones
Fingerboard (skateboard)




= Dexterity

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Dexterity skills are here seen to be skills which are not usually associated with other categories of object manipulation. Many of these skills use items not usually associated with object manipulation. Examples are dice, cups, lighters.

Cardistry
Card manipulation
Clackers
Coin manipulation
Dice stacking
Isolation
Knife throwing
Shuffling
Sport stacking, a.k.a. cup stacking
Whipcracking




See also


Burning Man, an annual event that attracts object manipulators
Chinese jump rope
Modern juggling culture




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