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Dance pertormances and classes are listed. by city, then alphabetically by venue. Shows will be listed, provided that details reach our ottices at least ten days betore publication. Dance Listings compiled by Ellie Carr.
I GOVAN TOWN HALL Tickets from Ticketline. Candleriggs.
Ballroom Dance Company Tue 6 June. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Students all the way from Brigham University. USA. don frills and flounces. flash pearly white teeth and shake a leg in aid of The Big Issue in Scotland as this world-recognised formation team competitor ‘Ballroom Dance Company‘ comes to town. Local organisers of the show hope to donate a substantial sum from the box office to the Big Issue.
I THEATRE ROYAL Hope Street. 332 9000. [Access: PPA. ST. R. Facilities: WC. W8, H. G. C. Help: AA]
Romeo and Juliet Tue 6—Sat 10 June. 7.15pm. £3.50—£27. Vibrant young ballet company Northern Ballet Theatre. in a vital and earthy version of the classic ballet based on Shakespeare's famous pair of star-crossed lovers. Choreographed by hotshot ltalian. Massimo Moricone and directed by NBT's guiding light. Christopher Gable. See preview.
I DANCE BASE Assembly Rooms. 54 George Street. 225 5525. Ticketline: 220 4349. [Access: ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS.
Gl Afro-Caribbean Workshop Fri 9 J tine. 1.30—3.30pm. £5 (£4). Booking in
advance advised. Get down to the rhythms of the sunny Caribbean with artistic director of Kokuma Dance Theatre Company. Jackie Guy.
New Butoh Workshop Glassite Meeing llouse. Barony Street (at corner of Albany Lane). Tue 6 June. 7—9pm. £10. Open to everyone. Local dance artist Ruby Worth shares her knowledge of the radical Japanese art form Butoh. which had its experimental beginnings in the 50s and continues to evolve and send ripples through the world of performance today. Drawing on Worth's own training in the art. this two-hour workshop will explore the deep concentration and focus unique to Butoh through the use of individual and group improvisations.
Jazz and Streetdance Weekend Thomas Morton Hall. Ferry Road. l.eith. Sat l0/Sun ll .lune. [lam—4pm. £l5
(f l())/£20 (£15). Funky moves aplenty as masters of Brit-jazz and streetdance. The Floor Technicians show how its done. Day two is for those with more dance experience.
Landscapes of the Body Tue I3 and Thurs 15 June. 2—-5pm. £25 (£20). ()pen to those with some dance/healing experience. Dance artist and Alexander tutor Miranda Tuffnell follows tip her performance of the atmospheric Invisible Forces ofSi/ver at the Traverse with these workshops designed to release the body's natural ways of moving and enrich choreographic
imagination.
I KING’S THEATRE 2 [even Street. 22‘) l20l. [Access: R. l.. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. Help: AA]
Giselle/Gala Programme Tue (i—Thurs 8; Fri 9—Sat 10 June. Tue—Sat 7.30pm. Wed/Sat mat 2.30pm. Lil—£16.50. Classics overload here from the well-respected dancers of London City Ballet with Giselle — beautiful young peasant girl betrayed by lover and dies in his arms — followed up three days later by a Gala performance of all those favourite ballet moments ever rolled into a single show. I TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street. 228 I404. [Access: 1.. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C]
Invisible Forces of Silver Sun I 1 June. 8pm. £6 (£3). Experimental dance artist Miranda Tuffnell teams tip with long-time collaborator Sylvia Hallet and visual artist Caroline Lee in this heavily dream- like exploration of texture. colour. sound and movement inspired by the poetry of Ben ()kri. See preview.
I MACROBERT ARTS CENTRE University of Stirling. Stirling. 01786 46108 1. [Access: P. PPA. 1.. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C]
World Tour Mon 5—Wed 7 June. 7pm. £4 (£3). A foot-tapping ensemble of 400 youngsters from Monument Dancing School show off their skills in ballet. tap. modern and jazz.
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“The List 2-15 Jun 1995