Listings: Afternoon events, Dance

Explosive physicality, urban soundscapes and graphic visuals transform into an optimistic undercurrent of mischievous and irrepressible choreography. A thought-provoking piece for six dancers from the creators of 2011 Fringe hit, I Infinite. Inspired by new music by Shackleton, Refugees reflects the heartbeat of a…

Bringing traditional Irish music, song and dance alive. A high energy show of Irish rhythms, reels and song. With fiddles, flutes and feet our fantastic dancers and live band promise to deliver an exhilarating dance and music experience. The group have gained international acclaim having performed in the USA, Europe and…

The Callàs Company. All Or Nothing? is a unique story of two people from opposing theatrical genres meeting for the first time. There is a man from within the world of imagination and mime; there is a woman from the naturalistic physical world. The story follows them firstly discovering one another's existence, then…

Awake Projects (Sweden and UK). Max arrives home to a surprise birthday party. His pregnant wife Vendela has arranged a gathering and his friends are all dressed up as characters from the circus. Max struggles to find a way to tell them some devastating news. Awake is a simple story of love, loss and mortality, told…

Seductive, thrilling and enchanting, Bianco_Turning Savage is the new NoFit State spectacular true to their unique brand of sensational contemporary circus. Following the hit success of Total Theatre award-winning Tabù in 2010 and ImMortal in 2007, NoFit State return to Edinburgh Fringe on a brand new site with…

Dance Ihayami. Combining contemporary and classical Indian dance, classical music composed by Ash Madni and elements of audience participation, Blue Lotus: Summer explores the connection between Indian dance and the natural environment, reflecting the changing seasons. As human beings, we interact with our environment…

Seven Dance Companies from the USA in One Show. A five-star dance festival within a festival! Extraordinary, captivating dance performed by awe-inspiring companies from the USA. From aerial to jazz to American great Bob Fosse! Be moved! Bite-sized festival format. 'Perfect for Fringe lovers!' (ThreeWeeks). All ages.

BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance and Synthesis Dance Project. Exquisite, enticing, exhilarating dance from two top USA companies. Synthesis Dance Project features groundbreaking jazz dance choreographed by internationally renowned Tracie Stanfield while BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance returns for an encore of their…

Idle Motion. Fringe sell-out Idle Motion return with their stunning Total Theatre Award-nominated show, weaving together the life and work of visionary writer Jorge Borges with love found in a book group. Integrating creative stagecraft, innovative video projection and beautiful physicality, they bring forth images of…

Hepzibah Theatre Company. Follow the journey of a girl who demands her inheritance before the donor's death. Travelling a superficial world hit by recession, she meets near death experiences and is simultaneously chased by both dealers and a theme of love that she can't escape.On her adventure she discovers whilst she…

Choreographer and solo performer Gerhart Bonher on the making of Im (Goldenen) Schnitt I.

Strung Up Theatre Company. The Canterbury Tales as you've never seen them before! Take your seat at the ringside, where the performers of the Franklin's Circus are waiting for you. Using aerial acrobatics, puppetry, live music and dance, quirky but lovable characters invite you to become a part of a tale of lost…

Cheeky*Park (Japan). Visually spectacular show about men in suits, featuring typical Japanese salarymen who devote most of their time for their company whilst struggling to handle their own life. Performed through mime, juggling, acrobatics acrobatics, aerials, trapeze and music. Edinburgh debut for acclaimed Japanese…

OPS Theatre (St Petersburgh). Russian bouffon clown meets Greek mythology in sketch comedy. Travesty and metamorphoses abound. Sunny and ironic the actors create a dream-like whimsy on stage that is as much about being aesthetically pleasing as it is about the unique tangle of humour and drama. 'OPS actors create…

Exciting contemporary classics from established choreographers each of whom challenged their own genre of dance. Featuring Christopher Bruce’s 'Shift', an energetic study of 1940s factory workers during the war; Jirí Kylián’s 14´20˝ – a sensual duet of feral beauty and human entanglement taken from the choreographer’s…

Christopher Hampson and Jane Pritchard, Curator of Dance at the V&A, inž conversation.

Fet a Mà. Fet a Mà makes an hybrid performance: they consider circus as a way of sharing strong emotions with the audience. Through images taken from everyday life, these two charismatic performers create a striking physical performance. Cru: mixing expressions of dance, circus and theatre. Giving body to the arena of…

Pirates of the Carabina. Flying drum kits, levitating ironing boards and swinging divas. Welcome to the world of the unexpected! Irreverent and silly, bold and breathtaking, take flight with Flown for a captivating afternoon at the circus. A stunning troupe of masterful acrobats, aerialists, dancers, musicians and…

Created by an international film crew and featuring choreography by award-winning companies Earthfall, Taikabox and Harnisch-Lacey Dance Theatre, the Dance Dome blurs the boundaries between movement, digital technology and cinema, wrapping dance around the viewer to create an extraordinary immersive experience within an…

Curator of Dance Odysseys films Nele Hertling shares her thoughts on dance on celluloid.

Senior Musical Theatre Company Hokkijuku (Japan). Japanese seniors aged 50-plus make up this endearing troupe of players. Their first appearance in Europe parodies Cinderella, Swan Lake, and ancient Samurai myths. Featuring music from the Beatles, ballet, and traditional Japanese Geisha and Ninja. A surreal romp which…

Olga Kosterina. Open your eyes! You will see our common fate… Winner of Best Choreography at Rome Theatre Festival 2012. Dilemma combines dance, mime and acrobatics to reveal a person lost in a maze of their own fears. With elegance, precision and grace, Kosterina personifies the eternal struggle between good and evil…

Relationships come into focus in extracts from the canon of Scottish Ballet’s Founding Artistic Director Peter Darrell, and new collaborators James Cousins and Helen Pickett. Darrell’s poignant Five Rückert Songs embodies the feelings in Friedrich Rückert’s poetry on love, loss and loneliness with lingering steps and…