Daniel Challenge
Juggling with the Hivers
“ Guys, a challenge will take place in the Youth Camp. See you at 17h30! ”
was the message that launched the juggling workshop in a intriguing way. The objective was to give to this shared moment a spirit of a collective aim rather than the typical image of the a first juggling class.
The hivers came, and we set the challenge : “at the end of this session, we all are going to do 3 balls throw – 3 balls catch (better know as a flash). All together. No balls will fall. We’ll have only 3 tries. No winners, no losers; only the satisfaction of trying it. And let’s go!”
Some hivers had already a general knowledge of juggling, either because they learnt it at school or because they had a juggler friend. Other had never try it before. It was the space and the moment for everyone.
Tonight juggling with Daniel and the HIVERS
What I found quite interesting was how the group organically started challenging itself to go further and further. This is something that happens every single time in a children group’s first juggling class, but it was the first time I saw it happen in a group of adults. Probably, thanks to the comfort environment that we evoked at the very beginning; or maybe thanks to the friendship of hivers; or perhaps it was simply a group of people that didn’t lose their capacity of calling back their childness.
The environment was chill, even hilarious at some points. A ball in the floor wasn’t a reason to be ashamed but to laugh. Everybody celebrated the achievements of the others. Time was running and it seemed that we could succeed.