Cycling has become a worldwide pastime. In the U.S., there has been a bicycle boom, with ridership up 37% in recent years and nearly 55 million Americans riding bikes regularly.
And now, the popularity of cycling is influencing art…
Inspired by the grand tour races of professional cycling, including the recently-concluded 111th running of Le Tour de France, professional summer ballet company, Dansereye, invites you to experience its newest comedy ballet, La Bici (or, The Bike).
Set for its world premiere on August 9th, La Bici is fresh, athletic, and by turns, funny and touching. Dansereye will put their athletic and imaginative spin on the world of professional cycling, set to beloved Italian classics—music by Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Felix Mendelssohn and Friedrich von Flotow.
Created by Dansereye Artistic Director and Founder, Scott Thyberg, La Bici’s sheer inventiveness and dazzling energy (complete with a scene called Water Bottle Waltz!) is sure to leave you humming the music and longing to get on a bicycle before summer ends.
Grace, precision, power, and athleticism—just a few of the many things cyclists and dancers have in common, will be displayed during La Bici and the rest of Dansereye’s performance, The Fifth Temperament.
Plus, with the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris underway, what better way to get into the performance spirit than by celebrating and cheering on dancers whom Albert Einstein deemed, “The athletes of the Gods”?
The Fifth Temperament will take place on August 9 & 10 at the Visual Performing Arts Center in Danbury, CT.
Purchase your tickets here.
COMMITTED TO OUTSTANDING WORKS OF ART
Dansereye is a non-profit summer ballet company that offers an authentic and approachable dance experience for the community.
Based in the rolling hills of Litchfield County, they invite you to escape the ordinary busy-ness of daily life with world-class entertainment and this unique cultural experience.
While they are grateful for the passion of seasoned ballet lovers, they enthusiastically welcome newcomers and are honored at being some guests’ first foray into the dance world.
Dansereye artists are current or former members of Oklahoma City Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Houston Ballet, & Philadelphia Ballet, among others, with training experience including Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, De Nationale Ballet Academie in Amsterdam, and Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. Check out artist bios here.
MORE ABOUT THE SHOW
In addition to La Bici, guests will be treated to two additional ballets during The Fifth Temperament:
The Seven Deadly Songs (2023)
Back by popular demand and performed by the original cast, we are
pleased to present the return of the genre-bending audience favorite of the 2023 Season.
Music by Junior Brown, Emerson Lake and Palmer, The Weepies, The
Buggles, DJ Chipman and Yummy Yummy, Claudio Monteverdi and
Wendy Carlos, Nickleback, Christina Aguilera, and Everlast
Second Salt (World Premiere)
A modern parable about what really happened at Sodom and Gomorrah. Hint: It wasn’t about the sex! Dansereye has commissioned an original musical score by renowned Hollywood-based composer Craig Safan.
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
AUGUST 9 & 10 ~ Curtain: 7:30pm
Western Connecticut State University
Visual & Performing Arts Center ~MainStage Theatre
43 Lake Avenue Extension
Danbury, CT
SEE YOU AT THE SHOW
Dansereye invites you to learn more about their mission, and looks forward to seeing you in the audience.
Purchase your tickets here or visit https://dansereye.org to learn more about Dansereye.
