UNRAVELING 4,000 YEARS OF JUGGLING
SUMMER TOUR - JUNE 2024
FALL TOUR - OCTOBER 2024
HIDEAWAY CIRCUS PROUDLY PRESENTS REFLEX, A NEW SHOW FROM THE MIND OF THE MASTER JUGGLER AND VISUAL ARTIST JAY GILLIGAN.
Based on a series of stories about gravity and stunning juggling sequences featuring Jay’s unique inventions, props, and machines, REFLEX is a one of kind theatrical experience. Discover secrets of a timeless craft, be mesmerized by visual music, and moved by the artistry of object manipulation.
“JAY GILLIGAN AMAZES AND ASTOUNDS” - NY1
Award-winning "Professor of Juggling" Jay Gilligan gives Frank DiLella of a demonstration of his astonishing reflexes at the Gowanus home of his new off-Broadway show "Reflex."
TRAILER
WHO IS JAY?
Jay Gilligan has performed in 38 different countries, touring solo work and collaborating with companies such as Spiegelworld, The Gandini Juggling Project, Cie Jérôme Thomas, Les 7 doigts de la main, Cirkus Cirkör, and Cirque du Soleil. He is the former head teacher of juggling at the Dans och Cirkushögskolan in Stockholm (2000-2019), Sweden, and has been a guest instructor at every major circus school in the world. He published a book about contemporary juggling titled "5 Catches,” and collaborated on “Object Episodes,” a podcast focused on juggling as an art form. Jay has been awarded the most gold medals ever in the history of the International Jugglers’ Association. He has done a command performance for the Queen of England, and been a special guest performer on America’s Got Talent. He has previously shared two world records for juggling the most amount of objects between two people.
GO BEHIND THE SCENES
Listen to this official podcast from the creators of REFLEX. Go behind the scenes of the production with exclusive insights from juggler and artist Jay Gilligan, showman Captain Frodo Santini, and creative producers Josh & Lyndsay Aviner.
