Dancing With Gravity

I designed my talk “Dancing With Gravity” for non-jugglers. But don’t worry, there will be plenty of world-class juggling! Living and working around the world opened me up to different cultural worldviews that broadened my creative and philosophical thinking processes. The combination of my inner creativity and worldwide experience makes the perspective of my talk uniquely rich and entertaining. I developed my showmanship skills over a 30-year international career. I performed over shows with Cirque du Soleil, Absinthe, GOP, and beyond. I became an accomplished juggler through more than hours of dedicated practice, mastering my body like an athlete and my creativity like an artist. Juggling is often perceived as a basic circus cliché, but to me, it is a playful, whimsical, and extraordinary art form. Juggling is a mind-body practice, applying in real time the laws of physics in space. It is a perpetual balancing act of athleticism and artistry, dedication and daydreaming, stability and fluidity. Being a juggler is having both an architect’s structural mindset and a magician’s whimsical imagination. My goal is to curate the talk in two-fold. First, to make it a direct reflection of the audience’s curiosity. Second, to inspire the audience to think outside the box and reflect on perspectives they may have never considered before. Performing thousands of shows has gifted me with the intuitive artistry of being truly present in the moment, listening to the audience’s feedback, and shifting and improvising in real time within the structure of my talk. I designed the experience to be playful, flexible, inspirational, and adaptable to any specific audience- and effectively deliver exactly what the audience wants. I guarantee you’ve never been into the mind of a master juggler.