Artistic director, choreographer Vartan Bassil
\nArtistic director, piano Christoph Hagel
\nMusic J. S. Bach
\nCast: Flying Steps<\/p>\n
WHERE BREAKDANCE MEETS CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMED BY BREAKDANCE WORLD CHAMPIONS<\/p>\n
Bach and breakdance don\u2019t go well together? The four-time breakdance world champion Flying Steps and renowned opera director Christoph Hagel prove that breakdancing and classical music are the perfect match \u2013 with their fascinating musical performance, FLYING BACH. This one-of-a-kind, innovative adaptation of Johannes Sebastian Bach\u2019s \u201cWell-Tempered Clavier\u201d breaks down the barriers between high and urban culture.<\/p>\n
The inspiration for the show came to Flying Steps founder and artistic director Vartan Bassil after a visit to a classical concert. \u201cI liked the idea of replacing a ballerina doing pirouettes on tiptoes with a breakdancer doing head spins. My dream was to create a feature length breakdance show to classical music\u201d, he says. The idea to use Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s \u201eWell-Tempered Clavier\u201d came from opera conductor Christoph Hagel, who works together with Bassil as an artistic director. Together they aspired to create a show that was more than breakdancing to a classical soundtrack. They wanted the dancers to embody the music and use it to convey a story to the audience.
\nTo this day, FLYING BACH has toured 35 countries \u2013 from USA to Kasachstan, from Australia over Japan to Finland \u2013 and fascinated more than 500.000 people.\u00a0Note by note. Step by step. With piano, harpsichord and electronic beats. With head spins, power moves and freezes. And with a love story of its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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