51ĀŅĀ×

Director: Ridley Scott
Writer(s): Hampton Fancher, David Peoples, Philip K. Dick
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young

Percussionist Roger Braun and pianist AndrĆ© Gribou bring their completely improvised concerts to the movies, featuring percussion from around the world and ā€œpreparedā€ and concert pianos. They improvise new scores for critically acclaimed films from different erasā€” not just films from the ā€œsilentā€ era, but spontaneous new soundtracks for classic films in a live concert format. This season they bring their unique approach to the 1981 sci-fi dystopian tour-de-force Blade Runner.

About Blade Runner

In a signature role as 21st-century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his masculine-yet-vulnerable presence to this stylish noir thriller. In a future of high-tech possibility soured by urban and social decay, Deckard hunts for fugitive, murderous replicantsā€”and is drawn to a mystery woman whose secrets may undermine his soul.

Duo Unprepared will perform alongside the ā€œFinal Cutā€ version of Blade Runner.

About Duo Unprepared

Roger Braun (percussion) and Andre Gribou (pianos) have worked together in a wide variety of performance settings since 2000. While this includes completely improvised music ā€“ where they found they had an unusual chemistry ā€“ they also perform frequently together in classical, jazz, and world music settings. As their affinity for performing improvised music together grew they began to collaborate with other artists including world-renown improvisational dancers, Chris Aiken and Angie Hauser. Braun and Gribou have appeared on numerous concert series including Washington D.C.ā€™s Dance Place performance series, the University of Michigan, 51ĀŅĀ×, and Denison University. With frequent collaborator, percussionist, Anthony Di Sanza, they recently performed in Chateau dā€™Oex, Switzerland at the 2015 International Society for Improvised Music Conference and a tour of Wisconsin Universities.