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The show name Another Sunset is about the moment when you stop and enjoy all the colors of the sunset. World-renowned juggler Jay Gilligan’s performance is an invitation to his own sunset.
Twelve years ago, a journalist asked juggler Jay Gilligan a question: When you juggle, surely people come to look at you – not at what you’re juggling? In his thirty years as a performer, Jay had seen himself as nothing more than a juggler, now he began to think. How could the objects he was juggling be given more space? He realised he had only been using half the potential of his artistry. This insight led him to create pieces where the visual was as important as the skill. Colour and shape became part of the whole, often meeting with the audience in places other than stages.
The title of the show comes from a remarkable fact: on Mars sunsets are blue rather than red, as they are here on Earth. The Martian atmosphere contains such an abundance of dust that it filters out nearly all wavelengths of light except blue, producing an otherworldly inversion of the familiar. For Gilligan, this phenomenon is more than a scientific curiosity- it is a reminder of how perception is shaped by environment, by context, by the unseen conditions that frame what we see.
Another Sunset uses this phenomenon as a starting point. Just as a Martian sunset overturns what we assume to be universal, this work uses color in juggling to reframe what the art form can be.
Read more about Jay Gilligan’s thoughts behind Another Sunset.
Listen to Jay Gilligan’s interview about the process behind Another Sunset on the podcast.
Concept and performing Jay Gilligan
Photos Hans Vera
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Performances
mon 16.2. at 14
tue 17.2. at 10:30 & 13:30
wed 18.2. at 19
thu 19.2. at 19
fri 20.2. at 10:30 & 13:30
Venue
Oulu Cultural Centre Valve, Hallituskatu 7
Tickets
Normal 28€
Retired 22€
Students, unemployed, kids under 16 years, military and civil service conscript 17€
Theatre and dance workers 17€
Limited amount of Kaikukortti tickets are available for Flow Circus shows.
Prices include handling fees. No handling fees at Valve Ticket Office.
Ticket sales
Valve Ticket Office, Hallituskatu 7
Ticketmaster.fi
Age recommendation
For all ages
Duration
45 min (no intermission)
Accessibility
Valve is accessible without barriers through the Hallituskatu-side entrance; the automatic doors open with a sensor. The ticket office is located in the lobby; the ticket counter is high, with an induction loop available. The accessible restroom is located in the basement. There is barrier-free access to the Valve hall, which also has an induction loop.
More information is available on the Cultural Centre Valve website kulttuurivalve.fi. The organizer reserves the right to make changes.
The performance is in English, but you can enjoy it even if you don’t speak the language.
