Juggler Stijn Grupping has been throwing bouncing balls for more than 20 years, against walls, tables and chairs, even robots. The balls bounce self-possessed through space, forming a play of lines that is sometimes elegant and rhythmic, sometimes complex and vigorous. Only to end – if all goes well – in the juggler’s hands again.
In Ballroom we pass through exactly that most elementary of the discipline of juggling: Stijn throws the balls and then catches them. What if the balls are allowed to draw their own choreography? How will they move through space? From a to b, or rather the other way around? Faster or slower, sideways or in a cha cha cha? Do they colour outside the expected lines?