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Leitmotif

Leitmotif

(3 stars)16 Aug 2007

Andrew Dawson is excitedly telling us about a company who film train journeys; no commentary, just a camera stuck to the front of the engine. He plays us the video – Bognor Regis to Victoria – and hops excitedly into the frame to point out the corner he…

Méli Mélo II

Méli Mélo II

(4 stars)16 Aug 2007

Parody is a tricky thing to pull off. There’s a risk that, while attempting to point out the absurdity of the medium you’re lampooning, you destroy what made it worth imitating in the first place. Happily, Chicos Mambos succeed in negotiating that…

Red Shoes

5 Questions

16 Aug 2007

5 things which inspire you to dance? The same things that inspire me in general: music, love (in all its forms), optimism, a beautiful day, the feeling of physical well-being. 4 things you would like to see at this year’s Festival? I tend to…

Scottish Dance Theatre

16 Aug 2007

Scotland’s national contemporary dance company celebrates its 21st birthday this year, so go along and see how they’ve grown. This Fringe they’ll be performing Vanessa Haska’s wartime-inspired work, Sorry About the Missiles!, using the company’s usual…

Siamsoir: The Battle for Eire

Siamsoir: The Battle for Eire

16 Aug 2007

Their name comes from the Gaelic word for ‘entertainer’, and that’s precisely what young company Siamsoir’s fusion of traditional Irish and contemporary dance sets out to do. Trawling the misty myths of ancient Eire for subject matter…

Six Women Standing in Front of a White Wall

Six Women Standing in Front of a White Wall

Tom Tàbori

(5 stars)16 Aug 2007

Six Women Standing In Front of A White Wall bursts beautifully from the venue’s seams, with a wonderful idea powering the performance. Separating the six women’s pitiable writhing and the audience is a rope cordon – much like the boundary between the…

The Voice of Things - Toilet Paper

The Voice of Things - Toilet Paper

(1 star)16 Aug 2007

The solo performer waters her toilet rolls, wears a toilet paper skirt and crown, drapes toilet paper across the stage and generally loses herself, and the audience, in the slow and painful process. Are Underbelly trying to fill their rooms or just…

Traces

Traces

(3 stars)16 Aug 2007

The early pitches for poignancy are a put off, but when 7 Fingers keep to their incredible gymnastics, they are truly impressive. Like an old-fashioned circus, the audience ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ at the spectacular stunts and clap the death-defying feats. It…

Transformation

(3 stars)16 Aug 2007

Transformation is a compelling tale of one woman’s extraordinary life. An actor, dancer and environmental campaigner explains what she calls the transformation cycle, beginning in chaos and progressing full circle to order. Using her physicality and…

As the Mother of a Brown Boy

(3 stars)9 Aug 2007

Just as society lets so many young black men fall through the net, As The Mother Of A Brown Boy also struggles to reach the dead boy it tries to reclaim from the ranks of statistics. As usual, Chickenshed are to be lauded for attending to a subject…

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