Random Talks

The Los Angeles Times calls magician and TV personality Justin Willman, “a new breed of entertainer.” From his monthly sell-out shows in t

Even standing in place, a juggler requires a preternatural sense of timing, touch, balance and position. Add acrobatics, mime and dance to the equatio

Naima Mora reached international fame and broke into the world of high fashion modeling after winning the title of America’s Next Top Model (200

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-origins… Can you imagine a party where every movement and every visual detail were governed by a

LJ Rich has a remarkable and rare condition called synaesthesia. A kind of ‘mingling of the senses’ that can manifest itself in a number o

A zany kingdom inhabited by lithe denizens in lush, unearthly plumage. A troupe of master acrobats, mimes, comics and storytellers offering vignettes

Barry Eisler has a much higher profile now than he ever did as a spy for the CIA or in his subsequent incarnation as an intellectual property lawyer a

In the entertainment realm, you’d call Masa Inakage a supreme hyphenate, as in “producer-director-creator-artist-storyteller.” And he actu

Sometimes the libretto to a life is already written. John Ken Nuzzo was a university business major in California before he seriously contemplated a p

The greatest artists are those who manage to soar creatively yet stay grounded. Tokiko Kato has won the Japan Record Award twice, made over seventy al

Rome Kanda approaches life like a samurai— head-on and with unwavering intensity. After moving to the U.S., the Osaka native soon found his calling as

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-sol… In a dystopian world, your resistance group is humanity’s last hope. Unfortunately, you

In a hilarious talk capping off a day of new ideas at TEDxNewYork, professional funny person Will Stephen shows foolproof presentation skills to make

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/beatboxing-… There’s no need for instruments to make music; you can use the greatest instrumen

After a long training of classical ballet from her childhood, YUZUKI Megumi became a professional dancer at the age of 19. Other than ballet, she has

The source of Taketeru Kudo’s combustive physical artistry lies in a never-fulfilled quest to discover the core of human existence. His expressionist,