In Total Control

IN TOTAL CONTROL

WITH: WERE STEPHINE ODHIAMBO, ONAACHA ERIK ODIDA, AGERO NICHOLAS ONYANGO, RAUDO HAMPHREY OMONDI, MBOKA CHURCHILL WANDANDA

THE AFRO JUNGLE JEEGS ARE A GROUP OF ACROBATS FROM NAIROBI, KENYA. THEY GREW UP IN JERIKO HALL, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF NAIROBI, WHERE OLDER BOYS TAUGHT THEM THE BASICS OF ACROBATICS. REALIZING THE CHANCE THIS OFFERED THEM, WITH HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION, THEY PERFECTED THEIR SKILLS AND SPEED WENT ON TO FOUND A PROFESSIONAL ACROBATIC GROUP.

IN 2005, ALL STILL VERY YOUNG, THEY ARRIVED IN EUROPE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND MET ARTIFICIO23 AND P.E.P.E. PRODUZIONI. STRUCK BY THE FUN AND PURE ENERGY OF THE SHOW, ARTIFICIO23 AND P.E.P.E DECIDED IMMEDIATELY TO HELP THE GROUP TAKE THEIR SHOW ON TOUR. SINCE THEN THE SIX ACROBATS HAVE TOURED AND PERFORMED IN MANY FESTIVALS IN ITALY AND OTHER COUNTRIES, ACCLAIMED WHEREVER THEY GO. THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ARTIFICIO23 TURNS INTO FRIENDSHIP AND INEVITABLY LEADS TO ARTISTIC COLLABORATION RESULTING, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE DANCE PRODUCTION ‘I PRODOTTI’ WITH ARTIFICIO23 AND BALLETTO CIVILE.

THE AFRO JUNGLE JEEGS CONTINUE TO TOUR WITH THEIR SHOW ‘IN TOTAL CONTROL’ FOR TWO MAIN REASONS: FIRST BECAUSE IS A FANTASTIC SHOW AND SECOND BECAUSE IT IS THE GROUP’S MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME. THEIR SHOW IS RAW ENERGY TO THE RHYTHM OF AFRICAN MUSIC.

THE SIX YOUNG ACROBATS FROM KENYA OFFER A UNIQUE AND BREATHTAKING ACROBATIC SHOW, THEIR INCREDIBLE ENERGY, SPEED, TECHNIQUE AND CREATIVITY SEEMING TO DEFY THE LIMITS OF PHYSICAL CAPABILITY.

THE AUDIENCE IS IMMEDIATELY CAPTIVATED AND CLAP FROM BEGINNING TO END AS THE ACROBATS FLY AND TUMBLE TO THE AFRICAN MUSIC’S BEAT. IT IS A SHOW THAT OFFERS A REAL TASTE OF AFRICA WITH NO INTERFERENCE FROM WESTERN CULTURE. THE STUNTS AND THE CHOREOGRAPHY ARE PLANNED AND DIRECTED ENTIRELY BY THE ACROBATS THEMSELVES.