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New Art Club

Comedy Shuffle - New Art Club

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

22 Jul 2008

New Art Club are aiming to stretch beyond their usual crowd by injecting some daftness into dance. Kelly Apter finds out how steps and stand-up can go hand in hand.

Mortal Engine

The IT crowd - Mortal Engine

Edinburgh International Festival

22 Jul 2008

An enormous technological feat and huge physical challenge, Chunky Move’s new show has been universally acclaimed. Kelly Apter hears how choreographer Gideon Obarzanek’s dream came vividly to life. Bumps, bruises and bunions. It’s all in a day’s work…

The Judgment of Paris

The Judgment of Paris

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

22 Jul 2008

Brigitte Bardot, Marlene Dietrich, Helen of Troy, Marilyn Monroe: icons each and every one of them, all famed for their beauty. For the Fringe debut of Brooklyn dance team Company XIV, artistic director Austin McCormick plans to lay on a paean to the…

Materials For a Small Winter

3 Jul 2008

DANCE THEATRE CCA, Glasgow, Sat 12 Jul The teenage years can feature some pivotal moments. For choreographer Angus Balbernie it was the discovery of Malcolm Lowry’s 1947 novel Under the Volcano, widely regarded as one of the great literary works of…

Fuerzabruta

Underwater overwater - Fuerzabruta

edfest.tv - video

25 Jun 2008

Fuerzabruta brought a unique spactacle to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2007. It had no narrative, no dialogue, occupied a grey area somewhere between a performance art piece and a club night and cost £25 a ticket. But it managed to pack the punters in and…

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Edinburgh International Festival 2008
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Edinburgh's annual cultural extravaganza returns for another exciting year of dance, opera and theatre. Under the direction of Jonathan Mills, this year's programme includes world premieres of Matthew Bourne's' Dorian Gray' by New Adventures dance company, Heiner Goebbels' new work with The Hilliard Ensemble, 'I went to the house but did not enter', Scottish Opera's new production of Smetana's 'The Two Widows' and exciting recitals by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Mariinsky Opera…
8 Aug–31 Aug (Times vary) Various Venues, Edinburgh
Alan Lucien Oyen, X Factor Dance Company & Steinunn Ketilsdóttir
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A triple bill of contemporary dance. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
6 Aug–16 Aug, not Mondays (6 Aug, 7 Aug, 10 Aug & 14 Aug 4.30) (8 Aug, 12 Aug & 15 Aug 7.00) (9 Aug, 13 Aug & 16 Aug 2.00) Dance Base, Edinburgh
Forgotten by Fishamble: The New Play Company in association with Pat Kinevane
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The story of a sector of society often ignored and maligned, the elderly, are placed centre stage in this mixture of Kabuki dance and Irish storytelling. 'Part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe'.
20 Aug–23 Aug 6.00 Dance Base, Edinburgh
The Inverness Tattoo
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A spectacular evening of military and Highland displays. Including pipe band music, Highland and country dancing, and military displays.
28 Jul–2 Aug 7.00–10.00 Northern Meeting Park, Inverness
Lomond Folk Festival
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A family weekend of traditional folk music featuring ceilidhs, open sessions, craft fair, competitions, kids entertainment and lots more.
25 Jul–27 Jul (Times vary) Moss O'Balloch, Balloch
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