Gandini

We have a range of workshops available, aimed at both professional jugglers/ performers and those that are new to the art form.

We often collaborate with venues, festivals and schools to deliver workshops (in person or online). 

Workshops include:
- Basic juggling technique: The fundamentals of juggling. Content will be varied depending on participant skill level (all levels
- Movement & juggling: Fusing juggling and dance / pathways in space / technique versus creativity (for jugglers / performers with movement skills)
- Rhythm & mathematics juggling: The notation of juggling / breakdown of rhythm / patterns (for intermediate / advanced jugglers)
- Etc.

If you want to organise a juggling workshop and want to book one of our performers to deliver it, contact us to find out more about our workshops offer.

If you want to participate in a workshop, keep an eye on our tour & booking page where we are listing upcoming performances and workshops.

Over the years, we have created bespoke education programmes to work with a specific group of people within a specific context. We love to create unique education projects and are always open to new ideas.

Some examples of educational projects we have curated:
- A mathematics course and a physics course for Montclair University, New Jersey, USA.
- A community project at the British Museum, in partnership with the English National Opera, London.
- Creation of educational materials developed for the National Teachers Conference around Akhnaten, the Olivier Award-winning production of Philip Glas ‘s opera directed by Phelim McDermott‘s and choregraphed by Sean Gandini.
- A series of workshops and community performances at the Brooklyn Museum in collaboration with the Philadelphia Circus School, USA.
- A Nation-wide series of workshops and performances as part of Crying Out Loud’s 250th celebration of circus, UK.


Contact us to discuss your ideas with us. 


Testimonials

Sean Gandini was remarkable in the sense that Sean is a mathematician. He understands the mathematics of juggling. He was put together with both a mathematics course and a physics course last year prior to his debut here in December 2018. Throughout the semester two professors and about seventy-five students engaged with Sean remotely to understand juggling, and in fact, to learn to juggle and to interpret juggling within the context of their own imaginations. One young man wrote a rap poem using juggling as structural inspiration. Another did a video game. There were 3-D experiences with juggling, and they were all inspired by Sean.
Jed Wheeler, Executive Director for Arts and Cultural Programming, Montclair University, New Jersey, USA.

Over the years, we have a created special shows in collaboration with a local community. 
It is always a special occasion for us to be able to connect over several weeks or months with a group, grow together and eventually make a show. 

For example, in 2016, alongside working on Akhnaten , we created a 30-minute music theatre performance with non-professional performers of mixed ages, working alongside the professional artists from the opera.  As part of the ENO Baylis Community Learning and Engagement programme, Gandini Juggling had an opportunity to develop the technical and physical skills of student, amateur and emerging jugglers - exploring the music and structural patterns drawn from the music and text of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten.

The community group used the physical language of ritual to access the ancient world of Akhnaten and four vignettes were created, each responding to a scene in the opera and the project culminating in a public performance at The British Museum. Professional performers from ENO production joined the participants and a short film has been created to document the journey and tell the story of the ‘Millions of Years project’.

 

About “Siteswaps”
Media Circus’ Siteswaps was released to DVD in 2006, and is considered by many to be the most informative juggling film ever made.

The Magnum Opus of juggling patterns, a vast encyclopaedic collection of patterns, featuring literally thousands of 3 to 11 object patterns, with balls, rings, clubs, mangoes and coconuts, filmed in colourful locations across the globe over a 5 year period.

As well as the juggling, the Siteswap DVD contains extensive interviews with the seminal figures in the history of siteswap notation.

Kaskade says: “Anyone who is fascinated by tricks that go beyond the three-object cascade – either to juggle them yourself or just to watch then – will love this DVD”

Featuring
Ben Beever, Peter Bone, Vincent Bruel, Adam Chalcraft, Charlie Dancey, Mike Day, Iñaki Fernandez Sastre, Martin Frost, Sean Gandini, Sylvain Garnavault, Max Haverkamp, Joelle Huguenin, Paul Klimek, Allen Knutson, Manu Laude, Ian Marchant, Samuli Mannisto, Denis Paumier, Pablo Reboleiro, Owen Reynolds, Almut Sarrazin, Jouni Temonen, Bruce Tiemann, Tomato Tokushige, Norihide Tokushige, Wilson Raul Vargus Torres, Jacob Vargas Torres, Kristian Wanwik, Nate Williams, Colin Wright & Kati Ylä-Hokkala

Credits
Project directed by Sean Gandini. DVD authoring: Mark Morreau. Produced by Media Circus. Additional music by Daniel Weaver, Danny Ward, Silicon Drum and Denis Paumier.

How to navigate the videos
The “Contents” list below is to help you find which chapter or video you would like to view in each player.

CONTENTS

Patterns:

01 – Patterns – 2 balls
02 – Patterns – 342 patterns
03 – Patterns – 3 period 2
04 – Patterns – 3 period 3
05 – Patterns – 3 period 4
06 – Patterns – 3 mulltiplex
07 – Patterns – 3 synchronous
08 – Patterns – 4 period 2
09 – Patterns – 4 period 3
10 – Patterns – 5 period 2
11 – Patterns – 5 period 3
12 – Patterns – 534 patterns
13 – Patterns – Ben Beever
14 – Patterns – Luke Burrage
15 – Patterns – Vincent Bruel 531
16 – Patterns – Passing in the park
17 – Patterns – 441 patterns
18 – Patterns – 3 period 5
19 – Patterns – 4 multiplex
20 – Patterns – 4 synchronous
21 – Patterns – 4 period 4
22 – Patterns – 4 period 6
23 – Patterns – 5 period 4
24 – Patterns – 6 patterns
25 – Patterns – Ben Beever in the park
26 – Patterns – Denis Paumier clubs
27 – Patterns – Pirouettes
28 – Patterns – Samuli
29 – Patterns – Norihide & Tomoko Tokushige
30 – Patterns – Siteswap passing
31 – Patterns – 531 patterns
32 – Patterns – 3 and 4 handed siteswaps
33 – Patterns – 3 period 6
34 – Patterns – 3 long patterns
35 – Patterns – 4 period 5
36 – Patterns – 4 miscellaneous
37 – Patterns – 4 synchronous multiplex
38 – Patterns – 5 period 5
39 – Patterns – 5 long patterns
40 – Patterns – 5 synchronous
41 – Patterns – 5 synchronous multiplex
42 – Patterns – 5 multiplex
43 – Patterns – 5 multiplex families
44 – Patterns – 7 plus objects
45 – Patterns – Ben Beever random
46 – Patterns – Sylvain Garnavault
47 – Patterns – Vincent Piccadilly
48 – Patterns – Siteswap passing 2
49 – Patterns – Timings
50 – Patterns – Titles




Explanations:

01 – Explanations – The basics
02 – Explanations – Combining throws
03 – Explanations – Example patterns
04 – Explanations – Spacial information
05 – Explanations – Periods
06 – Explanations – Orbits
07 – Explanations – Excited states
08 – Explanations – Average
09 – Explanations – Synchronous
10 – Explanations – Multiplex
11 – Explanations – Orbits in multiplex
12 – Explanations – Synchronous multiplex
13 – Explanations – Mathematical facts
14 – Explanations – Summing up the basics




Interviews:

01 – Interviews – Paul Klimek
02 – Interviews – Bruce Tiemann
03 – Interviews – Sean Gandini
04 – Interviews – Mike Day
05 – Interviews – Adam Chalcraft
06 – Interviews – Colin Wright
07 – Interviews – Denis Paumier
08 – Interviews – Martin Frost
09 – Interviews – Allen Knutson
10 – Interviews – Charlie Dancey