Triptych Redux @ ZOO Southside

Created by choreographer Lewis Major, Triptych Redux is a revision of his Triptych performance from the 2024 Fringe, and it is an experience not to be missed.

This atmospheric show, consisting of a gentle introduction and three powerful parts, is a reminder that dance has a unique ability to generate a sense of intimacy, even when it is minimal and abstract. In Triptych, the connection developed between audience and dancer is heightened by the emotional intensity of the choreography, and the dancers' ability to enact narrative through gesture and pace.

Each section of Triptych Redux has a different tone, but motifs are built upon throughout. The prologue opens with three dancers moving in almost perfect symmetry. The lighting is sparse and eerie and the movements are simple, leaving the observers heavy with anticipation. The highlight is Lament, in which dancer Rebecca Bassett-Graham never touches the floor. Al Filetta's accompanying music – a haunting, almost prayer-like number – is counterposed by powerful aerial trajectories and the laboured breaths of the dancers.

In Unfolding, you can tell how seriously Major takes his collaborations. Fausto Brusamolino creates a lighting configuration that bathes the stage in shafts of deep waters. The movement is a call and response conversation between the group of dancers, each moving like shadows amongst the lights. The lighting gives the performance a distinctly elemental tone; the audience feels they are witnessing something primal. The physical storytelling within Triptych Redux is impeccable, and the result is an experience that most definitely deserves a larger stage.

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Triptych Redux, ZOO Southside (Main House), until 24 Aug, 9.30pm, £17-18