LEMUR : Ballet Mécanique at Frequency Hopping
Ballet Mécanique / Frequency Hopping
PERFORMANCE: June 22
7PM Frequency Hopping
Followed by Ballet Mécanique
3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich St, NYC
Following a special evening performance this Sunday of the Hourglass
Group's new play Frequency Hopping, Paul Lehrman and LEMUR will present
Ballet Mécanique, George Antheil's mind-breaking 1924 work for
sychronized player pianos and lots and lots of percussion. It will be
performed by eight Yamaha Disklaver player pianos and an array of LEMUR
percussion robots including two xylophones, four bass drums, a gong, a
siren, seven doorbells and three "airplane propellors". It will also be
accompanied by the collaborative film of the same title by Fernand
Lèger.

- by Hal Eagar
- Hal Eagar's blog
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