Juggler Michael Ferreri, 2024 National Circus Prize after winning four Guinness records last year

the juggler Michael Ferreri has been awarded the National Circus Award corresponding to the year 2024, at the proposal of the jury meeting this Thursday, after achieving four Guinness records last year. The prize, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, is endowed with 30,000 euros.

The jury highlighted ““his outstanding activity as a juggler, which includes obtaining four Guinness records during the year 2023.” “His versatility and capacity for innovation based on technical excellence have allowed him to adapt to circus contexts, both traditional and contemporary, captivating audiences with his originality and audacity in juggling techniques,” he highlighted.

Likewise, they have valued “its eclectic character and its ability to adapt and integrate into different exhibition spaces and the creative processes of other artists.”.

“His career, an example of perseverance and constant evolution capable of inspiring new generations, has made him a model to follow in the circus world, who stands out both for his rigor in technique and for his work in disseminating the arts of the circus”concludes the ruling.

Michael Ferreri was born in Seville in 1996 and established himself as a self-taught juggler. He belongs to a family with a long circus tradition, specifically four generations, and has managed to carve out, despite his youth, a solid international career. backed by more than 40 world recordsfour of them achieved in 2023 and recognitions in different countries.

He has almost fifty Guinness records and among his most recent achievements are having made the greatest number of consecutive 360° turns while juggling 5 balls above his head or having achieved the greatest number of catches in 3 minutes with 6 balls, among others.

Besides, Ferreri forms part of the history of Malabarism being the first to juggle 11 balls in front of a live audience and with audiovisual record of that milestone.

He started juggling when he was 11 years old and at 13 he made his debut in the renowned Norwegian circus Cirkus Merano. His career took a leap in 2011, when he joined Circus Vargas in the United States, where he remained for two years. In 2014 he returned to Europe to perform at the prestigious Festival Mondial Du Cirque De Demain in Paris, where he became, at the age of 17, the youngest artist to compete in this event in which he won the bronze medal and the special Moulin prize. Rouge.