He created the Gandini Juggling Project in 1991 with his wife, Kati Ylä-Hokkala, who also appears in Akhnaten. Gandini, who hails from Havana, had already choreographed many juggling routines to classical music including pieces by Vivaldi and Steve Reich.
They went to work to bring it to fruition. He approached Sean Gandini who told him that the ancient Egyptians were themselves jugglers and showed him the pictures to prove it (from the Beni Hasan cemetery complex). In order to make the setting (the ancient Egyptian world) come alive in a dynamic and visual way, he chose the art of juggling as the medium to best compliment the music and singing. He directed many innovative award-winning operas and plays and founded the theater company, “Improbable.” “Akhnaten” is his seventh opera and it won the 2017 Olivier award for Best New Opera Production. The director is Phelim McDermott of Manchester, England. It is being performed at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City now through December 7. “Akhnaten” is a modern Opera composed by Philip Glass.
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