Dance, Issue 663
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World Pipe Band Championships
12 Aug 2010
Highland games, taste of Scotland, and dancing on the Glasgow Green
Look at this happy bunch of pipers. Would you believe they’re actually Canadian? Simon Fraser University’s bagpipe squad won last year’s world championship title: teams from as far afield as New Zealand, Pakistan and, er, Paisley keep their eyes (and…
Breakdance and Streetdance Championships at the Fringe
5 Aug 2010
Peter Maniam of Moving in Circles on dance competitions
5 things you love about breakdancing. The physicality – B-Boys and Girls push their bodies to the extreme, with nothing more than their own physical ability, blood, sweat and tears; the controversy – breaking has no governing body so judges rely on…
Dance company MAU bring Tempest: Without a Body and Birds with Skymirrors to Fringe
5 Aug 2010
Lemi Ponifasio blends theatre, choreography and ritual
Most definitely not your standard dance fare, these two works by New Zealand-based choreographer Lemi Ponifasio and his company MAU blend theatre, choreography and ritual to create something thought-provoking and unique. Don’t be put off by the pace…
Brazil! Brazil! marks return of Capoeria Knights to Fringe
3 Aug 2010
Fancy footwork and football from the favelas
Starting life as Capoeria Knights at the 2008 Fringe, returning as The Boys From Brazil in 2009 and now simply called Brazil! Brazil!, this show has undergone various personnel changes and artistic tweaks. Jaw-dropping flips and leaps have always been…
Artist Martin Creed presents dance piece Ballet Work No.1020
3 Aug 2010
Turner Prize-winning visual artist gets to the pointe at Fringe
Through with the usual art materials – paper, paint, bronze (and in this instance vomit, excrement and light bulbs) – Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed has turned his hand to the human body. Lauded for his Work No. 850 (2008), in which athletes…
Broad Comedy
3 Aug 2010
American sketch sextet with high aims
If Broad Comedy could achieve one thing with their work, what would it be? ‘Orgasm. Wait, we’ve done that.’ So says the charmingly cheeky Katie Goodman, an actress/writer/director who, along with her husband, playwright and actor Soren Kisiel, came up…
Booking Dance Festival showcases 12 US dance companies
3 Aug 2010
10-minute canapés of American dance
The festival within a festival returns to the Fringe for the second time, bringing dynamic performances from our friends across the pond. The Booking Dance Festival showcases 12 US dance companies over two programmes, with each one given ten minutes to…
Rhythms with Soul preview
3 Aug 2010
Flamenco with a modern twist
Flamenco may be steeped in tradition, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be contemporary. Choreographer Miguel Vargas first stepped on stage as a young boy, having learned from the old masters growing up in Spain and Venezuela. Now, aged 34, he delivers his…
My Name is Margaret Morris
3 Aug 2010
Forgotten hero dances back to life
You would think, having invented a new way of moving, married a famous artist and been the driving force behind Scottish dance for years, that people would remember you. Sadly, the name Margaret Morris is likely to prompt a ‘who?’ from most people these…
Dance Doctor Dance! explores our relationship with movement
3 Aug 2010
Doctor of dance delving deep into artform
Peter Lovatt actually is a doctor of dance: he heads up the Dance Psychology Laboratory at the University of Hertfordshire. Given a biography that includes stints as a ballet dancer, cruise ship entertainer and expert-for-hire on The Graham Norton Show…
120 Birds tells tale of 1920s Australian dance company
3 Aug 2010
Homage to Anna Pavlova and ballet’s golden age
‘This is not a history lesson,’ explains the pre-publicity surrounding 120 Birds, one of Dance Base’s specially-commissioned works for the Fringe this year. In a way, that’s true – it’s a fictional story of the travels and travails of a 1920s Australian…
Cento Cose marks multimedia dance debut for physical theatre collective
3 Aug 2010
Award-winning look at day-to-day life with Aphex Twin score
Italian physical theatre collective Compagnia della Quarta’s multimedia Fringe debut is based on the idea that there are ‘cento cose’ (‘one hundred things’ in Italian) that contemporary life requires us to do each working day. ‘We started with “we do…
Cabaret Chordelia - Making a Song and Dance
3 Aug 2010
Cabaret with a heart and mind
Company Chordelia is known for its willingness to push the boundaries of modern dance and strike an emotional chord. Something which looks set to continue when they bring their latest performance Cabaret Chordelia to the Fringe. Described as an…
Fringe dance show Still shows impact of war
3 Aug 2010
Dundee-based Smallpetitklein promise intense physical performance
The brutality and devastating impact of war was the inspiration behind Smallpetitklein’s Fringe show. A double-bill featuring contemporary dance work Stiller by award-winning choreographer Thomas Small, and short film Unmoving, Still doesn’t pull any…
Five questions: Natalie Trewinnard of Scottish Dance Theatre
3 Aug 2010
SDT's shows Drift, NQR and other Fringe dance highlights
Give us five reasons to come and see SDT’s two Fringe shows Three contrasting works of total theatre; powerfully athletic; SDT dancers have individuality and personality; groundbreaking work; thought-provoking. Tell us four more Fringe dance shows…
Flawless follow StreetDance 3D spot with Chase the Dream
3 Aug 2010
Dance show from Britain’s Got Talent stars
They don’t come much slicker than this. Despite being denied the top prize on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009, Flawless has been true to its catchphrase, ‘Chase the dream, not the competition’, and continues to reach for the top. Having recently starred in…
