# Red Bull Flying Bach

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**Red Bull Flying Bach** is a dance performance by [Flying Steps](/source/Flying_Steps) and guest ballerina [Yui Kawaguchi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yui_Kawaguchi&action=edit&redlink=1) / [Anna Holmstrom](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anna_Holmstrom&action=edit&redlink=1). The work combines [breakdance](/source/Breakdance) with [modern ballet](/source/Modern_ballet), performed to an [electronica](/source/Electronica) adaptation of [Johann Sebastian Bach](/source/Johann_Sebastian_Bach)'s *[The Well-Tempered Clavier](/source/The_Well-Tempered_Clavier)*.[1] The music was arranged by Christoph Hagel and the piece choreographed by Vartan Bassil.[2]

The performance has been popular worldwide, and premiered in the United States in June 2014.[2] It won an [Echo Klassik](/source/Echo_Klassik) award in 2010.[3] This routine was performed at the [Bundestag](/source/Bundestag), the [2011 Eurovision Song Contest](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011) and the [Federal Presidency](/source/President_of_Germany)'s Summer Festival, and it was given a special [Echo award](/source/Echo_(music_award)).[4][5][6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Di Nunzio, Miriam (4 March 2014). ["Chicago lands the Flying Steps Red Bull Flying Bach"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140619025830/http://voices.suntimes.com/arts-entertainment/the-daily-sizzle/chicago-lands-the-flying-steps-red-bull-flying-bach/). *Chicago Sun-Times*. Archived from [the original](http://voices.suntimes.com/arts-entertainment/the-daily-sizzle/chicago-lands-the-flying-steps-red-bull-flying-bach/) on 19 June 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bww_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bww_2-1) ["The Flying Steps to bring Red Bull Flying Bach to Civic Opera House for exclusive US engagement"](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#). Broadway World. 4 March 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Red Bull Flying Bach"](http://www.esplanade.com/whats_on/programme_info/red_bull_flying_bach/index.jsp). Esplanade. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Bach und Breakdance"](https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/koeln/article13548938/Bach-und-Breakdance.html). [WELT online](/source/Die_Welt). 17 August 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Breakdance meets Bach"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110902010929/http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/index.php?k=loka). [General-Anzeiger](/source/General-Anzeiger). 22 August 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/index.php?k=loka&itemid=10003&detailid=928478) on 2 September 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Eurovision interval acts revealed"](http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=35053&_t=eurovision_interval_acts_revealed). [Eurovision.tv](/source/European_Broadcasting_Union). 9 May 2011.

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