Gandini Juggling

[1] Their initial works focused on fusing juggling with principles from postmodern dance, and were created in close collaboration with choreographer Gill Clarke.

At the same time they also built a large glass cube and, with musician and juggler John Blanchard, begun to explore bounce juggling.

It was partly inspired by Federico Fellini's film La Dolce Vita, and it toured European city squares and other outdoor spaces for several years.

4 x 4 (Ephemeral Architectures) was directed by Sean Gandini and choreographed by Ludovic Ondiviela to the original composition Suspended Opus 69 by Nimrod Borenstein.

All three of these productions were performed in London theatres that traditionally showed internationally renown dance: Royal Opera House (4x4) and Sadler’s Wells.

[17] The show was roundly praised [18][19] and featured a specially commissioned score by Caroline Shaw, who performed live with the company at the piece’s premiere at Sadler’s Wells in 2022.

In 2023 the company’s co-directors Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala created their first duet in nearly thirty years entitled The Games We Play.

It features several lectures on siteswap, rhythmic juggling on a table and excerpts from past duets; interwoven with various stories from the world of circus including passages on: Lola the Pig, Antonio Tremani and The Oklahoma Tunnel Shuffle.

[20] In 2016, Sean Gandini was asked to choreograph and perform in the skills ensemble for the English National Opera's production of Philip Glass's Akhnaten.