Wes Peden is currently considered the best contemporary juggler. Born in Rochester (USA, 1990), he began his training at the age of five and was already performing on stage at eleven. He studied at the prestigious DOCH circus school in Stockholm. Winner of numerous international awards, including a bronze medal at the Cirque du Demain International Festival, he holds more than ten world records in club and hoop juggling. He has performed in more than 25 countries, revolutionising the discipline with his avant-garde shows and boundless creative imagination.
Get ready for Rollercoaster! This one-hour solo performance, created and performed by Wes Peden, immerses you in a world of ultra-modern juggling and pop-punk. The piece explores the constant search for balance between freedom and safety. Surrounded by huge blue inflatable structures and to the rhythm of powerful beats, Peden performs original tricks inspired by rollercoasters and their advanced safety belts. A turntable transforms into a celebration of past journeys, an epic routine with three disco balls evokes the evolution of roller coasters, and a four-metre transparent tube becomes the path along which the balls slide in incredible loops, propellers and spirals. Rollercoaster defies the rules of theatre, creating a safe space to present some of the most difficult and original juggling ever seen on stage.
Get ready for Rollercoaster! This one-hour solo performance, created and performed by Wes Peden, immerses you in a world of ultra-modern juggling and pop-punk. The piece explores the constant search for balance between freedom and safety. Surrounded by huge blue inflatable structures and to the rhythm of powerful beats, Peden performs original tricks inspired by rollercoasters and their advanced safety belts. A turntable transforms into a celebration of past journeys, an epic routine with three disco balls evokes the evolution of roller coasters, and a four-metre transparent tube becomes the path along which the balls slide in incredible loops, propellers and spirals. Rollercoaster defies the rules of theatre, creating a safe space to present some of the most difficult and original juggling ever seen on stage.
