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Gandini Juggling

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The Games We Play

The Games We Play is a new piece by the emblematic contemporary circus company Gandini Juggling, from the pioneering duo that created the organisation in a bedsit in West Hampstead 30 years ago, exploring the joyous and complex worlds of juggling and choreography.

With The Games We Play Sean and Kati invite you to enter their world of making and choreographing juggling in a lecture that pretends to be a show (or is it a show that pretends to be a lecture?). It is an animated self-portrait of the company and their work, presented by the esteemed duo who have unparalleled alchemy on and off stage.

The Games We Play will embark on a journey through the idea of juggling, with juggling. Sean and Kati delve into the foundations of the artform in a fun and playful way. At its core, the work of Gandini Juggling is a celebratory exploration of juggling. What is juggling? What can it be? And also, what is art? What can art be? Each of their productions is an attempt at answering these questions in their own inimitable style.

Premiere: January 2023, London

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Direction and cast: Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala

Light design: Guy Hoare

Sound design: Sakati Männistö

Dramaturgy: Emma Lister

Photography: Alice Underwood

Producer: Gandini Juggling

Co-production: London International Mime Festival

With the support of: Watermans Arts Center

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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 21st century.

Gandini Juggling celebrates juggling in all its facets, exploring not just what juggling is, but what juggling can be. Currently an ever-evolving ensemble made up of a virtuosic core group of jugglers, they regularly expand to include up to 20 performers for specially commissioned events and performances.