Dance
Review – Deca Dance
ts not exactly a new decade, but it is a sparkling new Deca Dance that the Batsheva Ensemble have brought to the Festival Theatre for two shows this week, before embarking on a seven-stop tour of English theatres.
Anti-Israel protesters target Batsheva dance
Batsheva Ensemble artistic director Ohad Naharin spoke of his support for Palestine last night, following attempts by protesters against the Israeli state’s suppression of Palestine to disrupt the company’s performance at the Festival Theatre.
Review – Scottish Ballet Autumn Tour
★★★★☆
Scottish Ballet has done itself proud with this splendid trio of ballets for its Autumn tour which is at the Festival Theatre to Saturday.
Out and about on the Fringe. Day (-2)
Dance Marathon, Lounge Room Confabulators and Creative Scotland’s CEO hoofing on the dancefloor By Thom Dibdin There’s a whole day until the official start of the Edinburgh Fringe, on Friday 5th of August. Unofficially, however, the whole thing had already kicked off, big style, on Wednesday the 3rd, with at least five major venue press-launches. […]
Dance Review – Brendan Cole: Live and Unjudged
* * * * Festival Theatre By Thom Dibdin It was strictly entertainment at the Festival Theatre on Sunday night when ballet badboy Brendan Cole brought his big bro, big band and a quartet of fellow Strictly Come Dancing professionals to Edinburgh. That Cole is a passionate, gifted and generous ballroom and Latin dancer is […]
Dance/Circus Review – Traces
* * * * Festival Theatre Review by Thom Dibdin Gritty and witty, Canadian outfit Les 7 Doigts de la Main arrive at the Festival Theatre with a piece of circus-dance that wears its contemporary urban credentials loud on its sleeves.
Dance review – Stomp
★★★★★ Festival Theatre Review by Thom Dibdin EXUBERANT, infectiously funny and tightly choreographed, the latest version of Stomp arrives at the Festival Theatre displaying all of the qualities which have made its various predecessors such hits over the last two decades. You better believe that this is going to be a larger than life show […]
Dance Review – The Nutcracker
★★★★☆
BOLD, adventurous and beautifully crafted, Ashley Page’s version of The Nutcracker for Scottish Ballet returns to the Festival Theatre for a week-long run. And it is even better than its last appearance five years ago.
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