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Bicycle Ballet @ So Festival, Skegness

Between 23 June and 1 July, SO Festival 2012 transformed Lincolnshire’s coastal district of East Lindsey into an international arts venue with spectacular visual art, street theatre, world-class performers and dance acts, amongst which  featured Bicycle Ballet. The team worked with … Continue reading

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Green Horses on the Wall

When you see green horses on the wall, you’re dreaming of incredible or impossible ideas; so they say in Romania.  Here, its ‘a pipe dream’ or ‘when pigs might fly.’ In 2011 Wandsworth Arts Festival commissioned us to ‘park’ bicycles … Continue reading

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Tandem Ballet R&D

The Tandem Ballet R&D  explored the potential of creating a dance performance on tandems by blind and partially sighted participants over several weeks in June & July 2012, culminating in a public sharing on Tuesday 10th July. The research process used … Continue reading

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After Dark, night spectacle show

An affordable night-time spectacular based on ‘the dance of cycling’ show, with stunning lighting and amazing pyrotechnics.  The show’s joyful choreography, striking imagery and visual spectacle, with each routine punctuated by a show-stopping moments, makes the show ideal for such … Continue reading

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Workshops

Bicycle Ballet started as a participatory project, and this remains at the heart of what we do.  We run various workshops enabling local people to develop and showcase their bike skills, and to rehearse and perform with the company. the … Continue reading

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Performance Parking

  Inspired by the lengths you sometimes have to take to securely park your bike! Painted to highlight the perfection of their design, the bikes are sky blue and tree green; conspicuously hidden in the urban landscape.  They are dada-esque … Continue reading

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Technical Info – The Bunny Hop

The Bunny Hop *  Set in the round, the performance space required is 12m x 7m square.  It is important that the surface is flat, even and preferably concrete / tarmac and free of stones, glass etc *  PA with … Continue reading

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The Bunny Hop

A dynamic, new outdoor show, fusing dance, circus and physical theatre – on bicycles! Following the evolving relationship of a brother and sister growing up on, off, over and around their bikes, ‘The Bunny Hop looks at differing male/female approaches … Continue reading

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Short Film – the dance of cycling

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Technical Info – the dance of cycling

Company members on tour – 6 (5 performers, 1 manager/technician) Equipment on tour – 5 bicycles and costumes The show is designed to play on three sides, but can also play in the round, depending on the performance space. Show … Continue reading

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