'''Red Bull Flying Bach''' is a dance performance by [[Flying Steps]] and guest ballerina [[Yui Kawaguchi]] / [[Anna Holmstrom]]. The work combines [[breakdance]] with [[modern ballet]], performed to an [[electronica]] adaptation of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s ''[[The Well-Tempered Clavier]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voices.suntimes.com/arts-entertainment/the-daily-sizzle/chicago-lands-the-flying-steps-red-bull-flying-bach/|work=Chicago Sun-Times|title=Chicago lands the Flying Steps Red Bull Flying Bach|author=Di Nunzio, Miriam|date=4 March 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619025830/http://voices.suntimes.com/arts-entertainment/the-daily-sizzle/chicago-lands-the-flying-steps-red-bull-flying-bach/|archivedate=19 June 2014}}</ref> The music was arranged by Christoph Hagel and the piece choreographed by Vartan Bassil.<ref name=bww/>
The performance has been popular worldwide, and premiered in the United States in June 2014.<ref name=bww>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwdance/article/The-Flying-Steps-to-Bring-RED-BULL-FLYING-BACH-to-Civic-Opera-House-for-Exclusive-US-Engagement-620-29-20140304#|date=4 March 2014|title=The Flying Steps to bring Red Bull Flying Bach to Civic Opera House for exclusive US engagement|publisher=Broadway World}}</ref> It won an [[Echo Klassik]] award in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.esplanade.com/whats_on/programme_info/red_bull_flying_bach/index.jsp|accessdate=9 June 2014|title=Red Bull Flying Bach|publisher=Esplanade}}</ref> This routine was performed at the [[Bundestag]], the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011|2011 Eurovision Song Contest]] and the [[President of Germany|Federal Presidency]]'s Summer Festival, and it was given a special [[Echo (music award)|Echo award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/koeln/article13548938/Bach-und-Breakdance.html|publisher=[[Die Welt|WELT online]]|title=Bach und Breakdance|date=17 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/index.php?k=loka&itemid=10003&detailid=928478|publisher=[[General-Anzeiger]]|title=Breakdance meets Bach|date=22 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902010929/http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/index.php?k=loka|archivedate=2 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=35053&_t=eurovision_interval_acts_revealed|publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union|Eurovision.tv]]|title=Eurovision interval acts revealed|date=9 May 2011}}</ref>
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[[Category:Johann Sebastian Bach]] [[Category:Modern dance]]