Andreas Wessels - Move - Catch - Smile

In the organizer's words:

Andreas Wessels takes the best of two worlds, artistry and comedy. Born in Berlin, he performs around the globe and has won awards at renowned festivals in China, Japan and France. He also has an entry in the Guinness Book of Records.

It is fascinating to see how he brings a wide variety of objects to life. His spectrum ranges from the wild daredevil to the casual gentleman. He defies gravity when he performs with his football-sized balls, a mixture of manipulation, juggling, contact and freestyle tricks. In "Whiskey and Cigarettes" you can see how to light a cigarette in the coolest, but also funniest way. It gets chaotic and funny when he plays music with a ping-pong ball. At the latest when he makes five heavy oil drums rotate, you know that this man is unique in the world of vaudeville.

He has performed on Broadway in New York, at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and in Berlin's Olympic Stadium.

References:
"The boy has superstar qualities. Just like Enrico Rastelli, the darling of the gods."
(BZKultur)
"Mastermind, Andreas Wessels, occasionally has a gleam in his eye that only artists who are truly obsessed with what they do have." (Westdeutsche Zeitung)
"Andreas Wessels is brilliant." (New York Times)
"Respect", Wladimir Klitschko
"Cool, man!", Dennis Rodman, ex-NBA basketball star
"Fantastic!", Paolo Coelho, writer
"Show-off!", little boy