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Gandini Juggling
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News
27.12.2022 LIFE : no 4 of top ten dance shows 2022 by The Guardian
Latest news about LIFE by Gandini Juggling: "The jugglers made rhythm visible, just like Cunningham did, in abstract puzzles with a lot of human heart" awarded no4 in top ten dance shows in the Guardian 2022. Thank you to the Guardian for highlighting the artists' work - and congratulations to the artists!
LIFE Gandini's love letter to Merce Cunningham (with specially commissioned soundscore by Caroline Shaw) hits the road again in January and February: in Limoges, Grenoble, Cavaillon, Grasse, exact and all info here. Don't miss and enjoy!
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LIFE
a love letter to Merce Cunningham - new 2022
"The jugglers made rhythm visible, just like Cunningham did, in abstract puzzles with a lot of human heart" - The Guardian : no4 of Top 10 dance shows 2022
LIFE is a juggling performance based on the choreographies of Merce Cunningham. Gandini Juggling have spent three decades watching and being inspired by his work. At the back of Gandini's minds there was always the tickling thought: What if Merce had choreographed juggling? Is it possible to create something that, whilst clearly has its roots in the Cunningham universe, is a vector outward to another world? Something new that retains the essence of the original something which would not have existed without the source but that also has its own raison d’être?
LIFE (creation 2022) will be Gandini's attempt at answering some of these questions.
Gandini Juggling are elated at having the approval and assistance of the Cunningham Trust and have already started studio sessions with some ex-company members.
Gandini Juggling is nonoured to annoucne some special collaborations with LIFE:
- Caroline Shaw, a New York musician who will compose an orginal piece, tentatively called Love Songs About Abstraction.
- Jennifer Goggans will work with the artists on the dance elements. She joined the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 2000
- Guy Hoare as prestigious light designer who already created earlier works with Gandini Juggling
Formed in 1992 by word-renowned jugglers Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala, Gandini Juggling continue to be at the forefront of contemporary circus, reinventing and reinvigorating juggling for the 21st century. Gandini continue to collaborate with a wide range of leading artists ranging from ballet choreographers to computer programmers; from costume designers to set makers; mathematicians to composers. They have spent several seasons working with symphonic orchestras, their choreographed juggling patterns lightly meshed to canonical classical works.
Director
Sean Gandini
Assistant to director
Kati Ylä-Hokkala
Performers
Sean Gandini
Jennifer Goggans
Thien-Kim Huynh
Sakari Männistö
Erin O'Toole
Benjamin Beaujard
Jose Triguero
Yu-Hsien Wu
Kati Ylä-Hokkala
Music
Caroline Shaw
Versions
LIFE will exist in 2 different versions:
- A version with pre-recorded music
- A version with live vocals by Caroline Shaw
Stage
LIFE will be an indoor piece suitable for mid-scale theatres
Technical rider available from summer 2021
Produced by
Gandini Juggling
With the support of
Merce Cunningham Trust (New York, USA)
Théâtre de la Ville (Paris, France)
Dance East (Ipswich, UK)
London International Mime Festival (UK)
Arts Council England (UK)
Creation
2022