Man Strikes Back is a musical juggling performance. Masters of ceremony: five wooden triangles, a juggler and a drummer. Stijn Grupping juggles by bouncing balls from one triangle to another. Musician Frederik Meulyzer picks up on the rhythm with his drums. Together, they compose music and an intriguing interplay of lines of flying balls. Everything depends on the juggler's precision and the drummer's reaction speed.
The concert develops into an exciting choreography of objects, juggler and musician. It requires tremendous speed and precision to throw the balls in exactly on the right place following the drummer's rhythm to perform the composition correctly. But who is directing whom? Who needs whom? Or is it an synchronized dance? Each triangle comes to life with its own personality. But the more the triangles change their position, the more challenging it becomes to keep all the balls in the air.
Post from Hessdalen is a company for quirky musical theatre. Cinematographer and circus artist Stijn Grupping and theatre maker Ine Van Baelen form the artistic core, but they also involve other artists in each new creation.