Michael Moschen

Michael Moschen grew up in Greenfield, Massachusetts, with Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller, as a next-door-neighbor. Thus is comes as no surprise that he learned to juggle at age 12. Michael got his first professional jobs with Penn, and the duo worked for a summer at an amusement park. Soon after, his self-discipline manifested itself, and he dropped out of high school. His reasoning was that he was not learning how to teach himself, so he essentially home-schooled himself. He became a street performer, and a founding member of the Big Apple Circus from 1977-1980. Michael has gone on to develop entirely new forms of juggling, taking the art to completely new heights. While most jugglers use three balls, he created a ten-foot triangle in which he stands to bounce the balls all around his body. He studied the fragility of crystal balls and through hours of exploration and practice, developed a method of rolling them over his hands so that they seem to float before him. He minimizes his