Red Bull kicks off 2016-2017 national Flying Bach Breakdance tour
Hip-Hop combined with classical music?! Ok leave it to Red Bull to keep pumping up the culture and showing its diversity and global impact, check the announcement below:
In Partnership With Live Nation, Red Bull Presents The First Performance Visualizing Johannes Sebastian Bach’s “WellTempered Clavier” Through Breakdance
The internationally celebrated and distinguished dance crew Flying Steps will be kicking off their Red Bull Flying Bach 2016-2017 U.S. tour in San Francisco for the first time ever. Red Bull has partnered with Live Nation this year to bring together this absolutely unique musical performance that clashes classical music and breakdancing. The Red Bull Flying Bach tour kicks off in San Francisco on May 20-22, 2016.
The fourtime World Breakdance Champion Flying Steps and renowned opera director Christoph Hagel are proving that breakdancing and classical music are the perfect match with their fascinating 70 minute musical performance, Red Bull Flying Bach. This one of a kind, innovative adaptation of Johannes Sebastian Bach’s “WellTempered Clavier,” breaks down the barrier between high society and urban culture note for note, step for step, with piano, cembalo, and electronic beats.
Featuring head spins, power moves, freezes, and aweinspiring visuals, the story follows six dancers and one teacher, rehearsing for their big day. Arguments, fights, disappointments and delights just like the highs and lows of the notes, the moods and steps of the dancers change constantly. But their teacher is pushing them, pushing the boundaries to make it work. As a mysterious woman enters the rehearsal room, the conflicts climax: contemporary dance meets breakdance, man meets woman, desire meets refusal, arrogance meets curiosity.
The show itself is a beautiful blend of the minds of Artistic Directors Vartan Bassil (choreography) and Christoph Hagel (piano, musical director). Swedish ballerina Anna Holmström joins the seven male breakdancers of The Flying Steps, fusing key elements of urban dance culture with precision ballet.
“We can’t wait to hit the road again with Red Bull on this massive US tour!” said Bassil. “The American audience has the most incredible energy, making it an absolute treat for us to perform there.”
After the 2010 premier in Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie and the following sold out German tour, Red Bull Flying Bach brought their success to the rest of the world. To date, more than 380,000 spectators in 28 different countries have experienced the powerhouse production that’s equal parts visual amusement and delightful sound.
Tickets are available on Friday, March 25 and will range from $26–$76 and can be purchased by visiting RedBullFlyingBach.com.
The official schedule of Red Bull Flying Bach U.S. performances will be announced soon. Please visit RedBullFlyingBach.com for updates.
ABOUT RED BULL FLYING BACH
The Flying Bach is a clash of cultures where classical music meets breakdance. Flying Steps, four time breakdance world champions, deliver a creative performance set to Johann Sebastian Bach’s “The WellTempered Clavier”, bridging the art forms of classical and urban culture. The elegant music along with explosive moves creates an amazing and entertaining show for people of all ages and demographics.
ABOUT FLYING STEPS
Flying Steps of Germany are an award winning dance team that has succeeded in marrying urban dance culture with classical music. Founder Vartan Bassil partnered with Conductor Christoph Hagel and Red Bull Flying Bach was born. The show has successfully toured Europe, Australia and Japan in 201114. In 2014 Flying Steps was ready to take North America with performances in Chicago, Toronto, and Montreal.
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