Flying Bach

The story of Flying Bach is the story of a "what if? What if we replaced a ballerina's pirouettes with a hip-hop dancer's head turns? What if we took classical music out of its box and into the heart of the street? Where rhythms become jerky, where movements become explosive, where everything is seen upside down?

The answer comes from Vartan Bassil, in a crazy gamble. Combine the insolent technique of the Flying Steps, four-time world breakdance champions, of which he is artistic director, with the passion for classical music of conductor Christoph Hagel. The mix is explosive and would certainly make Johann Sebastian Bach turn over in his grave, but in a good way.

On stage, the dancers' energy is matched only by their absolute technical mastery: they embody the music in all its subtleties and literally fly through space. The group works, and so do the individuals. But to the thundering sound of the piano, it's the dualities that really stand out. Encounters in the form of battles between man and woman, tradition and the contemporary, desire and rejection that suddenly seem to subside when arrogance gives way to curiosity.

The stage becomes the stage for a miracle of symbiosis and alchemy between timeless and contemporary cultures. The hyphen between two universes that makes us say without hesitation that classical dance is definitely alive and well, and that breakdance is indeed an art that sublimates it.

More information : https://www.flyingbach-paris.fr/