Space Juggling is a technique for juggling in weightlessness, discovered through a deep and lifelong embodiment practice and informed by scientific and mathematical investigations. This is the first fully developed circus art form designed for weightlessness — a glimpse of the future of kinesthetic arts, about much more than the movement of juggling balls.

This practice opens new opportunities to explore movement liberated from the vertical axis of Earth’s gravity well, as well as new angles on perception, cognition, and object manipulation. The rotating reference frame reveals an expanded logic of motion, helping viewers to experience a non-gravitational world with the juggler. Viewing the recordings from these early experiments opens empathetic pathways, making visible the aesthetic and physical insights disclosed through what is, for now, an extraordinary perspective. 

Dr. Adam Dipert will share aspects of and stories about the process, philosophy, mathematics, and technique of Space Juggling — as well as some of the first Space Juggling videos ever made — and invite the audience to dream into a new dimension of artistic and scientific possibilities.

Dr. Adam Dipert is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Physics at NC State University and has wowed audiences as a professional circus performer for nearly twenty years. After he started studying human movement in weightlessness as preparation for his first parabolic flight in 2016, he has logged countless hours exploring the frontiers of microgravity flow in pools, aerial harnesses, floatation tanks, wind tunnels, and airplanes. In addition to developing a new suite of dance moves for outer space, he has exercised remarkable restraint not asking NASA for permission to spin fire on the ISS.

Registered attendees will receive the Zoom link via email.