Aditi Mangaldas - Iootprints on Water George Square Theatre. 3-13
Aug. 6.45pm. Aditi Mangaldas showcases
the wonderfully powerful ancient lndian dance form of Kathak (which. when done well can be nothing short of stunning). A live music accompaniment leads her throu h three emotive pieces.
Aki Danse) - La Ligne entre la Torre et la "or Japan Experience. Garage Chapiteau. 5—27 Aug. 7.30pm. The boundaries between the earth and the sea are explored through contemporary dance performed on parallel bars — expect an impressive display of balance and hysical strength.
Bal et Who?! Gilded Balloon at Teviot Row House. 3--2 7 Aug. [0.15pm. Will non-balletomanes get a kick out of this character comedy? Hard to say. But if classical dance pretensions and egos tickle your funnybone. this low-budget two-hander will be tutu much. Lestyn Edwards is Madame Korsakova. a fifteen-stone ballerina with a Gertrude Stein cut. and jolly hockeysticks overbite. in a ballet masterclass. Madame explains — and demonstrates with no little agility — aspects of the classics. it‘s both subtler and ruder than a French and Saunders routine. Edwards‘ lack of pointe shoes is beside the point — he's climbed inside Madame‘s skin. The streak of autocratic cruelty behind her soft-spoken artiste facade is a painful amusement. (Donald Hutera)
Crime And Punishment British Russian Theatre Project. Rocket @ Royal College of Surgeons. 6—18 Aug. 7.30pm. A world premiere from this Russian company. which translates Dostoevski‘s psychological novel into the realm of modem dance.
Dance Workshops Latino Arabesque. Why Not Nightclub. 4—26 Aug. 2.15pm. Having watched the performers of Latino Arabesque. you'll be desperate to shake your own hips in such a sultry manner. Try an hour of Egyptian belly-dance followed by salsa and merengue ~ no partner required. Dancescapes ii College of Fine Arts. University of Nevada. Las Vegas. The Garage. 5—27 Aug. I pm. New work from this dance faculty who fuse ballet. contemporary and jazz dance. Departures Pivotal Dance. C. I —I 8 Aug. 10.30am. London's Laban Centre is a hotbed of young dance talent. churning out many a successful dancer and choreographerover the years. The students from the Centre presenting this showcase have pulled together diverse pieces featuring everything from Flamenco to an Elvis
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‘A strange little beastie of a story; comic, bizarre and melancholic’
displaying no signs of vertigo whatsoever. (Louisa Pearson)
Cay Samurai Review - J Boys Japan Experience. The Garage. 5-27 Aug. 9.30pm. These beautiful Japanese boys are touted as ‘the wild side of Japan‘. with their ‘silky skinned‘ bodies getting hot and sweaty during some ‘steamy scenes‘. Apparently woman are also welcome - i should think so too. Himalayan Cultural Eve Tribeni Cultural Centre — Nepal. St Mark ‘s Unitarian Church. [—7 Aug. 5.30pm. The rich. cultural folklores of the Nepalese people is celebrated in this highly rhythmic dance piece. featuring diverse movement and costumes from throughout the Himalayas.
Yumlko lauta In Relief Japan Experience. The Garage. 5—2 7 Aug. 12.15pm. lzuta returns to the Fringe after last year's successful show. continuing her theme of the physical and emotional being: the body and the soul.
Joe in Winter University of Nevada. Las Vegas. The Garage. 5—2 7 Aug. 3.45pm. Who is Joe? in the words of Louis Kavouras. his creator and embodiment: ‘He's someone you have met. are going to meet. have yet to meet.‘ You might‘ve already seen him at last year‘s Fringe. in Kavouras‘ first solo show about this kinetic American Everyman. Kavouras is a fine performer and a sensitive dance-maker for his own rangy body. The premise for this return appearance is simple: Joe receives a rejection letter from his lover. whose words cast a chill. ‘As the piece continues.‘ says Kavouras. ‘Joe travels through a harsh season gaining strength and courage to heal his broken heart. i won‘t give away the ending. but spring am'ves — like it always does.‘ (Donald Hutera)
Ladyboys of Bangkok The Meadows Theatre Big Top. 4—25 Aug. times vary. Five stars in The List last year. for those who like their cross-dressing flamboyant.
Latino Arabesque Why Not Nightclub. 4—26 Aug. times vary. A hot mix of belly-dance and salsa. performed by Edinburghers Lorna Gow. Fiona Blair and Sam Ganon.
Hoby’s Dick Demarco Rocket Productions. Rocket @ St John ‘s Hall. 6—]! Aug. 9.45pm. Duncan Holt‘s moving text is translated into dance. documenting a man compelled to dance with a rare passion.
Mum Set Apart (Inteniational). Nico/son Square Methodist Church. 6—] I Aug. 7pm. Emotional music drama from Uganda. highlighting the changing lives of women in Africa. pre- and post-apartheid. Odissi - Classical lndian
astiche. The V'S'Ons Of Aksemy iilndu Temple
reeFaIi/Aerial lvanovich. Dances Shakti, The Dance Theatre Garage. 5—27 Aug. The Moving noon. See preview.
C ompany. Garage C hapiteau. 5—18 Aug. 5.45pm. ‘When i choreographed my first performance in I985. aerial dance had not been invented. nor yet named.‘ says Janet Taisey Craft. director of The Moving Company. As inventor of an artform which combines dance. theatre and circus skills. the award-winning choreographer is bringing a production to Edinburgh which looks set to inspire and challenge. ‘Freefall consists of four dances. each exploring powerful themes — survival in a polluted and endangered world; the passions of human relationships; our spiritual yeamings inspired by the night sky; and a woman‘s discovery of her inner wild side.‘ says Craft. Six athletic performers from the Boston-based company will be relying purely on ropes and their physical strength to fly between the ground and air. creating sculpted shapes and
Ouch! Discovery Dance. C. 1—] 1 Aug. l.20pm. Discovery Dance explore the things that make us go ‘ouch‘. from being poked in the eye to the end of a relationship. Using one man‘s descent into madness as the focal point. this young company explore both political and social issues which affect us all. Pandemonium Lelavision. Quaker Meeting House. 6—25 Aug. 6.30pm. A bizarre. yet potentially wonderful blend of music and dance from US company. Lelavison. Three clowns marooned on a desert island find a plethora of musical instruments which they play with their bodies. ‘lt‘s dance. it‘s sculpture. it‘s
Sham Space Randolph Studio @ The French institute. 6—] l Aug. 3.30pm. This platform of new dances is a case of four highly talented people and too shon a run. Dance mandarin Matthew Hawkins performs two solos (one inspired by Nijinsky) which he calls ‘witty and weird. but full of elegant. smoothly-shaped movement.‘ Steinvor Palsson‘s delicately synchronised duet Yin takes off from the film Crouching Tiger. Hidden Dragon and features a live music accompaniment. So too does Claire Pencak‘s solo Glimpsing Ondine. a dance reflection on a beguiling. illusory water nymph who. to in order to possess a soul. must live on land. Pencak hopes to create ‘a charmed otherwordlincss. bright. crystalline and yet subten'anean.‘ Expect ‘small. detailed movements for hands. legs and feet. shifting of weight and changing. erratic glances.‘
Glasgow-based Anna Knystek‘s stringent. gorgeous solos have been Fringe dance highlights over the past two years. Her work~in-pr0gress Dream Study in Triplicate is a trio about time and the transformative process of memory. The look. Krzystek says. ‘will be clear and simple. and my fondness for dim light will play an integral pan.‘ So will silence. ‘lt‘s something l‘m not frightened to do. especially as none of my work is made to illustrate a piece of music or a particular narrative theme.‘ (Donald Hutera)
music simultaneously!‘ claim the company — one thing‘s for sure. it‘s certainl different.
The iiow Book Shakti. Garage Chapiteau. 5—27Aug, 9pm. See preview. Show Space Randolph Studio @ The French Institute. 6—] 1 Aug. 3.30pm. See preview.
Some Day? Ametza Theatre. Hill Street Theatre, 3—27 Aug. 10.20pm. Newly-formed company. Ametza present this dance-theatre collage featuring a pot- poum' of dance styles. from ballet to belly-dancing and beyond. Set to an original soundtrack. fairytale characters seek to reinvent themselves for the 2 l st centu .
The ice in Salsa Cutumba. Gateway Theatre. 3—27 Aug. 9.45pm. it was during a salsa class at Dance Base that Kath Bateman first decided to travel to Cuba in search of the perfect dance troupe. Having arranged Spanish language holidays in South America for some years. Bateman wanted to combine her two passions and launch a new style of vacation — mixing language and salsa tuition into one. Following a lengthy search. she came across Cutumba. a Santiago-based Afro-Cuban dance company who greeted her with open arms. ‘1 saw them perform and realised that they were a really magical dance and music company.‘ says Bateman. Three years of successful holidays later. Bateman has invited them over to the Fringe to perform this lively and colourful folkloric dance. ‘The show traces the history of Cuban dance and music from its Afro-Haitian heart.‘ she says. And Cutumba will be running classes at Dance Base throughout the Fringe. should anybody else gets bitten by the salsa bug. (Kelly Apter) Sri-Ba-Alba The Bongo Club — out of the blue. 4-11Aug. Ilam. This young. dynamic group hot up the first week of the Fringe with their fast. furious African
dance. All profits from the show go to charity.
“twentieth Century Girls The Kosh. Gilded Balloon at Teviot Row, 3~2 7 Aug. I .30pm. See preview.
Uncertain Memories Japan Experience. The Garage. 5—2 7 Aug. 3pm. A wonderful iIIUstration of how dance goes beyond the peripheral. Performer Mana lost her eyesight but continues to explore her emotions through dance. with the aid of dancer friend. Takako.
The Visions of Aksenty ivanovich Lit Moon Theatre Company. Continental Shifts at St Bride 's Centre. 5—l8Aug. 7.30pm. Hailing from California. Lit Moon is an experimental theatre company with an intemational reach. Loosely based on Gogol‘s Diary of a Madman. this mask/movement/dance piece features choreography by Do Teatr's Evgeny (Hopeless Games) Kozlov. The male lead is played by Victoria Finlayson. one of the best dancers ever to grace American choreographer Merce Cunningham‘s company. Lit Moon director John Blondell calls his wordless. gender- bending Gogol adaptation ‘a strange little beastie of a story. comic. bizarre and melancholic.‘ The theme is erotic obsession stretched into morphing delirium. Perfect for the Fringe . . . (Donald Hutera)
Within Outer Spaces Capacitor: C Venue. 4-26 Aug. 8.30pm. A blend of modern dance. circus skills and martial arts from this San Franciscan performance group. who spin on ropes. bounce on bungees and dance with their heads on fire (yes. really).
Worm-Hole Niki McCretton. C Venue. [—26 Aug. times vary. Apparently Prince Charles has dubbed Niki McCretton ‘a great comic talent‘ —judge for yourselfas she uses everyday objects such as a Pot Noodle carton to illustrate life‘s absurdities.
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