Séquence 8 - Les 7 doigts de la main | Eric Bates Cigar Box Juggling

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Eric Bates' cigar box juggling act from The 7 Fingers show "Sequence 8", as performed on La Plus Grande Cabaret du Monde TV show in 2013.
Sequence 8 was directed by Shana Carroll and Sebastien Soldevila.
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Song: 'Bullets' by Tunng

[@csabanagy2010]

Superrrrrrrr🥇

[@steffournier28]

Such a beautiful act!

[@owen6192]

this act makes me want to try cigar boxes then I try them and realise they are too hard and go back to rings

[@pashamuravyev5595]

My favorite act!

[@timaeschulze]

This piece has always been one of my favourite live juggling acts! How the group interacts with you and your boxes, the whole storytelling in general, it just works great. And I also like how you made small changes with the music and tweaked it to your signature style at the end. Would have loved seeing it live :-) Cheers!

[@MB-rx9rb]

Patrick Sebastien at "le plus grand cabaret du monde" !

[@joep8304]

Saw this in London in 2014 and it's stayed with me ever since, just amazing live theatre. Bravo!! Are you coming back to London anytime soon? Would love to see one of your shows again? Thx

[@CalvinKlown]

Great work dude. Great work.

[@EricBates]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@BolloTheBabboon]

this is great !!

[@EricBates]

Thanks!

[@abyssaljuggler]

so dang cool that you got an entire cast of talented people to assist create/perform a cigar boxes act. Slick act Eric!

[@EricBates]

7 Fingers magic! But even back at school I always enjoyed collaborating and using group images to level up a solo skill. Pretty much how I do all my acts when I can.

[@abyssaljuggler]

@@EricBates awesome! Can I ask how many hours of rehearsal went into this act?

[@EricBates]

@@abyssaljuggler wow good question. The whole show was about a 4 month creation. Quite a few weeks with an hour or two a few times a week exploring through improvisation- how can I take boxes off people or they can give me boxes acrobatically, what choreographies look good if people imitate them etc, making the group tight section and rehearsing it, etc. Plus making the sections that the group does in the background while I’m juggling etc. It was a lot. But worth it!

[@abyssaljuggler]

wowww, so nice to have 4 months of rehearsals and then so much dedicated time to this act. Really shows :)

[@EricBates]

@@abyssaljuggler yea they do a great job to get funding/ invest in their shows so that the quality is good and it tours for a long time. We played this show for three years but they played Traces for 10+ I think with different casts