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spotlight: no clowning around: the MIT juggling club gets serious | |||||||||||||||||||||||
MIT Juggle Mania |
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On Saturday, November 13th at 7:00 PM in room 54-100, two of the best jugglers in the world will put on a free performance for the MIT community sponsored by Course 16.5: Aero-Disastro. Imagine ten clubs passed flawlessly between two jugglers in a myriad of mind-boggling patterns. That is a sight seen only rarely in the world, and will be here at MIT. Olga and Vova Galchenko are being flown in from Colorado by the recently formed MIT Student Juggling Club to perform a technical juggling routine that earned them a gold medal at the International Jugglers Association Festival this summer in Buffalo, NY. The show will begin with student juggling and comedy sketches, followed by the Chorallaries singing their beloved classics. The night will culminate with Olga and Vova performing a juggling routine that is unequalled by anyone in the world. Even more amazing is that Olga is only 14 and Vova is 17. About Olga and Vova Galchenko Originally from Russia, these child prodigies began juggling approximately 4 years ago and practice upwards of 3 hours per day, 6-7 days per week. They are internationally recognized, having performed all over the world including Germany, Israel, England, Austria and France. They have won multiple medals on the individual and team levels at the biggest and most competitive juggling competitions in the world. They currently hold 3 major world records in club passing that they set earlier this year. They even do a juggling act which involves playing the piano, riding the unicycle and juggling at the same time (they are both accomplished pianists and circus artists as well). About Aero-Disastro (the MIT juggling club) Aero-Disastro (or Course 16.5) meets Friday afternoons from 4-6 p.m. in Lobby 10 expanding into Killian Court. Anybody is welcome to stop by and juggle, learn how to juggle or just watch. Equipment for all types of performances is provided, including juggling balls, clubs and rings, contact spheres, poi, diabolo, whips, staff, unicycles, and myriad other objects brought by the members. The average weekly attendance this year has been more than 30 people so there are always people to juggle with or watch. If you're lucky, there might even be cookies from the "Juggle for a Cookie" program the club is currently sponsoring. The rules are simple: if you show up and juggle, you get a cookie. Learn more at the Aero-Disastro website. |
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