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ELEMENTS OF FREESTYLE ISH Dance Collective Pleasance at EICC – Lennox Theatre, Sat 3– Sun 25 Aug (not 7, 12, 21), 4pm, £14–£17.50 (£10–£14). In this adrenaline-fuelled explosion of extreme urban sports, dance, music and theatre, the Netherlands’ ISH Dance Collective, create breathtaking poetry with every single moment. Elements of Freestyle is about those redeeming seconds that make a complicated trick ultimately succeed; about the freestylers’ total focus on the moment, the ecstasy and the feeling of complete and total freedom. HAVANA AFTER DARK Danza Cuba Pleasance at EICC – Lennox Theatre, Mon 5– Sun 25 Aug (not 21), 9pm, £15–£17.50 (£12– £14.50). Ballet by day, salsa by night. The world premiere of a breathtaking new Cuban dance musical. Starring the incredible singer Luna Manzanares, a sensational seven-piece live salsa band, Havana’s top female DJ, and gorgeous star dancers from Carlos Acosta’s company, Ballet Nacional de Cuba and Ballet Revolucion. Discover the secrets of the world’s most sensual city as night falls.
SUMMERHALL
FRONTX Cie No Way Back / Milan Emmanuel Summerhall – Demonstration Room, Fri 2–Sat 24 Aug (not 7, 12, 14, 21), 3pm, £9 (£7). Previews Wed 31 Jul, £5 & Thu 1 Aug , £8. FrontX shows a range of international street artists who combine exceptional energy and resilience. Their fascinating personal life stories are the main theme of the show. As spokespersons of our contemporary society, these performers embody the true sense of integration. THE AFFLICTED Groupwork Summerhall – Demonstration Room, Sat 3–Sun 25 Aug (not 12), 7.30pm, £14 (£10). Previews Wed 31 Jul, £5 & Fri 2 Aug, £8. Inspired by real events, this new dance-theatre piece tells the story of a mysterious illness that infects a group of young women in small-town America. As the girls and their families search for a diagnosis for their strange affl iction, they come face to face with their personal and collective demons.
ALI AND ALPO Alpo Aaltokoski Company in association with From Start to Finnish Summerhall – Old Lab, Tue 6–Sun 25 Aug (not 12, 19), 1.05pm, £10 (£8). Preview Tue 6 & Wed 7 Aug, £8. A beautiful wordless dialogue between Iraqi traditional music and Finnish contemporary dance by
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oud lute virtuoso Ali Alawad and choreographer Alpo Aaltokoski. The piece touchingly brings out the human experience and the consequences of increasingly restrictive asylum policies.
OUT Rachael Young Summerhall – Old Lab, Thu 15–Sun 25 Aug (not 19), 3.45pm, £12 (£8). Previews Tue 13 & Wed 14 Aug, £8. Performed with marikiscrycrycry, originally created/performed with Dwayne Antony, Out is about shapeshifting in a bid to fi t in. Challenging homophobia and transphobia within our communities, it’s a conversation between two bodies; a live art/dance performance, reclaiming dancehall and celebrating queerness amongst the bittersweet scent of oranges. Supported by the Eclipse Award. THE POPULARS Volcano Theatre Summerhall – The Library Gallery, Sat 3–Sun 25 Aug (not 12, 19), 9.20pm, £12 (£8). Previews Wed 31 Jul & Fri 2 Aug, £5. A fun, young, provocative foursome raises the heat on the dance fl oor. They are looking to the future and wondering how it will feel when we get there. They have questions for you, things on their minds and a playlist of great songs that tug at the memory and the muscle fi bres.
ZOO RAIDERS OF THE GREY GOLD Don Gnu – Physical Theatre and Film ZOO Southside, Sun 4–Sat 10 Aug, 7pm, £13 (£12). In a battle against time, the Danish theatre company Don Gnu throw themselves into a physical and blazing acrobatic quest for the grey gold and to fi nd
the beauty in the decay of time. Daredevil antics, musical poetry and humorous self-realisation is the foundation of this tragicomical struggle against bittersweet old age. NOT TODAY’S YESTERDAY Seeta Patel and Lina Limosani ZOO Southside, Mon 19–Sat 24 Aug, 3.40pm, £14 (£12). An international collaboration between UK award- winning Bharatanatyam artist Seeta Patel and Australian choreographer Lina Limosani. This work blends techniques from Bharatanatyam, contemporary dance and theatre to create a poetic narrative that has the beauty and disquiet of a Grimm’s fairytale. It is a one-woman show which subversively co-opts whitewashing against itself.
RITUALIA Scottish Dance Theatre ZOO Southside, Mon 19–Sat 24 Aug, 9pm, £14 (£12). An ensemble of other-beings vogue through a wedding ceremony, donning queer wigs in a visual feast of wearable art and lush lighting set to Stravinsky’s original modernist score. As we reach the climax and witness the vows, society’s pre-assigned roles are shed in an androgynous gender utopia created by internationally celebrated choreographer Colette Sadler.