Smashed 2

Category: Show Related artist: Gandini Juggling

In Smashed, the manipulation of the forbidden fruit takes a sagacious look at the strained relations between seven men and two women, kindly flaying traditional juggling and contemporary circus.

In Smashed2, Gandini Juggling turn the tables and switch the male and female roles in the very first role reversal of one of the most celebrated pieces of street theatre of the last decade.
Inspired by the work of the great choreographer, Pina Bausch, director Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala have borrowed elements of her gestural choreography and combined them with the intricate patterns and cascades of solo and ensemble juggling.

Simultaneously evoking great pleasure and small disquiet, Smashed lightly disrupts the rigid conventions of etiquette, dress and body language. The result is a new hybrid of juggling which is performed with meticulous unison and split-second timing. This funny, inventive and characterful work is akin to dance theatre and will challenge your perception of contemporary juggling.

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Show Details

  • Date Created: 2020
  • Length: 30 minutes
  • Performance area: 10 x 8m
  • Approx. get-in / get out: 2h on site with sound technician provided by the festival
  • Number. of people on road: 9
  • Workshops available: Yes
  • Scale: Medium scale
  • Capacity: Under 500
  • Availability: Has touring availability
  • Language: Non-text based
  • Audience type: All audiences, all ages