Words by Paula Catalina Riofrio. In bocca al lupo! answered one of the participants when I asked her how to say good luck in her mother tongue. In bocca al lupo (its English translation is […]
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Three artists to present at Luxembourg Showcase
The first official Luxembourg Showcase of dance will take place at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, bringing together three extraordinary movement artists: Simone Mousset, Jill Crovisier and Giovanni Zazzera. The Luxembourg Showcase comes to Edinburgh courtesy […]
Birthday Fish is clever & surreal
Words by Isabela Palancean. ‘To drink like a fish’ takes on a new, surreal dimension in Birthday Fish, a physical theatre piece co-authored and performed by Stephanie Burrell and Erin Hughes. What starts off as […]
Transforming the dance industry’s future | LCDS graduation show
Words by Stella Rousham. Graduation shows come with a great pressure of compressing three years of learning into a single, polished performance, all stamped with a label of approval from an acclaimed dance company or […]
Sunhi Willa Keller presents Kaja!
Taking place from 26-27 July at Arts on Site, Kaja! will be an evening of storytelling, kimchi-making, dance, and theater. Sunhi Willa Keller’s playful, provocative, and whimsical choreography is an interweaving of traditional Korean dance […]
Here & Now presents Edinburgh Fringe programme
Here & Now presents an exciting, intriguing and thought-provoking programme of work created in England, during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024. Continuing the work of Horizon by delivering a showcase of international-quality, tour-ready performance, Here […]
Tracing lineage in Roots to Rise by Nandita Shankardass
Words by Francesca Matthys. The collective of dancers made up of Anjana Bala, Vidya Patel and Tulani Kayani-Skeef in Nandita Shankardass’s Roots to Rise are like beautiful magenta, pink and purple flowers that appear between […]
Jordan James Bridge on new work Terra | Astra
Last year saw the launch of Ballet Nights, a platform for dancers from the worlds of classical ballet and contemporary dance to come together, showcase existing and new works, and celebrate the two dance forms. […]
Interview with Rana San, Co-Director of Cadence Video Poetry Festival
Conducted by Maxine Flasher-Düzgünes. Last month I shared a conversation with Rana San, Co-Director of Cadence Video Poetry Festival, an annual film festival based in Seattle, Washington that is dedicated to screening works combining text […]
What dance shows to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
Edinburgh Fringe kicks off in a couple of months, with dance artists from all over the UK and beyond coming together for a month of dance and theatre in the Scottish capital. There are always […]