- By Casey Martin
- Entertainment
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There's juggling, and then there's Water On Mars. The Stockholm, Sweden based three-man troupe will amaze audiences at The State Theatre of Ithaca Friday, February 3rd at 7pm.100 rings are thrown, backflips are landed, feet are twisted, water is flipped, 21 balls are juggled, and 15 clubs spin around the 3 bodies while an electro beat keeps the rhythm. ''Water on Mars'' is intense juggling designed for space stations.
This New Circus show has six hands and thousands of catches. Created and performed by 3 young Jugglers: Tony Pezzo (USA), Wes Peden (USA), and Patrik Elmnert (Sweden) who met while studying at the Dance and Circus University of Stockholm. A new fresh style of juggling emerged with the fusing of American and Scandinavian manipulation techniques. The tricks are now as physical as break dance and as stylized as Japanese pop art.
Tony Pezzo has won gold from the International Jugglers Association championships, Wes Peden won bronze from the prestigious festival Cirque De Demain in Paris, and Patrik Elmnert has a world record for his quadruple pirouette under 3 clubs! The trio bring a performance full of dynamic airborne images and bizarre everyday object manipulation.
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