Tag: Movement

Have a Gander: Live & Direct Hip Hop Showcase – Dance Base, Edinburgh

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Hosted by Dance Base Artistic Director Tony Mills Featuring Work from Wayne Chang, Jennifer Cullen, Julia Lau, Joshua Effi and Ursula Manandhar  Additional Information May Be Located Here There are two areas of Scotland’s cultural majesty which often find themselves with a (perceived) barrier of accessibility for new or unfamiliar audiences - Spoken Word and Dance. And where tremendous groups like Loud Poets or celebrations of … Continue reading Have a Gander: Live & Direct Hip Hop Showcase – Dance Base, Edinburgh

Review: A Giant On The Bridge – Traverse Theatre

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https://youtu.be/UnTAHS1zznA Devised by Jo Mango and Liam Hurley Directed by Liam Hurley Co-musical Direction by Jo Mango & Louis Abbott A sense of freedom breaths life through the cluttered, though comforting, Traverse stage tonight: a life-giving sense of release and opportunity that few of us can say we’ve felt. The closest most of us come … Continue reading Review: A Giant On The Bridge – Traverse Theatre

Review: La Niña Barro – Assembly Roxy

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Directed and Produced Flavia D’Avila Written by Marta Massé ★★★★ What does it mean to be a woman? A question which seems to enrage or bemuse the average MP, the question of what makes us who we are, what makes us human, is a profoundly personal one – for as much as we like to … Continue reading Review: La Niña Barro – Assembly Roxy

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

Baklâ – Summerhall: Demonstration Room

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Written by Max Percy Directed by James Newton ★★★★ Baklâ, It’s a noun in Tagalog meaning homosexual, specifically of a more feminine projection. The connotations of the word spread further into the disparaging, stereotypical and slanderous - from the off writer and performer Max Percy embraces the identification, simultaneously utilising the term to share their … Continue reading Baklâ – Summerhall: Demonstration Room

Have a Gander – The Black Blues Brothers

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They’ve thrilled the world, appearing to over half a million spectators from the Royal Variety Performance to Montecarlo’s Circus Festival, The Black Blues Brothers make an exciting return to Edinburgh this Festival Fringe. Their mission? To entertain. Fusing together the Vigor of Africa with a rhythm ‘n’ blues sound, these five acrobats are unleashed to … Continue reading Have a Gander – The Black Blues Brothers

Pirates! – Dundee Rep Theatre

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https://youtu.be/mkmLrAlCyss Written and Directed by Joan Clevillé Choreography Joan Clevillé in Collaboration with the Dancers ★★★★ The measure of treasure is often different for those who seek it. It could easily be gold and silver, but for many, a reunion with a loved one or an inspiration is worth more than a horde of gems and trinkets. Jessie … Continue reading Pirates! – Dundee Rep Theatre

Motionhouse: Nobody – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

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https://youtu.be/VXCB_QpUBEg Conceived and Directed by Kevin Finnan Choreography by Kevin Finnan, Junior Cunningham and Original Cast Original Score by Tim Dickinson and Sophy Smith ★★★★ Entering its third touring year, Motionhouse: Nobody has been enthralling audiences across the UK and Europe. Now, landing at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, this demonstration of raw physical prestige and gravity-defying choreography … Continue reading Motionhouse: Nobody – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Too Close to the Sun – Traverse Theatre

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https://youtu.be/PzXbdbJIsCc Created by Natasha Gilmore and Robert Alan Evans Choreography by Natasha Gilmore ★★★★ In myth, the scorching heat of the sun has melted the wax wings of determined Greek heroes; she is pursued by the wolf Sköll of Norse stories; and even shot by more than a few of Hou Yi’s arrows. It’s the centre of … Continue reading Too Close to the Sun – Traverse Theatre