DIVISION OF TIME (2025-26)
Full Production with Gandini Juggling
Music by Eric Nathan | Choreography by Gandini Juggling | Jeffrey Zeigler, Cello
for Cello and Player Piano (Yamaha Disklavier™ or Steinway Spirio)
with choreography by Gandini Juggling
Also available in Concert Version for recital (cello + Disklavier only)
DIVISION OF TIME is an evening-length work for cello and player piano, with music composed by ERIC NATHAN and choreography created by GANDINI JUGGLING. It was written for cellist JEFFREY ZEIGLER. It is an interdisciplinary union of music, movement and technology.
Division of Time is about humanity and its relationship to numbers. It is structured in ten parts, inspired by the numerals 0 through 9 and the cultural meanings ascribed to them across human history. The work speaks about life itself, tracing a path from birth to death across its ten sections. It explores the multifaceted creativity of the human spirit, weaving a dramatic arc that is thrilling and touching, complex and visceral, poetic and humorous.
Division of Time is animated by the dialogue between human and machine. The cello sings, weeps, dances and speaks with the full range of human expression; the player piano responds with computer-controlled precision, its keys moving without hands. Over the course of the work, these two voices learn from each other, push against each other, and find moments of unexpected communion. In the concert version, this dialogue is heard in its most direct and intimate form. In the full production, Gandini Juggling's performers enter as a third presence — bridging the two worlds with virtuosic ball patterns that illuminate rhythms in the music, and with dance and mime that evoke elemental human interactions and relationships. Division of Time invites audiences to find their own meaning in the juxtapositions it presents and fundamental questions it asks about our world, histories, and relationships, both spiritual and secular.
HIRE THIS PRODUCTION
Division of Time is available for touring as a full production. The work is performed by cellist Jeffrey Zeigler with 4 Gandini Juggling performers. We welcome inquiries from presenters, festivals, and venues.
Duration: approx. 55 minutes
Touring party: 6 (2 musicians, 4 performers, 1 technician)
Ideal stage dimensions: 10m x 8m x 6m
Format: indoor or outdoor
To discuss availability and fees, contact:
Michael Henson, Blu Ocean Arts: michael@bluoceanarts.com
WATCH
Highlight Reel
Performed live at National Sawdust. Recorded by National Sawdust and VisionIntoArt. Photos by Jill Steinberg.
LISTEN
Excerpts
TEAM
Composition & Disklavier programming: Eric Nathan
Choreography: Sean Gandini, Kati Ylä-Hokkala
Performers: Sean Blue, Sean Gandini, Jennifer Goggans, Erin O'Toole, Kati Ylä-Hokkala
Cello: Jeffrey Zeigler
Photos: Jill Steinberg
Executive Production: Blu Ocean and Gandini Juggling
PARTNERS
Division of Time was commissioned by National Sawdust and VisionIntoArt, Yale Schwarzman Center, and was made possible in part by the Brown Arts Institute.
