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Rollercoaster

Wes Peden

60 mins / For all / Festival

  • Long form, Room
  • Balls, Rings
  • Text
  • Frontal
  • Outside the Walls

Representation(s)

  • Bondy
  • Saturday 20 April 2024 / 20:00
  • The show is private
WES Rollercoaster TRAILER

Ultra-modern and post-punk juggling.

Surrounded by giant blue inflatable structures and accompanied by electronic music composed of roller coaster samples, Wes Peden presents innovative juggling inspired by roller coasters and their high-tech seat belts. A Chinese plate ceremony celebrates the greatest attractions of the past; an epic, disco three-ball routine evokes the evolution of the roller coaster; a 4-meter transparent tube wraps around Wes’ body to create loops, helices and corkscrews through which he flies his balls with flying colors. Rollercoaster defies traditional showmanship rules to create a sense of security to stage some of the toughest juggling acts ever performed on stage!

Wes Peden

Inspired by Sumo wrestling, fast-food packaging and 50s playgrounds, Wes designs his shows for space stations and parking lots. He has performed in over 25 countries, including Japan, Israel, Australia and Iceland. His energetic, complex and playful juggling style has won him awards from the International Juggling Association (IJA) and the Cirque de Demain festival. Wes is a graduate of Dans och Cirkushögskolan (Stochklom – Sweden). He is also the founder of Water on Mars, a trio of extravagant jugglers who have turned all codes on their head, revolutionizing juggling to electro beats.

[Distribution]

  • Author and performer :
  • Wes Peden
  • Music :
  • Mika Forsling
  • Decor :
  • Félix Chameroy
  • Lights :
  • Vilhelm Montán Lindberg
  • Light and sound operator :
  • Florence Schroeder
  • Costumes :
  • Maria Peterson
  • Outside views :
  • Florence Schroeder and Viktor Gyllenberg
  • Production, distribution :
  • Gandini Juggling

[Production]

With the support of : Stockholms Stad, Konstnärsnämndens, Subtopia, Burnt Out Punks and Cirkusflätan (Sweden)

> Wes Peden website