I’m not going to lie, when I first read the title I did think cadavers at first. Thankfully, not the case. This is a video of very skilled ventriloquist Nina Conti performing with two human dummies picked from the audience during a Live At The Apollo performance. She does a
Because this is the internet, here’s a surprisingly worthwhile compilation of dancer and Youtuber Smac McCreanor performing interpretive dances to a variety of different objects getting absolutely crushed by a hydraulic press (courtesy of the Hydraulic Press Channel). I finally managed to get Al Gore on the phone to ask
This is a video of street performer Windyman (aka Wayne Scott) performing his pièce de résistance at Plaça de Catalunya (‘Catalonia Square’) in Barcelona. How he remains so still is beyond me, but I suspect it may involve a handful of tranquilizers. Now being able to stand after downing a
These are several videos of French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s traveling museum exhibition ‘From Here To Ear’, which consists of a large room full of 70 zebra finches flying around and playing electric guitars as they perch and peck at the instruments’ strings and visitors walk around enjoying the impromptu jam
Dream it, and you can achieve it. Case in point, Chinese street performer Lan Guangping, who in this video jumps on four raw eggs without them breaking. Well, he breaks one the first time he tries, but the second time he succeeds, although he breaks an egg on the dismount.
Because sometimes even doctors need a side hustle, this is a video of Tokyo, Japan based wind-up powered plague doctor and performance artist PESTRiCA (links to Instagram) doing a little bit of contact ring juggling. Impressive, I especially liked the part starting around 3:00 that eventually sees all eight rings
This is a video of German world champion artistic cyclist Viola Brand performing a beautiful bicycle ballet routine inside the room of a castle. *looking around* You know, it kinda reminds me of my own bedroom. I mean, besides– “There’s a girl in it.” Hoho, nice one! I was actually
This is a short video of a beautiful African grey parrot named Kanji doing his best squeaky toy impression whenever his caretaker gives him a gently squeeze. Now that — that is a spot-on impression. Maybe not as good as the impression I do of a man who just accidentally