Dance Base
These Mechanisms
★★★★☆ Joyous and inspiring
Choreographer Robbie Synge directs Edinburgh-based performer Christine Thynne in These Mechanisms at Dance Base, her first solo dance show at the age of 80. The pair, who have collaborated previously, present a poetic and energetic movement piece that defies gravity and preconceptions.
Fields (Extract)
★★★☆☆ Understated
Fields (Extract), presented by the In the Fields Project at Dance Base is an understated and stripped-back piece that quietly explores natural movement and stone forms.
What Ever Happened to Harmony Banks?
★★★★☆ Pitch-perfect
Dance theatre can be a powerful ‘show not tell’ medium for exploring states of mind, and Whatever Happened to Harmony Banks at Dance Base until Sunday 10 August does just that in a pitch-perfect portrait of the toxicity of celebrity culture.
PRIME at 10
★★★☆☆ Gleeful
Prime – the over-60s performance company from Scotland’s national centre for dance – share their infectious glee at ten years of celebrating older bodies in PRIME at 10, a show of two halves at Dance Base until Sunday 3 August.
Wee Man
★★★★☆ Powerful
Exploring themes of masculinity and mentorship, Wee Man from Barrowland Ballet at the Studio Theatre for two performances only, is an engaging show which uses movement to provoke a debate around behavioural expectations for young men.
The Last Forecast
★★★★★ Outlook: good
In The Last Forecast, Bridie Gane and Catherine Wheels present a comically timed and quirky movement piece for children over six, at Assembly @ Dance Base during the first half of the fringe.
And
★★★★☆ Bold and brave
And is a bold new autobiographical dance poem, performed and choreographed by Scottish contemporary dance artist Charlotte Mclean as part of the Made in Scotland showcase at Dance Base.
Worn
★★★★☆ Dusted with gold
Worn, White and Givan’s powerful new piece of contemporary dance, is at Dance Base for the middle week of the fringe only.
Mills to Dance Base
Tony Mills follows Morag Deyes at Dance Base
Edinburgh’s Dance Base has announced Tony Mills, of Room 2 Manoeuvre, as its artistic director designate. He will take over from founding artistic director Morag Deyes MBE in 20 September, 2021.
Dance Base Cash Crisis
Dance Base takes Crowdfunding route:
Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, has put out an emergency appeal on Crowdfunder to raise £25,000 so it can continue with its outreach work.
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