BIPED – Germany

Date:

May 8, 2024

Location:

venue to be confirmed. Ludwigshafen, Germany

Event Web Site:

Ludwigshafen Festival, Germany: May 8th, 9th

After the end of the Cunningham Company in 2011, the dance was subequently recreated by Robert Swinston for the Bavarian State Ballet, and then for the Compagnie Nationale de Danse Angers (CNDC Angers), where Robert was the artistic director. With the Angers company, we performed regularly in Europe, Abu Dhabi and USA from September 2018 to December 2019. 

Now we have embarked on a highly successful new collaboration with the Ballet de l’Opéra de Lyon whose director, Cédric Andrieux, had himself been a member of the Cunningham company for many years and who danced in Biped many times. 

Merce always insisted on live music for his work and we have maintained that principle on every occasion.

The programme comprises Beach Birds (music by John Cage) and Biped

The musicians: Morgan Goff, viola; James Woodrow, electric guitar; Audrey Riley, cello; Yuri Bryars, double bass and piano (Beach Birds); Gavin Bryars, electric keyboard

Gavin Bryars