One of my favorite modes of performing is within the realm of fine arts. To share my approach to juggling alongside other conceptual worlds creates a natural collaboration between myself and the aesthetics of the space and surrounding artwork. While many audiences have come to see juggling as the contemporary art form that it is, there are still so many who have only known juggling as ‘entertainment.’ It is exciting to see people develop an appreciation for something new - an ‘aha’ moment making the connection between juggling and art.
While I have a deep appreciation for juggling as flair and entertainment, I love to work in more unique venues with more sensitive audiences and the space to bring out the depths of my work.
Previous Performances
The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art – Iowa City, IA
Iowa City Arts Festival – Iowa City, IA
Iowa Dance Festival – Iowa City, IA
Public Space One Art-a-thon – Iowa City, IA
Brooklyn Public Library ‘Night of Philosophy and Ideas’ – Brooklyn, NY
New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show – Bronx, NY
Brooklyn Academy of Music ‘BAMKids Film Festival’ – Brooklyn, NY
Triskelion Arts ‘Never Before, Never Again Improvisation Festival’ – Brooklyn, NY
Westbeth Dance Festival – NYC, NY
Deltebre Dansa Festival – Deltebre, Spain
Melaka Art and Performance Festival – Melaka, Malaysia
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Artist Name: Luther Bangert
Current Performance-Ready Presentations
Distillations Contemporary Juggling Show
Juggling/Movement Performance
Ambient/Walkabout Juggling
Customizable performance
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Distillations Contemporary Juggling Show – $1200
Juggling/Movement Performance – $800
Ambient/Walkabout Juggling – $200/hr ($600 minimum per event)
Customisable performance – TBD
These fees and formats are not completely set in stone. I pride myself on my flexibility and ability to adapt to the environment of the performance location. We can work together to find the best way that I can be a part of your opening, event, or festival.
If you are a smaller gathering or event and these rates are outside of your budget, please send me an honest offer and we will find a rate that works for us both. My fees reflect the time, energy, and dedication that I’ve devoted to juggling, and what is generally required for me. However, I do not wish for money to be prohibitive to sharing what I love, and I understand that these fees cannot always be met by smaller events. On the other side of things, if you are a large event with a huge budget, I expect that to be reflected and understood in your offer.
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Luther Bangert was born and grown in the farmlands of the USA in a small town near the banks of the Mississippi river. Always taken with the unusual and enchanted, he developed a fascination with juggling at the age of 19. It ran deep, carrying him into the rich world of circus. Years of personal practice and development later, performing and traveling have led him to find other juggling, circus and movement communities around the world.
To Luther, juggling is both dance and martial art, a wondrous means of transferring spirit and sense to objects while exploring relationships with them both physically and philosophically. He performs both technically and fantastically, drawing on his movement experience, fusing the patterns of juggling with the organic movement of the body to flesh out fresh expression and depth.
Luther has performed with the Great Bombay Circus in India, has a degree in philosophy, holds a Guinness World Record for “Most Things Juggled Whilst Sword Swallowing”, and has performed in twenty countries across four continents in the last nine years. Most recently he has premiered his contemporary show ‘Distillations’ and is currently on the road with this show and his other acts.
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Message me via my contact page
Email me at: lutherbangert@gmail.com – please specify the event type “Museums/Galleries/Arts Events” in the subject line
Museums, galleries & arts events
