In his work Guido van Hout combines the art of juggling with elements from movement theatre, visual theatre and dance. He studied circus in Brussels and did a bachelor in movement theatre and theatrical creation at the «S cuola Teatro Dimitri » in Ticino. Guido van Hout holds a master in musicology, co-founded the Dutch Juggling Association and plays in the Gandini Juggling Company. Besides performing Guido is a speaker at corporate events where he teaches on the art of keeping several balls in the air.
Interest and specialities: Juggling (clubs, balls, selected everyday items), improvisation, rhythm, physical and visual theater, movement and dance, site specific work, yoga and kinomichi.
Musical instruments: Clarinet and recorders
Languages: Dutch, Italian, English, French, bit of German and some Spanish
Personal work by Guido van Hout:
- De Deftige Dansende LED artiesten (mobile interactive improvisational acts, 2018)
- Gentleman LED Juggler (mobile interactive act, 2017)
- Villa Verdraaid (cheerfull children-/ familyshow, 2016)
- Bleu Bottles (dynamic visual art, 2014)
- Light-Jugglers (black belt juggling, 2013)
- Fireshow (enchanting fireshow, 2012)
- Lost Light (juggling and theater on location, 2010)
- Light dances (juggling and dance, 2009)
- Out of the Box (jugging and rhythm, 2009)
- Streets of Fun (physical comedy and juggling, 2008)
- Kegelstroom (juggling and abstract physical theater, 2008)
- The White Canvas (juggling and spoken dialogue, 2006)
Formal education:
- Bachelor in Physical theater and theatrical creation at the « Scuola Teatro Dimitri » in Switslerand (2003-2006)
- Fulltime preporatory year in circus, dance en theater at the Espace Catastrophe in Brussel (2002-2003)
- Master in musicology at the University of Utrecht, thesis on Muzak (1996-2002)
Masterclasses of a week or longer:
Contemporary Juggling:
- Simon Anxolabéhère
- Stefan Sing
- Martin Schwietzke
- Maksim Komaro
- Jean Daniel Fricker
Movement:
- Michael Schumacher
- Thomas Johanssen
- Katie Duck
- Andrew Harwood
- Daniel Werner & Elske Seidel
- Charlie Morrison
- Sumako Koseki.
Intensive selfstudie from practical ’to-do’ books:
- Body and Earth: an Experiental Guide (A. Olsen)
- Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming (S. Laberge)
- Wisdom of the Body Moving: an Introduction to BMC (L. Hartley)
- Spreken en Zingen (A.M. Eldar)
- Body Space Image (M. Tuffnell & C. Crickmay)
- The Viewpoints Book (A. Bogart & T. Landau)
- Yoga: L’armonia delle Sequenze (G. C. Al-Chamali)
- Neue Schule fuer Klarinette (E. Koch)
- l’Arte del Movimento (R. Laban)
- la Tête aux Pieds (O. Rouquet)