Contact-sphere illusion performance
A contact juggler makes spheres appear to float through an intimate performance.
Richard Hartnell / Gravity Defiance
Richard Hartnell offers close-up and staged contact juggling, using rolling spheres and object manipulation to create visual illusions. His owned performance site describes character presentations for gatherings, and his current Bellingham Circus Guild profile separately invites private individual and small-group prop-manipulation instruction.
Current location note / listed area: Bellingham, Washington; exact private format by inquiry
Scope is a non-fire visual performance; private instruction is a separate inquiry, not an included guest activity. Confirm current acceptance, exact character and repertoire, sphere materials, lighting, sightlines, venue and participant suitability, group size and date. The legacy performance site has an old Oakland address and broken slider; current owned biography and newer provider overview identify Bellingham. Confirm the current contact route and do not infer California coverage, supernatural effects, safety certification or a wedding-specific package.
Public-source research · 2026-10-31 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://www.gigsalad.com/richard_hartnell_contact_juggler_oaklan
- https://gravitydefiance.net/wp/
- https://richard-hartnell.github.io/index.html
- https://www.bellinghamcircusguild.com/coaching/
- https://moisturefestival.org/performer/richard-hartnell/
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- Washington · based
Actual fresh owned current biography explicitly Pacific Northwest USA and current Bellingham Washington home operation; own page links GravityDefiance and uses the same richard@richardhartnell.com as current guild private coaching. Provider overview presently teaches/trains Bellingham, firsthand host explicitly returned from Oakland. Old BayArea subparagraph not mapped.