Enrico Rastelli

Enrico Rastelli (1896 - 1931) was an Italian juggler, acrobat and performer who is considered to be one of the greatest jugglers ever. Very little footage of him exists.

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[shanilmisra]

Not sure if he's still the world record holder but I remember him being in the old Guinness books (around 1980) for multiple world juggling records for balls, clubs, rings, etc. I wonder if any of those records were videoed? I'm amazed that I still remembered his name and decided to search for him on youtube! Thanks for the footage! Closes yet another gap in my memory.

[peterbone]

@shanilmisra I think that the footage in this video is pretty much all that exists. Also, I think some of the records listed for him by Guinness aren't true. It is not known whether he juggled 10 balls or simply flashed it (big difference). Guinness don't always make the distinction.

[KAGEJOSE]

How did he die?

Natural reasons?

[peterbone]

He was in his 30s. Nobody is quite sure how he died. Some say he got an infection from a dirty mouth stick.

[peterbone]

I find this unlikely as he died in 1931. You would have to be at least 80 years old to remember seeing him. If so then you're probably one of only a few living people to have seen him in person.

[MrCameraHammer]

To me he is was more of a magician than a juggler. What he did just looked supernatural. I think he saw things in "bullet time".

[peterbone]

Yes, he was good but do you realise that the video is speeded up?

[mimeovermatter]

Thank you so much for sharing this historical footage of Rastelli...Many have heard of Rastelli's talent but never have seen the master at work...Enrico was Bobby May's idol.Bobby showed me one of Enrico's sticks given to him by Enrico. Rastelli died at 34.

[schmam121]

Surely he wasn't actually born on planet Earth? That'd be a ridiculous thing to suggest

[GreatDelfador]

He didn't know the cascade, did he? Because he always juggled 4 or 6 objects and when juggling 5 he did 64.

[theVinceVega76]

Before YouTube it was super rare to find someone with access to this footage. In fact, this is the first time I've seen it in it's entirety. You used to get small clips pasted into a larger video about juggling. Thanks so much for posting and preserving this. It took the juggling world about 60 years to catch up to the level of Rastelli.

[carcassization]

4:29... fist contact juggler???????? o_O'!¿?

[101dontstopbelieving]

Enrico Rastelli was my great-grandmother's cousin. it's amazing that i'm related to this man. too bad i'm not as talented as him !

[jugglehigh]

O rastelli what do i hav too doo too B U aagAn.

[PaintingHeartsBLACK]

he's SO cool! *0* talk about multi-tasking!

[mrpiano37]

@Yardiggan I'm not sure if you know what you've done but I think you've just created my favorite YouTube comment of all time!! :)

[maocridi]

for my opinion number one story juggler complete exercise.