Can you make your Bike dance ? Bicycle Ballet, Sunday 25th July

80 cyclists needed for a City Centre dance spectacular in Castlefield on Sunday 25th July.

As part of Urban Moves, Manchester’s outdoor festival of contemporary dance, there’s a chance to show off your cycling skills in a highly original way.  The Bicycle Ballet, a spectacular dance performance on bicycles, is looking for 80 local cyclists to join in a mass performance in the city centre.  

The Bicycle Ballet is a 30 minute dance performance, celebrating the dance that is cycling, and will take place on Sunday 25 July in Manchester’s city centre.  According to the organisers, the bicycle ballet is reminiscent of Busby Berkeley’s stunning synchronized film choreography and  explores the highs and lows of city cycling: the sheer joy of swerving downhill on a bike, the wind behind you and the sun on your face, tempered by the gritty reality of urban cycling. 

Originally conceived by Karen Poley for Car Free Day in 2006 and directed and choreographed by Virginia Farman and subsequently performed in Brighton, London and Lille, The Bicycle Ballet has been specially commissioned for Manchester as part of this year’s Urban Moves festival.  

To take part in this cycling spectacular you need to: 

• have basic bike-riding skills and confidence
• own a bike
• be prepared to commit to some evening training sessions, a weekend rehearsal in July and, of course, the performance itself on 25 July.

No dance experience is required and all ages are welcome, although a level of cycling proficiency is required. Participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. (minimum Level 2 Bikeability/National Standard is suggested).

For more information and to register, email:  info@digm.org.uk or 0161 232 7179.

Additional information at www.bicycleballet.co.uk