Ballet Mécanique SOLO

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the acme of demented modernism!
—The New York Herald

Ballet mécanique SOLO is an extraordinary work by composer George Antheil, arranged for solo piano and electronics by Guy Livingston and Paul Lehrman. It was commissioned by the SinusTon Festival in Magdeburg, Germany, and premièred in 2016. Further performances have been in Montréal, and at Tufts University and Brown University.

World première of Ballet mécanique SOLO, at the SinusTON Festival in Germany.

Minimum technical requirements: 8 channels of sound with 8 loudspeakers; amplified grand piano; projector/beamer; screen; stage lights; mixing board. We bring laptops, MOTUs, and the newly restored film, which is 4K digital.

GUY LIVINGSTON performing Ballet mécanique at Tufts University
at Tufts University