| 26 July 2010
Step it up at one of the dazzling dance performances around the city this month. Kelly Apter leads you through the options.
ALONZO KING LINES BALLET
Festival Theatre
26-29 August, 8pm
Blending classical ballet training with contemporary dance moves, San Franciscan choreographer Alonzo King brings two works to the International Festival. Dust & Light is set to Baroque music, while Rasa features live tabla playing from Grammy Award-winner Zakir Hussain.
BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS
Zoo Roxy
13-21 August (not 17), 1pm
One of the most interesting dance companies in Britain, balletLORENT presents this
well-observed dance piece about a young couple adjusting to life with a young baby.
CAPE DANCE COMPANY
Zoo Roxy
15-29 August, 2.30pm
Drawn from the cream of the Cape Academy of Performing Arts, the company has more than proved its mettle at previous Fringes. Expect diverse choreography, neo-classical dance and lots of youthful energy.
FLAWLESS – CHASE THE DREAM
Udderbelly’s Pasture
5-29 August (not 16), 3.45pm
Streetdance group Flawless shot to fame in the 2009 series of Britain’s Got Talent, with their sharp suits and even sharper moves. In their first ever full-length show, these talented guys will prove there’s more to them than a 5 minute routine.
GRUPO CORPO
Festival Theatre
20-23 August, 8pm
A double-bill of crowd-pleasing dance from this entertaining Brazilian company. Mixing contemporary dance with the infectious rhythms of their native land, Grupo Corpo may well prove to be a highlight of this year’s International Festival.
HARLEKIN
Pleasance Courtyard
4-29 August (not 9, 16 & 23), 1pm
Multi award-winners Derevo return to the Fringe with their inimitable blend of dance and physical theatre. New work, Harlekin (Harlequin) is filled with mime, butoh, ballet, bizarre costumes and a good deal of eccentricity.
INSIDE
Zoo Roxy
6-4 August, 6.25pm
Brazilian born, London-based choreographer Jean Abreu uses dance theatre to explore the intensity of prison life. Featuring five male dancers and live music from instrumental guitar group 65daysofstatic.
LA LUTTE
Zoo Roxy
15-30 August (not 23), 7pm
Led by Belgian choreographer Filip Van Huffel, Retina Dance Company present La Lutte (‘The Wrestle’), an athletic duet set in a fighting arena, in which two men struggle to communicate.
MARTIN CREED – BALLET WORK NO. 1020
Traverse Theatre
3, 7-15 August, times vary
Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed turns his attention to the world of ballet for this humorous and intricate work for five dancers and a live band – with Creed himself on guitar.
MAU
Edinburgh Playhouse
14-15 August, 8pm (Tempest: Without a Body); 17 August, 8pm & 18 August, 2.30pm (Birds with Sky Mirrors)
Two thought-provoking works by New Zealand-based Samoan choreographer Lemi Ponifasio and his company, MAU. Tempest explores political freedom, while Birds with Sky Mirrors is inspired by environmental issues.
MY NAME IS MARGARET MORRIS
Dance Base
11-22 August (not 16), times vary
One of the movers and shakers in Scottish dance for many years, and wife of famous painter, J.D. Fergusson, Morris’ fascinating life story is told through movement and words.
NOT WHAT I HAD IN MIND
Dance Base
11-22 August (not 16), times vary
Experimental choreographer Robin Dingemans, presents the findings of his in-depth research project, in which 28 different people talked about the ideas, images and moments that mattered to them.
120 BIRDS
Dance Base
11-21 August (not 16), times vary
Blending real archive footage and fiction, choreographer Liz Lea takes us back to the international dance tours of the 1920s, when global ballet stars such as Anna Pavlova trod the boards.
PACO PEÑA FLAMENCO DANCE COMPANY
Edinburgh Playhouse
2-4 September, 8pm
Inspired by the struggle of African immigrants living in Spain, Paco Peña has created a brand new work specially for the International Festival. Entitled Quimeras (Chimeras), the show fuses flamenco dance with African rhythms.
PINA BAUSCH’S TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL
Edinburgh Playhouse
27-29 August, 7.30pm
After Bausch’s untimely death last year, the company soldiers on without her, presenting Água, a cocktail of music, images and dance inspired by the late choreographer’s time in Brazil.
RYYTHMS DRUM & DANCE
EICC
7-22 August, 6pm
All the way from Europe’s edgiest city, Berlin, comes a new show combining virtuoso drumming and acrobatic dance.
RHYTHMS WITH SOUL
New Town Theatre
5-29 August (not 17), 3.50pm
Miguel Vargas Flamenco Dance Theatre takes us on a journey from Spain to South America and back, charting the origins of flamenco in a blaze of vibrant and innovative music, song and dance.
ROAM
Zoo Southside
6-30 August (not 12, 13, 17 & 24), 4.20pm
Known for creating atmospheric contemporary dance, choreographer Tom Dale returns to the Fringe with this dynamic work, looking at our instinctive need to explore.
SCOTTISH DANCE THEATRE
Zoo Southside
7-22 August (not 10 & 17), 7pm
Two very different, and equally watchable, programmes from Scotland’s national contemporary dance company, performed on alternate days. NQR takes integrated dance to a whole new level, while The Life and Times of Girl A is both witty and moving.
TAP OLé
C Plaza
5-30 August (not 17)
The Fred and Ginger of the flamenco dance world burst onto the stage in a flurry of percussive dance, backed by virtuoso guitar playing.
A WEE HOME FROM HOME
Acoustic Music Centre @ St Brides
10-22 August (not 16), 5.20pm
With music from Michael Marra and choreography by Frank McConnell, this powerful piece of dance theatre follows one man’s return to Glasgow.
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