Tandem Ballet Funding confirmed for an R&D project to explore the potential of working with blind and partially sighted people on tandems. Public sharing on Tues 10th July, more info HERE.
Bicycle Ballet Mass Show is touring. Working with up to 100 local people and supported by Arts Council England, we will be creating performances in six partner locations during the summer. Dates so far include:
- 29th June, So Festival, Skegness
- 21st July, Edmonton Carnival, Enfield
- 5th August, Hadleigh, Essex
- 18th/19th August, Preston Guild Wheel Launch
- 29th September, ‘Stade Saturday’ Hastings
Green Horses on the Wall, May – Sept 2012, Danebury Ave, London, SW15 4DQ. An installation and spoken word project, commissioned by Wandsworth Arts Festival. Follow the links for more info.
Bicycle Ballet’s new duet The Bunny Hop has been redeveloped for 2012 with exciting new performers, and festival favourite, the dance of cycling continues to tour.
In the News, Winter 2011/12:
‘dance of cycling performer’, Kate Evans, is featured in the London Cyclist magazine.
V’LILLE Launch, Lille’s Cycle Hire Scheme, September 2011
The new V’LILLE bikes were carefully worked into the narrative of ‘the dance of cycling’ and presented to large audiences in the city centre.
We’re In the News, Autumn 2011:
Evening Standard, Tall Tales Riding High, 9 Sept 2011
BBC Spotlight South West: 14 Sept 2011
This is Devon, 15 Sept 2011. click dates for more info
Bike Art Book: out now
Bicycle Ballet features in a new book about art and bikes by Greek arts collective Carpe Diem. The book presents bicycles in art around the world in the form of murals, design, illustration, tattoos, custom bikes, as well as us on page 242, http://bit.ly/tFQzqs.
New Productions for 2011:
Where are the girls when the boys are learning to bunny hop? A dynamic, new outdoor show fusing dance, circus and physical theatre – on bicycles. 2011 dates on the right.
Performance Parking Large scale visual installation inspired by the lengths you sometimes have to take to securely park your bike!
Redeveloped for 2011:
the dance of cycling has undergone a period of further development to build its dynamism, spectacle and comic moments.
