Dance & ballet news

• Edinburgh fringe: six of the best shows for children

  06-08-2018 12:14
  Toilet-paper weaponry, cake-baking, nautical adventure and a drag pop concert … here are some of the festival’s most imaginative performances for young peopleSummerhall, 10am, until 26 August Continue reading...
  
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• The Spinners review – goddesses on a quietly stunning odyssey

  06-08-2018 07:00
  Dance Base, Edinburgh
  The three Fates of Greek mythology preside over human destiny from a cosmic sweatshop in this captivating piece of dance-theatreThe Spinners, a collaboration between Scottish director Al Seed and Australian choreographer-dancer Lina Limosani, is a richly crafted theatrical tapestry that cleverly questions notions of destiny and female agency.It transposes the three Fates of Greek mythology (who spin, measure and cut the cloth of life) from antiquity to a bleak cosmic sweats
  
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• Giselle review – Ballet Ireland bring out the Hammer horror in a romantic classic

  06-08-2018 05:00
  Dance Base, Edinburgh
  Choreographer Ludovic Ondiviela reworks the 19th-century ballet into a contemporary glide down love’s slippery slopePart modern murder mystery, part romantic ballet classic, this is a zippy reworking of the big 19th-century Giselle. Splicing enough pointe and arabesque drama into 100 minutes to validate its full-scale provenance, choreographer Ludovic Ondiviela (formerly of the Royal Ballet) takes a chamber group of 11 from Ireland’s national company on a contem
  
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