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Rollercoaster

Ultra-modern, pop-punk juggling by Wes Peden

Surrounded by huge inflatable blue structures and accompanied by electro beats composed of distorted rollercoaster sounds, Wes Peden performs original tricks inspired by rollercoasters and their high-tech seatbelts. A spinning plate ceremony becomes a celebration of the great rides of the past; an epic 3 ball disco juggling evokes the evolution of rollercoasters; a 4-meter transparent tube turns into a path around Wes’ body to make balls flow through loops, helixes, and corkscrews.

Rollercoaster is a show about the desire for freedom, joy, and security. Rollercoasters are the inspiration for both the juggling material that will be made for the show as well as the choreographic ideas and theatrical framings that will be used. Wes have always felt a connection between creating juggling tricks and rollercoaster design as they both use gravity, momentum, and compose intricate pathways.

Rollercoaster twists theatrical rules to create a safe space place to perform some of the most difficult and unique juggling ever done on stage!
With Rollercoaster Gandini Juggling continues a successful model of collaboration which was started with ZEBRA.

Formed in 1992 by world-renowned jugglers Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala, Gandini Juggling continues to be at the vanguard of contemporary circus, reinventing and reinvigorating juggling for the 21. century.