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Autoctonos II
BACKUP Chaliwaté Company and Focus Company Summerhall, Sat 4–Sun 26 Aug (not 13, 20), 10.50am, £9 (£7). Preview Fri 3 Aug, £7. North Pole, 4am. Under a snowstorm powerful enough to wrestle with a sequoia, a used-up van i nds its way across the icecap. Three reporters land on the ice as if stepping on the moon for the i rst time. The Focus Company and the Chaliwaté Company collaborate for the i rst time to write and create a surprising and touching performance, which grows from the personal and intimate experience of daily life, to reach out to the universal.
THE TROTH Akademi Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, Sat 11–Sat 25 Aug (not 12 & 13, 19 & 20), 8.30pm, £12 (£10). Preview Fri 10 Aug, £10 (£8). A gripping story of love and loss set during World War I, blending dance, original music and archive i lm. Moving from rural Punjab to the Belgian trenches where young Indian men have been brought to i ght for the Allies, we learn about the secret promise made by one soldier, Lehna Singh, as he makes the ultimate sacrii ce to save another. Direction and choreography by Gary Clarke. Music by Shri Sriram. VOID V/DA and MHz, in association with Feral Summerhall, Wed 15–Sun 26 Aug (not 20), 7pm, £10 (£8). Preview Tue 14 Aug, £8 (£6). Based on JG Ballard’s cult novel Concrete Island, Void meshes experimental dance and abstract
glitch-video landscapes. Taking in typically Ballardian themes of dystopian worlds, liminal spaces and urban paranoia, Mele Broomes performs risk-taking choreography to the backdrop of an industrial soundscape. Part of the Made in Scotland showcase 2018. EAST BELFAST BOY Prime Cut Productions Summerhall, Tue 14–Sun 26 Aug (not 20), 9pm, £16 (£12). Pumping techno, pulverising movement and street sharp poetry. Fintan Brady’s East Belfast Boy is a cliché-free zone. Meet Davy. The things he sees. His streets. His mates. His girl and . . . the boys. It is what it is. It’s hard to say what it is. It’s just, you know, what it is. Directed by Emma Jordan, with choreography by Oona Doherty and sound design by Phil Kieran.
ZOO AS FAR AS WE ARE CieLaroque / Helene Weinzierl ZOO Southside, Sun 5–Fri 17 Aug (not 6, 8, 10, 12, 14–16), 6.25pm, £12–£14 (£10–£12). Preview Fri 3 Aug, £6. Austrian company CieLaroque was founded in 1995 by choreographer Helene Weinzierl, with many of their productions focusing on socio-political issues. As Far As We Are is an interactive performance where you’re welcomed to the laboratory test of life and society. Are we the crash-test dummies of the 21st century and if so, why? Dummies need walls. No dummy without a wall, and one question remains: How far will we l y? As far as we are.
AUTÓCTONOS II Ayelen Parolin Cie ZOO Southside, Tue 21–Mon 27 Aug (not 23), 6pm, £14 (£12). Previews Sun 19 & Mon 20 Aug, £12. A quintet between pianist/composer and four dancers, Autóctonos II questions belonging to a group, in this society of endurance, indifference and productivity. Both abstract and mathematical at i rst sight, the piece bases its writing on the physical tenacity and commitment of its performers. A power that is highly sensitive, held together by an ever i ner thread. BLUFF CieLaroque / Helene Weinzierl ZOO Southside, Mon 6–Sat 18 Aug (not 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17), 6.25pm, £12–£14 (£10–£12). Preview Sat 4 Aug, £6. ‘Our world is in order, a world in which there are unchangeable truths that are valid to everybody.’ Or maybe not? Bluff is an intelligent and pointed piece of performance art. With great attention to detail, Helene Weinzierl and her company stage a unique experience looking at the question: how real is reality?
DEP Van Huynh Company ZOO Southside, Sun 5–Sat 18 Aug (not 8, 15), 4.45pm, £15 (£12). Preview Fri 3 & Sat 4 Aug, £7 (£6). With his latest dance work, the UK-based choreographer Dam Van Huynh explores inl uences from his South East Asian heritage. Dep is the Vietnamese word for beautiful. In Vietnamese culture,
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