2022 (Munich); 2023 (Super Bowl) · Commercial / corporate
Momentum Curve
Archive folder: Momentum Curve (Munich / Super Bowl)
Melecio Estrella and Damara Ganley · BANDALOOP
A large-scale vertical dance work for 12 dancers, created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of BMW's Munich headquarters tower, with original music by Ben Juodvalkis. A version was later performed at the Super Bowl LVII TikTok Tailgate in Arizona.
- Premiere
- 2022-07
- Venue
- BMW Group headquarters ('BMW Vierzylinder' tower), 50th anniversary celebration
- Where
- Munich, Germany
- Performances
- Super Bowl LVII TikTok Tailgate, State Farm Stadium area, Glendale (Phoenix area), AZ, Feb 12, 2023: BANDALOOP directed by Rachael Lincoln on a custom 60-foot two-sided wall. Ben invoiced 'music for Arizona 2023' in Dec 2022.
- Credits
- Direction/choreography: Melecio Estrella, Damara Ganley. Music: Ben Juodvalkis (commissioned 'New Work. BMW Music. Momentum Curve', paid July 2022; draft track 'Lilypad'). Rehearsal director: Skip Kirk. Twelve vertical dancers (rehearsal lists include Becca Dean, Rose Huey, Wailana Simcock, Roel Seeber, Courtney Moreno, Virginia Broyles, Sarah Keeney, Jose Abad, Melecio Zambrano, Damara Ganley). Photography: Brooke Anderson. Super Bowl direction: Rachael Lincoln.
Elsewhere
- BANDALOOP vertical dancers at BMW headquarters' 50th birthday — designboom, 2022-08-01
- BANDALOOP — SOZO Media, 2022
- Rachael Lincoln directs BANDALOOP at SuperBowl TikTok Tailgate — University of Washington Dance Program, 2023-03-15
- Our Works — BANDALOOP, 2022
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- Somewhere to Land 2024
- Bird Strike 2023
- Ceremony 2023
- Gesture Duet 2023
- Huey 2023