Ghost Peloton Arrives in Glasgow

9 Oct 2015

Ghost Peloton

Ghost Peloton will arrive in Glasgow for the first time with a powerful re-staging at the Whisky Bond in Port Dundas on 12 and 13 November. Using cycling as the core of mass communal movement incorporated within stunning large-scale projection, and set to an original score, a collective of ghost bikes and riders will be illuminated using NVA’s bespoke LED light suit which can instantaneously change colour, flash-rate and luminosity. Inspired by the wheel in motion, the movement of massed participants, choreographed by Phoenix Dance Theatre‘s Artistic Director Sharon Watson, will transform the canal-side landscape into an open canvas carrying a new visual language of light in motion.

Ghost Peloton Glasgow is created by NVA and Phoenix Dance Theatre with support from Glasgow City Council, BIGG Regeneration, Scottish Canals (as part of the Canal Regeneration Partnership) and the Whisky Bond, as part of the LUCI ‘Cities Under the Microscope’ Event.

Ghost Peloton Glasgow marks the first staging of NVA’s Speed of Light in Scotland since the work’s premiere on Arthur’s Seat in 2012, as part of the Cultural Olympiad for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The work has since toured internationally, responding to docklands in Japan, reformed urban sites in England, and the vast industrial landscapes of the Ruhr in Germany.

Tickets for Ghost Peloton Glasgow are on sale now. For more information and to book, click here.

Ghost Peloton Glasgow is created by NVA and Phoenix Dance Theatre with support from Glasgow City Council, BIGG Regeneration, Scottish Canals (as part of the Canal Regeneration Partnership) and the Whisky Bond, as part of the LUCI ‘Cities Under the Microscope’ Event.

Ghost Peloton was created for Yorkshire Festival 2014 with support from Arts Council England, Yorkshire Water, Welcome to Yorkshire and Yorkshire Local Authorities