Category: Dance

Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – Ruins at The Studio, Edinburgh

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Direction by Bex Anson MHz Movement Artists - Philip Alexander McDonald, Rita Hu, and Suzi Cunningham ★★★★ Easily earning itself the most influentially abstract of the Manipulate Festival 2024 pieces, Bex Anson MHz’s highly visual expressive dance performance Ruins (performed by Suzi Cunningham, Rita Hu, and Philip Alexander McDonald) commands an entire spectrum of life. Three beings, the last humans on Earth, become … Continue reading Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – Ruins at The Studio, Edinburgh

Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – Tess at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

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https://youtu.be/IfePa4DHrq0 Adapted and Directed by Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney - Ockham’s Razor Devised by  Alex Harvey, Charlotte Mooney, Macadie Amoroso, Joshua Frazer, Lauren Jamieson, Lila Naruse, Victoria Skillen, Leah Wallings and Nat Whittingham Choreography by Nathan Johnston ★★★★★ Ockham’s Razor, the world-class and award-winning aerial theatre company presents a simple conundrum: can you really tell a Thomas … Continue reading Review: Manipulate Festival 2024 – Tess at The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

Scottish Ballet: Cinders! – Theatre Royal, Glasgow

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Choreography by Christopher Hampson CBE Music by Sergei Prokofiev Conducted by Wolfgang Heinz Tickets from£15.00 ★★★★ The enduring power of Cinderella, often seen as the definitive European fairytale, certainly retains a presence as it is the most performed winter show this year in Scotland across Pantomime, Comedy, and now, Ballet.  The story of a young individual … Continue reading Scottish Ballet: Cinders! – Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Elegies – The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

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Produced by Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland Based on Hamish Henderson's Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica Choreographed by Helen Gould and George Adams ★★★★ In a time where the power of storytelling is manipulated into turning a day of peace into propaganda, it’s vital to recognise the weight which words, rhetoric, images and movements … Continue reading Elegies – The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

Totentanz – Assembly Roxy

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Co-created and Performed by Lucy Ireland and Jim Manganello ★★★★ The sombreness of the affair strikes the moment you walk into the Assembly Roxy, a venue already basking in a more gothic and even macabre glow with its architecture. From the memorial-styled programme, the crushed velvet curtain, to the lilies standing to attention on either … Continue reading Totentanz – Assembly Roxy

Empty Orchestra – Byre Theatre

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Choreography by Lewys Holt  Choreographic Assistance/Photography and Film by Eleanor Sikorski  Produced by Perfectly Serviceable and Discerning Nights  Review by Ben Connaughton ★★★★ In front of a long, shimmering curtain stands a microphone and a laptop: they don’t offer much protection for those who have found the courage to sing in front of perfect strangers. … Continue reading Empty Orchestra – Byre Theatre

Scottish Ballet: Twice-Born – Theatre Royal, Glasgow

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https://youtu.be/U2S1fQk87NQ Schachmatt: Choreography by Cayetano Soto Twice-Born: Direction, Concept & Choreography by Dickson MbiOriginal Music by Dickson Mbi ★★★★ A double bill of premieres from Scottish Ballet awaits audiences this evening, with a threaded intention to explore renewed grounds and creative ingenuity from a new generation: a rebirth (of sorts) from the company which maintains … Continue reading Scottish Ballet: Twice-Born – Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Matthew Bourne’s: Romeo + Juliet – Festival Theatre

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https://youtu.be/n81Qzaowc9A Directed and Choreography by Matthew Bourne Music by Sergei Prokofiev  Tickets from £28.50 ★★★★ Few things push us to extremes other than love. Whether viewed as a weakness, a strength, an eternal yearning which completes us, or a distraction, its various forms will never feel the same for any two people – so the … Continue reading Matthew Bourne’s: Romeo + Juliet – Festival Theatre

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Programme Two – Festival Theatre

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https://youtu.be/lbCKzjkECic Choreographed by Alvin Ailey ★★★★ Where Programme One flowed through an advancement of time, its rippled core of cultural integrity and shifts and embracement of traditions and forging new ones maintained a constant flow. Programme Two, also performed at the Festival Theatre as a part of this year’s International Festival, may depart from the trio … Continue reading Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Programme Two – Festival Theatre

The Rite of Spring/common ground[s] – Edinburgh Playhouse

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https://youtu.be/gv5tNCGE42I The Rite of Spring: Choreography by Pina Bausch Composed by Igor Stravinsky  common ground[s]: Choreogrphed and Performed by Germaine Acogny and Malou AiraudoComposed by Fabrice Bouillon LaForest  ★★★★★ Forty-five years ago, Pina Bauch’s The Rite of Spring took a central place with its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Internal Festival. Revived - the piece has a companion … Continue reading The Rite of Spring/common ground[s] – Edinburgh Playhouse