Background

Feeding the fish have been performing their unique brand of highly visual juggling shows for more than 15 years, wowing audiences in over 40 countries.

Directed by Alix Wilding and Simon Mylius, the company is uniquely positioned to innovate and create – besides their expertise in juggling, the combination of Alix’s background in choreography and Simon’s mastery of electronics and programming means that they can develop custom built hardware and use it to create high impact stage shows.

Established in 1996 by Simon Mylius, Howie Bailey and Chris Sly, Feeding the Fish initially produced an innovative glow-show using electrically illuminated balls. The next show ‘Luminescence’ was created in 2000 by Alix, Simon and Howie using the first sequenced programmable juggling equipment (developed in collaboration with Aerotech and with support from BJC2K).

Feeding the Fish invented Pixel-Poi® in 2006, which for the first time allowed custom logos to be incorporated in the show. Laser-Light-Wands were also developed at this time to produce ultra-bright beams above the audience in sync with the soundtrack.

Since their inception Feeding the Fish have gone on to provide specialised choreographed light performances for countless high-profile events including product launches, galas, sporting events, variety shows, festivals and awards ceremonies.

Currently consisting of 16 professional dancers, poi spinners and jugglers, Feeding the Fish have established themselves as one of the top international speciality acts - a fusion of music, light, colour and dance - which has to be seen to be believed.

Custom Performances

The stage-show "Flux" is suitable for corporate events, festivals, galas, cabarets and variety shows, and can be customised on request, to add that extra Wow-factor.

Pixel-Poi

We developed Pixel-Poi in 2006 and they are completely unique to Feeding the Fish (patent numbers GB2451234, FR2919197, DE202008009828, trademarked throughout EU and USA). They can be precisely programmed to display text, graphics and logos as they are spun by the performers - this makes them perfect for custom performances. A typical branded performance would include a Pixel-Poi routine as the finale of the show, displaying numerous colourful patterns. As the music builds to the crescendo, the client's choice of logo or text appears in the Pixel-Poi. The effect is completely breathtaking.

Pixel-Poi branded shows have been performed for: AEG, BMW, Bombardier, Boodles, Cap Gemini, City.People.Light, Dockers, Dubai Financial Market, Ernst and Young, HP, HWK, Knight Frank, Lamborghini, Levi's, Mercedes, Microsoft, Mini, Philips, Reuters, SAP, Singtel, Smart, Techfest, Technorama, Traxx DC, Trevor Sorbie, Volkswagen. Feeding the Fish Pixel-Poi were also used in the opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League, the finale song of Take That's 'Circus' stadium tour and the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2010.

We typically request one week's notice for custom-programming although short notice bookings may still be possible. As the graphics displayed are pixelated, high resolution artwork is not necessary - any image file of the logo may be sent to us. The displayed graphic will be a recognisable representation of the original logo rather than a verbatim copy. For text programming, the shorter the message, the more clearly visible it will be - ideally just one or two words. Please contact us for further information about custom programming of Pixel-Poi.

Science Festivals

Feeding the Fish performances are ideal for Science Festivals - blending as they do intriguing technology with a skillfully presented artform. To date, we have performed at Abu Dhabi Science Festival 2011, Festival of the Spoken Nerd, Infinite Monkey Cage Live Show, National Science Week (Cambridge University), Science on Stage Europe (CERN, Geneva - sponsored by the European Space Agency), The Big Bang Fair, Cheltenham Science Festival, Techfest, Kshitij, Technorama and the Konrad Züse Awards Ceremony held at Phaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg as well as closing the "Is the Universe a Computer?" symposium held at the Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin as part of Germany's 'Informatics Year'. Teacher's sheets about the science of juggling and the technology in the performance are available.