Flying Bach- Breaking new ground in Copenhagen

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Flying Bach: Breaking new ground in Copenhagen

Flying Bach: Breaking new ground in Copenhagen

by RedBull.com, Sep 2, 2011

The Red Bull Flying Bach European Tour got off to a flying start at the opening night in Copenhagen, Denmark, yesterday as the B-boys from Flying Steps enjoyed a standing ovation for their groundbreaking combination of breakdancing to Johan Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier

This is the first time the company has taken their show on the road but they came to international attention with a performance at the Europe’s annual celebration of high camp: the Eurovision Song Contest. (see below)

Before the show, the Flying Steps took to the streets of the Danish capital to pose for the cameras in front of some of Copenhagen’s most famous landmarks, including the Tivoli Gardens and the Nyhavn

Poles apart: Gengis "Lil Ceng" Ademoski and Khaled "KC" Chaabi at the Tivoli Gardens – the second oldest theme park in the world.

The Red Bull Flying Bach European Tour enjoyed its premiere in the opulent setting of the Concert Hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music. The concert hall is a fitting setting for the show as the DKMD is Denmark’s premier school for classical musicians.

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The eight dancers from Flying Steps were nervous before the show but held the capacity crowd of more than 1,000 people rapt with their fusion of classical music and modern dance.

“It was always our dream to create a own performance with classical music. We thought, the pirouettes the ballet dancers are doing with their feet, we could do on our heads,” said choreographer Vartan Bassil.

Red Bull Flying Bach will perform two more nights in Copenhagen before travelling to Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Turkey. Until December the ensemble will perform more than 50 shows.

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