Theatre :: Preview 12 Dec 2008
Melissa Trachtenberg: Like most girls (and many boys), Quenby Hersh wanted to be a ballerina since she was a young child. Her babysitter dragged her to shows and at the ripe age of five, she decided that this was the life for her. A whirlwind of training, scholarships, an...
Heads Up :: Feature 30 Oct 2008
Erin McElhinney: Yo yo yo, listen up. My girl Mi Mi is in the house and she be teaching us some moves, dawg. Ahem. Fortunately, Turn Up & Hip-Hop Beginners – one of the many drop-in classes available at Dance Base in Edinburgh – doesn’t actually r...
Theatre :: Preview 07 Oct 2008
Jaco Justice: We might as well admit that’s the end of summer so it’s really just a case of keeping your senses alert as autumnal temperatures kick in. Fitting then that danceLive! – the third annual Aberdeen Festival of Contemporary Dance – ...
Theatre :: Preview 22 Sep 2008
Gareth K Vile: I saw Needcompany’s Isabella’s Room two years ago. They had the best part of an anthropological museum on stage and unfolded a story that spanned the twentieth century, post-colonialism, the joys and pains of aging, mortality and parenthoo...
Theatre :: Preview 28 Aug 2008
Mhairi Graham: Scottish Ballet is taking an exciting leap this September, with three ambitious productions which combine contemporary music, fashion and cinematographic techniques. Topping the bill is Steven Petronio’s Ride The Beast, set to be filled with Pet...
Theatre :: Preview 06 Aug 2008
Susannah Radford: Edinburgh gets a chance to see a great double bill this August with Liv Lorent's tenderhook and Hofesh Shechter's DOG, two original works choreographed especially for the Scottish Dance Theatre. Working with different choreographers during the creatio...
Theatre :: Feature 16 Jun 2008
Agata Maslowska: By taking on unexpected forms, art makes us more aware of our automatised actions and thinking. Last month in Scotland train commuters could experience the influence of this so-called de-automatisation through the text and performance based project, He...
Theatre :: Review 02 Jun 2008
Gareth K Vile: There is much to admire in the Curve Foundation’s attitude: stuck away in unfashionable Musselburgh, they have flown the flag for contemporary dance, constantly exploring the medium and staging events at many different venues and levels. To celeb...
Clubs :: Preview 23 May 2008
Colin Chapman: The Cologne-based, German duo Christopher Bleckmann and Hannes Wenner, have notched up over a decade of production experience. While Bleckmann benefits from a classical musical education, Wenner counts on his own, self-taught experience. With output t...
Theatre :: Review 22 May 2008
Susannah Radford: With flexed feet and fiery energy Krzysztof Pastor's new version of Romeo and Juliet is very much a contemporary take on the old classic, with love scenes more passionate and the fight scenes edgier than your typical ballet. Moreover, Pastor has accen...
Agata Maslowska: Refreshingly different, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre bring their unique fusion of contemporary dance, Tai Chi, martial arts and meditation to the Festival Theatre. Energy. Water. Beauty. Cosmos. These are just some of the abstract elements combined into a ...
Theatre :: Preview 22 May 2008
Gareth K Vile: After Glasgow International, The National Review of Live Art, New Territories and The Arches Festival Theatre, Glasgow seems intent on challenging Edinburgh’s status as ‘the festival city’. From the 13th until the 29th of June, The We...
Theatre :: Review 15 May 2008
Kate E Deeming: Exploring the boundaries between our selves and our personal illusions, Colette Sadler utilized what can only be described as “sublimal torture tactics” in a 43-minute piece of performance installation. With low frequency sounds orchestr...
Heads Up :: Feature 11 Jan 2007
Sophie Kyle: Sitting at a desk all day, slouched over a computer? On your pins all day behind a bar? Working on a site from the crack of dawn in the wind and rain? Repetitive work is not good for your body, especially in the cold, dark winter. Just like our brains,...
Theatre :: Feature 14 Aug 2006
Tina Warren: Glamour has come back into the club world of with a bang, through the medium of burlesque. Men and women are now able to cast of their bland clubbing uniforms of T-shirt and jeans, and are looking to the likes of antique Hollywood for inspiration. Thre...
