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Dance Base Presents...Fringe Performances 2008
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Dance Base, the “original oasis for fringe dance” [Sunday Herald] is proud to unveil its biggest and most ambitious programme to date. With an extra week of performances, two strange new venues and some of the best Scottish and European dance, 2008 is set to be a bumper year.
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About
Themes
Family performances
Morag Deyes
| Dance Base receives support from the Scottish Arts Council as a Foundation funded organisation |
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With support from the Scottish Arts Council, Dance Base is proud to present home-grown talent including:
- X Factor Dance Company
- plan B (Frank McConnell)
- dance for kids from YDance (Scottish Youth Dance) and
- clowning maestro Clive Nicholas Andrews.
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Festival audiences will be glad to see the return of local Rosie Kay whose 2006 Dance Base show The Wild Party was a five star sell-out success. Through its Heads Up studio showings other Scottish artists and companies will also have a chance to show their work to festival audiences
Irish Cream
Irish Cream is a triple bill of the cream of Irish choreography, produced by Richard Wakely.
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Match
By Fearghus O'Conchuir
For this festival, the lads bring their game indoors with you as spectator. Match is about contest. In relationships as well as battle one person always emerges stronger, so survives longer than the other. Who will it be? |
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Beatbox Bingo
By Catapult Dance
Beatbox Bingo pits sound against movement and is inspired by the perplexing world of office politics. It's a show about learning to play well with others!
Hanging In There
Performed by Legitimate Bodies Dance Company
The Good Friday Agreement is deconstructed and served up to us with some pretty fancy moves. Hanging In There is also an ironic, very funny response to all political negotiations everywhere. |
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Other themes for 2008 include: Alan Lucien Øyen, X Factor Dance Company, & Steinunn Kettilsdottir, Rosie Kay Dance Company, Odd Johan Fritzoe, Parallel |Parallels, Enclosure 44 - Humans. | |
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The Lighthouse Keeper - Clive Nicholas Andrews
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An endearing clown story for ages 5+
A hilarious tale of lights, ships, dreams, and the power of the imagination. Featuring puppetry, dance, circus skills, and a little ukulele. Enjoy tender-hearted humor and slapstick comedy as the lovable fool Oscar takes his dream job on a remote island.
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Corryvreckan - YDance
Take a journey into the heart of Corryvreckan, the third largest whirlpool in the world, in this exciting contemporary dance duet. See the Hag of Winter use Corryvreckan to wash her plaid and share Prince Breakan’s fight to survive three days and three nights anchored at its swirling centre.
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“I’ve been out there in the wonderful world of dance, and brought back some real gems from the around the UK and Scandinavia for this years festival. This handpicked programme will make you laugh, cry, think and generally be astonished at what the human body can do. There’s something for everyone from the kids to the quantum physicist in the family and previous knowledge of dance is absolutely unnecessary.” |
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To get times and dates for specific shows, visit the Dance Base website or the Edinburgh Fringe website for further information. | |
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