Bach and breakdance do not fit? With their fascinating Red Bull Flying Bach performance, four times breakdancing world champions Flying Steps and opera director Christoph Hagel prove quite the opposite. After the sold-out 2011 European Tour, this one-of-a-kind performance will now inspire audiences all over the world.

High culture meets urban art: In the clash of cultures Red Bull Flying Bach turns the international classical world upside down. Their creative performance visualizes and revives Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier crossing the borders of serious music and youth culture. Note by note. Step by step. With piano, harpsichord and electronic beats. With head spins, power moves and freezes. With visuals and a storyline, 70 minutes long.

In 2012, the Red Bull Flying Bach World Tour will capture international stages: after the kick off in Croatia, shows in twelve Middle Eastern, Asian and European countries will follow.

Flying Steps:
Germany’s most popular breakdance crew has been founded by Vartan and Amigo in Berlin. Since 1993, the Flying Steps have won four breakdance world championships (2xRed Bull Beat Battle, 2xBattle Of The Year) and are well known for their successful musical projects and top-class performances on big stages around the world. Their role in the scene in the scene has grown through their social commitment and their own dance school, the Flying Steps Dance Academy. For their first own production Red Bull Flying Bach they have been awarded with the highly reputated “ECHO Klassik Sonderpreis 2010“, a music award for outstanding achievements in classical music.
www.flying-steps.de

The Well-Tempered Clavier:
“Let the Well-Tempered Clavier be your daily bread”, famous German composer Schumann suggested in his work ‘Musikalische Haus- und Lebensregeln’ in 1850, calling Johann Sebastian Bach’s ground-breaking collection of solo keyboard music “the work of all works” at another occasion. For many exceptional musicians since, the Well-Tempered Clavier has offered the nourishment they required. It is widely regarded as one of the most important works in the history of classical music and the most influential pantonal composition. German conductor Hans von Bülow even called it the “Old Testament for piano players”.

In Red Bull Flying Bach, the Flying Steps are visualising preludes and fugues 1-12 of the Well-Tempered Clavier, Part I:
C-major // C-minor
Cis-major // Cis-minor
D-major // D-minor
Es-major // Es-minor
E-major // E-minor
F-major // F-minor
 

Artistic Director: Christoph Hagel
Choreographer: Vartan Bassil (Flying Steps)
Dramaturgy: Nadia Espiritu
Dancers: Flying Steps (four times breakdance world champions)
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part I
Arrangement: Piano, harpsichord, alienated electronic beats
Piano: Christoph Hagel
Harpsichord: Sabina Chukurova
Beat Instrumentation: Ketan and Vivan Bhatti
Visuals: Marco Moo
Producer: Timm Zolpys, Flying Steps Entertainment GmbH
Awards: ECHO Klassik Sonderpreis 2010