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Welcome 4

Introduction 5

Fear Less Age Less 6 / 7

Odyseaa/Scene Solo/The Sylph, The Vixen & The Bombshell 8 / 9

And the Birds Did Sing 10 / 11

Self Portraits 12 / 13

Taiwan Season: Floating Flowers 14 / 15

6 Feet, 3 Shoes 16 / 17

The Chosen 18 / 19

Taiwan Season: Monster 20 / 21

Another 22 / 23

From the Top 24 / 25

Steve Reich Project 26 / 27

For only an hour 28 / 29

Before 30 / 31

Glimpsing Air Pockets 32 / 33

Basque Showcase 34 / 35

Heads Up 36 / 37

Transfigured: The Pack 38 / 39

our lives, an infinite improvisation; poetry dancing 40 / 41

In the Making (iv) 42 / 43

Seeking Unicorns 44 / 45

Ensemble 46 / 47

Still Life 48 / 49

BODY LANGUAGE by David Bolger and Christopher Ash 50 / 51

The Storm 52 / 53

Learning from the future 54 / 55

The Hospital 56 / 57

The Forecast 58 / 59

Juliet & Romeo 60 / 61

Born to Manifest & Like Honey 62 / 63

Festival Classes 64 / 65 / 66 / 67 / 68

Access / Safe Space 70

Dance Base Supporters 71

Calendar 72 / 73 / 74 / 75

ContentsPatron: HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay KT KG

Artistic Patron: Mark Morris

Dance Base (Venue 22)

14 – 16 Grassmarket

Edinburgh

EH1 2JU

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[email protected]

dancebase.co.uk

@DanceBase

DanceBaseScotland

Dance Base is a registered charity that encourages and celebrates the potential fordance in everyone.

Dance Base is grateful for the support of all our funders.(See p71)

Scottish Charity No. SC022512.

Registered in Scotland No. SC145736

Design: Emma Quinn

Cover: Seeking Unicorns, by Chiara Bersani/Associazione Culturale Corpoceleste

Image: Roberta Segata for Centrale Fies

Print: McAllister Litho Glasgow Ltd

BOARD

Chair Edward A Crozier

Vice Chair Ashley Shannon

Members Robert Dawson Scott, Fiona Hendry,

Kirstee Macbeth, Cllr Donald Wilson

DANCE BASE MANAGEMENT TEAM

General Manager Matt Roe

Artistic Director Morag Deyes MBE

Festival Producer & Programmes Manager Helen McIntosh

Head of Finance Fiona Dick

Finance & Admin Officer Stef Skinner

Head of Catalyst Bush Hartshorn

Participation Manager Allan Irvine

Programmes Coordinator Charlotte Anderson

Dance Health Manager Meghan Bidwell

Dance Artist (Dance for Parkinson’s) Jen Cunningham

Project Development Officer Emma Smith

Head of Marketing & Communications John Lyndon

Press & Communications Officer Emma Lawford

Press & Communications Officer Lyn Conroy

Bookings & Front of House Manager Caroline Mansfield

Bookings & Front of House Deputy ManagersLinsey McEwan, Kathryn Miller, Zoë Shaw

Bookings & Front of House Duty ManagerMirna Higueras Calvo

Festival Front of House Coordinators Charlotte Anderson, Emma Smith

Bookings & Front of House AssistantsJack Anderson, Mirna Higueras Calvo, Christina Liddell,Axe Marnie, Irina Navolochnaya, Pamela Tait, Tanya Walters

Facilities Manager Barney Strachan

Cleaning Operator John Wood

Production Manager Grahame Coyle

Technicians: Liam Boucher, Ben Conte, Rebecca Coull,Ben Ryan, Lynn Wiseman

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You are now holding a gift of a lovingly and meticulously selected dance programme. Our unpredictable and changingworld can challenge our spirit but fear not – Dance Base ishere to put the fun, the joy and the wonder back into big surprises. This evolving planet of dance comes to the Grassmarket with major and independent artists from Scotland as well as Norway, Taiwan, Belgium, Ireland, HongKong, England, Poland, Italy, Basque Country and… whereverunicorns come from (in this case, Italy). Every single show inour programme has something powerful to say about being a human of everygender, shape, age and culture in this world right now and they celebrate speaking their truth, your truth, and our collective truth with the body.

We also welcome our inspiring new friends from the Basque Country and enjoytheir unique originality with a dedicated showcase, both in and out of the building.Made in Scotland artists Robbie Synge and Lucy Boyes join us with a beautifulmultigenerational work, Ensemble and from the British Council Showcase, wehost the magnificent Lost Dog, Amy Bell, Colette Sadler/stammer productions,and Becky Namgauds – billed alongside the wonderful Joseph Toonga. Andwe’re shamelessly starstruck to host award-winning author Ben Okri and danceartist Charlotte Jarvis for a feast of great poetic beauty.

This year’s programme might have the most striking Scottish contingent we’veever presented, with dazzling work by Curious Seed, Company Chordelia, AlanGreig, In the Making, Christina Liddell, Claricia Parinussa, Bridie Gane, TamsynRussell, and a showcase of multigenerational work from PRIME, LYDC, TIM company and more.

At Dance Base, we are united in our love of the exquisite communication that canbe transmitted with the body and this programme is here to share that with you.Your festival won’t be complete without us… still proud to be ‘the heart and soulof the Fringe’.

Morag Deyes MBE, Artistic Director

Introduction from the ArtisticDirector of Dance Base

On behalf of the board and the staff at Dance Base, I am very proud to welcome you to our 2019 Fringe programme of dance and physical theatre,curated by Artistic Director Morag Deyes MBE and assisted by Festival Producer Helen McIntosh.

To anyone who has seen performances at Dance Base in previous years, it will come as no surprise that this year’s programme is one of excellence anddaring. It will also come as no surprise that it’s a bigger programme than everbefore – this year’s programme features a staggering 29 works of dance andphysical theatre from around the world.

Dance has a unique power to inspire and enlighten, and in this year’s programme we see creators tackling themes of ritual, religion, gender, sexuality, grief, and cultural identity, in ways that will unlock something newin every audience member. What’s more, there are performances in this programme that will amuse, entertain, and enthral, as there is plenty of wit and wonder on display.

It’s such a pleasure to welcome back our ongoing partnerships with CultureIreland and Taiwan Season, and to see new and growing connections beingforged with our friends in Norway, Italy, Belgium, Hong Kong, Poland and theBasque Country. It’s also a great pleasure for me to welcome the first eversponsor of the Dance Base Fringe programme, FWB Park Brown ExecutiveSearch – an organisation that has been a tremendous support to Dance Baseover the years.

Every year, it’s a source of tremendous pride that our programme says somuch about the world we live in, but I will say plainly that this year’s is a singular and special one. These are works that take stock of who we are, what we have, and what we’ve lost… and then show us where we are going.

Edward A Crozier, Chair of the Dance Base Board

Welcome from the Chairof the Dance Base

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A joyful celebration of life, regardlessof where you happen to be on thatroad. Outstanding Scottish youthcompanies (including Lothian YouthDance Company and T.I.M Company)join acclaimed elders’ companyPRIME in a showcase that gives voiceto the fearlessness of these talenteddancers. PRIME perform a devisedwork originally created by manyScottish dance makers, and a classicjazz dance. The younger dancersbring their personal stories and fresh approach to the programme,including new choreography fromEve Mutso and Anthony Missen. We are delighted to bring all theseunique movers together for you inone fearless, ageless showcase.

Fear Less Age LessPRIME, Lothian Youth Dance Company, T.I.M Company

SHOWCASE Scotland

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A triple bill of Scotland's most excitingchoreographers, designed to unravel expectations.

An immersive performance ritual:and these souls | matter | or the knowingthat's felt || passing dust bone unrestmaterialise across between despite time space

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A witty, dynamic dance piece devisedthrough investigating how aperformer/choreographer can create and perform an already existing groupwork without the other four performers,thereby reshaping it into a solo.

tamsynrussell.weebly.com

An initial exploration into female archetypeswith both professional and non-professionalperformers of three generations.

bridiegane.wixsite.com/bridiegane

Odyseaa / Scene Solo / The Sylph, the Vixen and the BombshellClaricia Parinussa / Tamsyn Russell / Bridie Gane

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This is about living but it began with a death. This is about existing and notexisting, and a child’s heart-burstingbelief that there is something in between. This is about choosing andsometimes having no choice. This isabout love. A woman remembers a girlwho knew a woman who listened tothe birds. Inspired by the depth of feeling in one tiny moment of knowingthat the world will never be the sameagain, this evocative solo work has been developed through the ongoingcollaboration between choreographerChristine Devaney, musician LukeSutherland and artist Yvonne Buskie,exploring the connections and interplaybetween music, dance and the originsof stories.

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And the Birds Did Sing Curious Seed

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Self Portraits plays with notions of gender,sexuality and the effect that time and agehave on our bodies, our perception ofwho we are and who we have been andwho we might become.

A collection of several short dancesof intense choreographic intensity, toldthrough humour, theatre, movement anddance. Underpinning the choreography isa collection of self-written monologuesthat draw from the auto-biographical andfrom popular culture (referencing KateBush, Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams and Quentin Crisp)

The show skilfully weaves athletic movesand thought-provoking text, into a compelling show of funny, innovative and accessible dance

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Self Portraits Alan Greig

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Inspired by one of Taiwan’s most beautiful and popular Buddhist ceremonies, Floating Flowers is a subtly detailed yet fabulously dynamicexpression of body and spirit. Dressedin vaporous tulle skirts, a gorgeous tribeof eight are pushed and pulled throughthe swirling rhythms of a dance that reveals the tumultuous uncertaintieshidden beneath peaceful surfaces. Po-Cheng Tsai’s work for B.Dance is an artful fusion of martial arts, classicalballet, folk dance and contemporarymovement. Set to a propulsively cinematic score, Floating Flowers exudesthe heady perfume of sandalwood andsea salt as its cast rides waves of wildand sometimes playful motion. This isdance that reaches as high as the sky as it plumbs the depths of the ocean.

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Taiwan Season: Floating FlowersB.DANCE

Taiwan

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A celebration of friendship across borders, told through feisty percussiveflamenco, Scottish and contemporarydance, with three dancers, exhilaratinglive fiddle and guitar. Dance, storytelling,humour, traditional foot stompingrhythms, tender moments and a goodold giggle bring to life a story that resonates across generations and cultures. This brand new, heart-warmingshow by choreographer/dancer Jen Wren, with musical director Amy Geddes, integrates traditional Scottishdance and music with Spanish traditionalarts and contemporary dance. Slanjayvah Danza celebrates culturalexchange, communication and friendships through dance, music, songand storytelling, pushing boundariesin the TRAD and folk arts by situatingthem within a contemporary context.

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6 Feet, 3 ShoesSlanjayvah Danza

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‘Utterly breathtaking,utterly fantastic...’Norman Smith, BBC

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World premiere tour of the new showfrom the acclaimed Company Chordelia(Dance Picks Of The Year Guardian andTelegraph; Winner Sunday Herald CultureAwards Best Live Performance; ★ ★ ★ ★

Scotsman, Times, List, Stage) The Chosenis a deeply personal reflection on how weexperience the time left to us.

Created and directed by Kally Lloyd-Jones,The Chosen is an intensely moving dancepiece about dying and embracing the artof living. How do we choose to live in theface of the inevitable and how do we thinkabout the final stage of our life cycle? Increasingly, as medicine advances,knowledge of imminent death has becomea reality for everyone. A reference to TheRite of Spring, the “Chosen One” is to besacrificed, but also revered and honoured– Company Chordelia’s The Chosenaddresses our mortality from the shiftingperspectives of ourselves and our lovedones.

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The ChosenCompany Chordelia

Scotland

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Described by the choreographer Yen-Cheng Liu as ‘a psychedelic fantasy,’Monster is a daring, intense and quitepossibly mind-blowing questioning ofone’s sense of self. Created for his company Dua Shin Te Production, Liu usessymbolic props, spoken and written text,a carefully chosen soundtrack and, finally,an explosion of motion to help pick apartthe mystery of individuality. Receiving itsinternational premiere on the EdinburghFringe, this is dance performance as askewed yet strangely seductive thoughtexperiment. And because everything onstage has a purpose, everything seenand heard there is also a clue. Playingsober games with time and identity, Liu’s hard-to-categorise adventure mightlead you to discover the dear, fierce and vulnerably human monster inside yourself.

Contains smoke effects, strobe lighting, and nudity

Taiwan Season: MonsterDua Shin Te Production

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A quadruple bill of dance and poetry

from ascendant young European

artists created specifically for

BalletWorks. Choreographers

Emrecan Tanis, Louis Stiens and Fabio

Adorisio, alongside poet James Fisher,

present a showcase of thrilling new

work. An array of dance styles will be

represented – everything from

contemporary to neoclassical, with

a healthy dose of dance en pointe.

BalletWorks is a project-based

repertoire company providing the

highest quality of dance/choreography

from around the world.

Features scenes of violence.

AnotherBalletWorks

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From the Top is a witty contemporarydance work that explores the powerrelations between performers anddance makers. The piece presents tothe audience a fictional scenariobased on the everyday life of danceartists and looks at the absurd natureof so-called artistic integrity and whatit means to make art. Action on stageis juxtaposed with voiceovers andsubtitles to reveal the politics between the ever-demanding choreographer and the dancers whocontinuously attempt to fulfil thechoreographer’s artistic vision.

Commissioned and produced by the Hong Kong Arts Festival and was premieredat The Hong Kong Jockey Club Contemporary Dance Series 2015.

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From the TopVictor Fung Dance

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‘exhilarating’HuffPost.com

Supported by

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Choreographer Isabella Soupart and the MP4 Quartet take on three masterpieces bySteve Reich: Pendulum Music, Different Trains(1989 Best Contemporary CompositionGrammy Award) and WTC 9/11, bringingforth intimate reflections within worldwidehistorical drama.

In Different Trains, through immersive soundscape and fragmented testimonies,Reich evokes his Jewish American childhood during World War II, while hewould have travelled on other trains, had helived in Europe in the same period. The samecomposition processes are used in WTC9/11, a piece written to commemorate theSeptember 11 attacks.

The Steve Reich Project is a pulsating confrontation of dance, music and video art, a raw, deeply moving statement on thefrailty of the human condition.

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Steve Reich ProjectIsabella Soupart / MP4 Quartet

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Danced to a hilarious medley of Angela Lansbury, Delia Smith and Bette Midler this one-man romp is apseudo-glamorous jaunt through popculture, queer art, childhood dreamsand life changing surgery.

Mentored by dance mavericks WendyHoustoun and Luca Silvestrini, Sangeris entertaining, moving and exquisitelyvulnerable. With haunting music by acclaimed composer Donna McKevitt,glittering queer garments by AndrewWalker and a unique improvised lightingdesign by Jen Wren, there are twistsand surprises at every turn in this coming out story that is certainly notwhat you expected.

sardoville.com/foahContains sensitive content, strong language/swearing, partial nudity, and scenes of sexual nature

For Only an HourPhil Sanger

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‘Sanger is one of themost versatile artists onthe British stage, as thisperformance amplydemonstrates.’Dance Europe

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Triple Fringe First, Olivier, and HeraldAngel award winners Fishamble and Pat Kinevane return to Dance Base(Forgotten, Silent, Underneath, Swing,The Humours of Bandon) with Before, a new play with much music. Pontius istrying to choose a gift for his estrangeddaughter, whom he hasn’t seen for almost20 years. He will meet her in an hour.Some folk are impossible to buy for…

A Fishamble production, written andperformed by Pat Kinevane, directed by Jim Culleton, composed by DenisClohessy, choreographed by EmmaO’Kane, produced by Eva Scanlan, withmusic recorded by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

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Supported by Culture Ireland

Before Fishamble: The New Play Company

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‘a real showstopper’ Irish Times

‘a singular pleasure’ Sunday Business Post

‘Ireland’s excellentFishamble’ Guardian

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‘You can't stop birds flying over your head,but you can definitely prevent them frombuilding a nest in your hair’

The children Christina Liddell works with at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children inEdinburgh are remarkable; they are unsungheroes, triumphing daily over adversitieslife has thrown. Glimpsing Air Pockets is amulti-sensory dance theatre production,which expresses the profound impact thesechildren have had on Christina’s life. Thiscreative collaboration with children andyoung people from the hospital brings tolife their very own creative contributions, to be seen as an immersive experience bythe audience throughout the set, visual,soundscape and interactive design withinthe performance.

Featuring a young performer from the hospital, this show is a beautiful and movingexperience – may you catch even a glimpseof the hope, blessing and inspiration theyoffer to us all.

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The beautiful eclecticism of the Basque Countryis showcased in this bill of dazzling hip hop andwitty, lyrical contemporary dance. Wonderful,fresh talents will reflect the openness andwarmth of this highly creative region of Europe.Krego-Martin bring a strong women's perspectivein a powerful duet; breakdancer Akira Yoshidatakes a journey back home to his comfort zone(or maybe not); inclusive company ProyectoColectivo HQPC play a game of meaning, nonsense, charm and ingenuity. All the myriaddifferences and talents of the region are in thisexcellent triple bill.

Look out for outdoor performances by Tio Teron on the Royal Mile Mercat Stage:Wed 7 Aug, 13.45; Thu 8 Aug, 11.15; Fri 9 Aug,16.15; Sat 10 Aug, 16.15

And for Atlantik 1050, the result of an excitingyouth exchange between Scotland and theBasque Country, exploring the traditional dancestyles of both countries, and closing the gap of1,050 nautical miles between the two cultures.Atlantik 1050 will be popping up around the cityon Fri 9 Aug.

Basque Showcase Akira Yoshida / Krego-Martin Danza / Proyecto Colectivo HQPC

SHOWCASE Basque Country

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9 & 10 Aug 60 mins I 12+ I £7 (£6)

Dance Base's iconic and eclecticshowcase returns once again, showcasing the very best new workfrom Scottish and international artists.It's a grab bag of dance delights, curated specifically for the discerningFringe audience. With a different billon each day, we present new workfrom invited artists showing off freshideas. You may even get an insightinto work that will be presented in future festival programmes.

Heads Up is the perfect ticket to experience the excitement and randomness of the Fringe in one affordable dance showcase.

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Daniel Navarro Lorenzo/ Dan Lourenço Dance

Hebridean Treasure

Phoebe Ophelia

Skye Reynolds in collaboration with Something Smashing

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Transfigured is a sounding together of allthings, a diapason, a cacophony of understanding. Performers and audience stepacross the threshold of knowledge, out intothe world together. In the year 2002, a pack of cards was thrown from a car window andover a hedge. The pack burst open in the airand the cards were scattered across the landscape. Some of the cards landed face up.The hand dealt on that day has moved outand forwards into this moment. They havebecome manifest. They have something tosay. Pick a card, any card…

Transfigured is an Oceanallover project. Aswith all of our work, this is a collaborativeprocess with input from many different people.

Transfigured takes place between 16.15 and 17.45 inand around the Grassmarket, starting from Dance Base.Parts of the performance may be seen around theGrassmarket, but for the unique experience of being dealt a card and meeting a character, for anexclusive, guided insight into the show – please booka ticket with our box office. You can book more thanonce, and follow different cards on their journey,gaining an entirely new perspective.

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A dancer and poet respond to our times.

Charlotte Jarvis, choreographer and danceartist, presents this dance-drama with poet and novelist Ben Okri, about life as a constantimprovisation.

They interweave to create something new and intimate, political and meditative.

Poetry responds to movement and movementto poetry. Along the way they brush againsthistory, the secret lives of women, the passionsof motherhood, the cry against climate catastrophe, and the toughness of hope.

Each day brings new challenges, but danceand poetry respond with the constancy andimprovisation that is at the heart of themystery of life.

Two artists engage this mystery.

our lives, an infiniteimprovisation; poetry dancingCharlotte Jarvis and Ben Okri

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12 & 19 Aug14.00 & 16.00 I 60 mins I 8+

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In the Making is a shifting assemblage,ranging from emerging artists to seasoned international influencers.Our shows are an experiment with instant performance, amid live music.In the Making (iv) is underpinned byscores-for-movement: we write theseourselves. This time we will only knowour own scores: these are systems;pertinent instructions; notes to self.As specific as a score's commandsmight be, a bundle of personalintentions can ensue in real time.Does a score invoke what, but nothow? Does it design the how withoutdictating what? As for when and if:our scores may be telling us to observe; to step out; to embrace acompelling interactivity.

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'I, Chiara Bersani, 98 cm tall, embodythe flesh, muscles and bones of theunicorn. I, Chiara Bersani, 32 yearsold, I’ll take the responsibility of embracing and illuminating itslong-distorted identity.'

A fragile and abandoned symbol ismade manifest by an extraordinaryartist. The unicorn is a creature without homeland and history, hasbeen abused and misrepresented bymankind and deprived of a voice.Bersani now aims to heal theirunique grievances by giving them a love, a story and a choice.

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Seeking UnicornsChiara Bersani / Associazione Culturale Corpoceleste

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13–18 Aug 14.00 I 60 mins I 8+

13 Aug I £11 (£9 conc)

14–18 Aug I £13 (£11 conc)

Relaxed performance 15 Aug

Audio description available by reserving a headset at theDance Base box office

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Ensemble is a joyous expression of togetherness involving five performersin their 30s–70s. Gather with thegroup on a journey that lays bare theirstrengths, efforts and possibilities together and aims to uplift and surprise.

Set to a varied soundtrack of fresh andfamiliar sounds and performed on asparse and open stage, expect a seriesof physical interactions that aim to testand challenge expectations of age inperformance.

Ensemble is the result of the group’swork over a six-year period to challenge their physical possibilities together. This process has built afriendship and understanding reflectedin dance sections of tightly coordinatedtimed choreography to daring acrobatics and precarious balances.

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Ensemble Robbie Synge and Lucy Boyes

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Still Life is a piece that focuses on ourrelation with objects and things. In aperformance-long interview, AgataMaszkiewicz, together with VincentTirmarche, bring into life the stories of Jenny, Marco, Alex and Emmy. As a response to that, a dancer onstage is dealing with the surrounding,the nature of things and death. Avoiding the real presence of any object on stage, she plays with thenotions of becoming, adjusting, discovering, appearing, redoing, creating. Her body replays, acts, repeats, gets still, restarts, rests. The dance choreographed togetherwith costumes, the light, the soundand the videos, manages in a mesmerising and moving way to create a still life in itself.

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Still LifeAgata Maszkiewicz, produced by l’Avant Scene Cognac

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‘Strictly meets poststructuralistlinguistics...’

Ireland’s two-time Fringe First-winningCoisCéim Dance Theatre returns to Dance Base with a multi-layered exploration of non-verbal communication. A spontaneous performance is created each day inreal-time from filmed live interviews,photography, video projection, musicand choreography. Every day is unique!

Body Language by David Bolger and Christopher AshCoisCéim Dance Theatre

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‘It shifts in the mind: a strange gameshow with social media stars; ahigh-tech new media gym; a 24 hour news channel broadcast withthe sound turned down; a dream where all the characters are you’Circa Art Magazine

‘blurring the lines between dancing and body language’★ ★ ★ ★ Irish Times

‘CoisCéim are producing some of the most thought-provoking physical theatre around’ Scotland on Sunday

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20 Aug I £11 (£9 conc)

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After a critically acclaimed, sold out runat Dance Base during Edinburgh Fringe 2017 with LEVIATHAN, multiaward-winning dance company JamesWilton Dance return to EdinburghFringe 2019 with The Storm, a whirlwindof lightning-fast athleticism, where acrobatics, breakdancing, martial artsand contact work fuse to form dancethat will blow audiences away.

Seven dancers combine with a soundtrack of thundering electro-rockspecially composed by Amarok andthousands of pieces of paper to createa work that will astound you with itsgrace and power – and move you inways that words simply can’t.

In this tempest, can you find peace?Can you find the calm eye of thestorm? Will it all blow over?

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Learning from the Future – A Post-Human Dance Fiction by Colette Sadler

Imagine a post-human future wherebodies have no purpose and are on theverge of disappearance. In Learning fromthe Future, the futuristic female cyborg'BODY A' inhabits a science fiction world.

The fictionality of 'BODY A' is taken as a poetic means to speculate on aninconceivable reality where ever-accelerating flows of information andencoded data could dictate the mannerin which bodies move and function.

The choreography uses movement toamplify the primitive power of bodiesagainst the background of their dematerialisation and disappearance.

Features brief nudity and strobe lighting effects.

Part of the British Council Showcase 2019.

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Learning from the FutureColette Sadler / Stammer productions

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In a remote hospital, three nurses

try to endure the lack of patients

by injuring then treating each

other, performing their duties on

themselves as an alternative to the

real thing. Not a healthy activity,

but it passes the time. A military

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overhead, revealing a far simpler

explanation for their problems.

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Features nudity, violence, simulated drug use

The HospitalJo Strømgren Kompani

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‘The Hospital is physical theatre at its very best: daring, dark,unpredictable and charged with compressed intensity. Theskill and courage of the performers is breathtaking. A trulyoriginal vision is revealed here for anyone who wants theirartistic perspective stretched to its limits.’ Guardian

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As the only dyke in the dance class,Amy finds new moves for a more radical notion of femininity. On a witty journey of transformation and becoming, she rides the blusterywinds sweeping across thegendered body.

Blending dance, text, animation witha live digital soundscape, prepare for a high chance of virtuosity, introspection and humour.

Features nudity and swearing.

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Commissioned by The Place, supportedby Arts Council England, Tanzhaus Zürichand Yorkshire Dance. Part of the BritishCouncil Edinburgh Showcase 2019.

The Forecast Amy Bell, presented by The Place

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‘A strident call to arms conveyed with the lightest of touches. Watch this space – new ways of imagining women in dance are on the horizon’ ★ ★ ★ ★ Everything Theatre

‘A delightful, sprawling tapestry of metaphors, nuanced with wit and sincerity’ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dance Tabs

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With Lost Dog’s blend of dance, theatreand comedy, this duet reveals the real storyof Romeo and Juliet. It turns out they didn’tdie in a tragic misunderstanding, they grewup and lived happily ever after.

Well they lived, at least.

Now they are 40ish, at least one of them ishaving a mid-life crisis, they feel constantlymocked by their teenage selves andhaunted by the pressures of being theposter couple for romantic love. They’vedecided to confront their current struggleswith a performance – about themselves.Their therapist thinks it’s a terrible idea.

Directed by Olivier Award nominated BenDuke, Juliet & Romeo takes on our culturalobsession with youth and our inevitableissues with longevity.

Features strong language and swearing

lostdogdance.co.ukCo-commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre, The Place and Warwick Arts Centre.

Supported by Arts Council England, Lancaster Artsand Oval House through

FiRST BiTES. Ben Duke is a Work Place artist and LostDog is supported by Farnham Maltings.

Part of the British Council Edinburgh Showcase 2019.

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‘Pure pleasure. Smart, subversive and sexy’Guardian

‘Superb. Devastating realismand dark humour’Stage

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Born to Manifest is a responsive piece of hip hop dance that looks into the experiences of young black British men. A ringing of home truths that hopes toshare a glimpse into the complexity andbeauty of one’s journey.

‘You say I’m a black guy. I know who I am,do you know who I am?’

In Like Honey, female beauty and uglinesscollide through noise, aggression and bloodto create a live symbiosis of sound andmovement. Challenging the tangibility ofthe divine feminine and gendered shame ofmenstruation, an ephemeral energy pulsesbetween the two performers. Like Honeyis explosive and sensual, combining contemporary dance and inspirations fromKrump, animated with live layered vocalsand rhythms.

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Features stage blood and loud vocals

Born to Manifest and Like HoneyJoseph Toonga / Just Us Dance Theatre and Becky Namgauds

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Festival ClassesFestival Classes

Feldenkrais® – Mindfulness in Movement

6 – 10 Aug I Alan Caig I 09.00 – 10.00 I £7.50 (£6.50) I All Levels

Gentle instructions to your moving self that build into an extraordinaryand often unexpected sense of freedom, simplicity and ease. A perfectstart to your festival day. Follow it with a second breakfast then float offfeeling better than ever!

Contemporary Tai Chi

13 – 18 Aug I B.DANCE (see p15) I 09.00 – 10.00£7.50 (£6.50) I All Levels

Tai Chi is mainly based on the slowness, fullness, and tenderness ofones’ movement, including one’s internal power, “chi” and “jin”. Thetechniques taught in this class is a combination of Tai Chi, ModernDance, and Contemporary Dance. It is a series of movements that surrounds the concept of “chi”. Passing internal power to different bodyjoints by doing spine twists, Using different forces in order to generatepower, thus connected with floor and jumping moves. We will befocusing on reaching the balance of yin/yang, guiding with one’snternal strength, and evoking more possibilities of one’s body.

Gyrokinesis®

20–25 Aug I Brigid McCarthy I 09.00 –10.00 I £7.50 (£6.50) I All Levels

Each class starts seated on chairs with a focus on waking up our senses and our spines to the day ahead, building up to undulating and rhythmic movements to encourage natural movement patterns. All abilities welcome.

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Festival Classes

Professional ClassesBallet

10.00 – 11.30 I £7.50 I Pro

Tue 30 Jul – Sat 4 Aug I Ballet Works

Tue 6 Aug – Sat 11 Aug I Mark Pace

Tue 13 Aug – Sat 18 Aug I Lucy Ireland

Tue 20 Aug – Sat 25 Aug I Vincent Hantam

Contemporary

11.45 – 13.15 I £7.50 I Pro

Tue 30 Jul – Sat 4 Aug I Steinvor Palsson

Tue 6 Aug – Sat 11 Aug I Jack Webb

Tue 13 Aug – Sat 18 Aug I Stephen Pelton

Tue 20 Aug – Sat 25 Aug I Stephen Pelton

Taught by world-class teachers. These classes are intended for working professionals and those who have completed or are currently undertaking high-level training.

See dancebase.co.uk for full details.

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Professional ClassesOut of Class

Thur 15 Aug I 15.00 – 18.00 I £10Fri 23 Aug I 18.45 – 21.45 I £10

Not a class, not a workshop, not a performance. Out of Class isan open space for improvisation. These sessions are facilitatedby Christine Devaney (Artistic Director of Curious Seed, curious-seed.co.uk) and musician, Luke Sutherland. Live musicwill evolve in response to what happens in the space. The first2 hours will involve warm up to bring people together inlistening and responding with awareness and playfulness, leading into guided improvisations in movement, drawing andwriting. This will build towards a score to share and follow forthe last hour. The last hour will also be an open studio, for others to come in to witness, observe and listen. Open tothose interested in improvising: dancers, visual artists, writers.Some drawing materials will be provided. If you bring yourown, please make sure they are dry.

Out of Class – Witness, Observe, Listen

Thu 15 Aug I 17.00 – 18.00 I £3Fri 23 Aug I 20.45 – 21.45 I £3

We welcome you into the studio for the final hour of Out of Class to witness, observe and listen.

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With an extensive selection of vegan and gluten free dishes,the menu includes Açaí Bowls, Avocado Toast, Fresh Green Juice

and much more. Full table service in our cosy space, with takeaway also available.

10% discount on your bill when you show your Dance Card10% discount to all Festival staff pass-holders

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Access & InclusionDance Base is for everyone. We are committed to making being as inclusive aspossible, both as a venue and as an organisation.

As a two-time winner of the Euan’s Guide Accessible Fringe Award (2015 & 2016)and the first and only venue to be designated Level 3 in the Fringe Venue AccessAward, we are proud to have a building that meets many accessibility needs.However, there is always more that we can do. If you are not sure if our classes or performances would be accessible for you, please speak to staff at receptioneither in person or by calling 0131 225 5525 and we will do all we can to assist.You can also email [email protected].

We have a full access statement on our website, along with information on levelaccess routes to Dance Base. Ask us if you’re unsure about anything.

Visit dancebase.co.uk/access or ask at reception for more information.

#DBSafeSpaceAs part its ethos of inclusivity and respect, Dance Base aims to challenge discrimination andprejudice, ensuring it is a Safe Space for everyone;we believe dance is for everyone, and everyonecan dance.

SAFE SPACE COMMITMENTS

• Let’s be aware of those around us

• Let’s be respectful of each other’s physical and emotional boundaries

• Let’s conduct ourselves in a positive and respectful manner

• Let’s not make assumptions about another person’s gender, preferred pronouns (they/she/he), sexuality, disability, ethnicidentity, or life experiences

• Let’s listen to each other

• Let’s communicate respectfully, even when challenged on our behaviour

OUR AIM

To make and keep up Dance Base as a creative, fun,respectful, Safe Space for people of ALL abilities,genders, backgrounds, ages, shapes, and culturesto enjoy.

In 2018, Dance Base was awarded its LGBT YouthScotland Silver Charter Award; an award receivedthrough an organisation’s commitment to improving services in the workplace, and removingbarriers for people.

SafeSpace

To view our full Safe Space Policy, visitdancebase.co.uk/participation/our-safe-space-commitments

Dance Base is a registered charity that encourages and celebrates the potentialfor dance in everyone. Donations from individuals, trusts, foundations andcompanies are all vital to our work. If you would like to support Dance Base,please contact Matt Roe, General Manager at [email protected].

Dance Base is a registered charity that encourages and celebrates the potential for dance in everyone.

Scottish Charity No. SC022512. Registered in Scotland No. SC145736

Supporters

Dance Base is a member of the European Dancehouse Network

Dance Base gratefully acknowledges support from:Sponsored by:

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