Posts Tagged ‘dance’
Aberfeldy to host its first weekend of Gaelic music
Aberfeldy is getting ready to host its very first Fèis Thatha for a weekend of Gaelic music tuition. It will feature an impressive line-up of tutors including singer-songwriter Findlay Napier and Gaelic singer Maeve Mackinnon. Fèis Thatha (Tay Festival) will hold a music weekend for all the family on Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 September…
Read MoreFringes: They can be Heroes – just for one day
Heroes is a production aimed at families with an engaging tale told by Beverly Grant and Tony Mills. A production aimed at children is certainly one of the most difficult to pull off as children are a very discerning audience and if bored are prone to twitch, yawn and chatter. None of these happened, the…
Read MoreFringe: 360 All Stars – loud, exciting and energetic
Hands up anyone over the age of 25 who knows what these are: B-Boy, Basketball free styling, BMX flatlanding, roue cyr wheel, beatbox and looping live? Well, these are all part of this exciting production by 360 All Stars. All stars they are too, each of the above disciplines is represented by a world champion,…
Read MoreFringe: A Brexit comedy as funny as Brexit itself
Lolly Jones: I Believe in Merkels was advertised as comedy with niche burlesque. It was neither. The show consists of a series of TV news reports projected overhead on a screen of EU politicians and their commentary during the May years as Prime Minister. Between these Lolly Jones provides a hackneyed commentary as repeated and…
Read MoreFringe: High schools, musicals and acrobatics
Filament are a young troupe of talented dancers and acrobats – and they will get even better over time. The performance is more acrobatic physical theatre than circus. The theme is ‘coming of age’, rather High School Musical in storyline. The trials and tribulations of growing up are all there; geeky boy accepted into the…
Read MoreFringe: A production of two halves – and it’s superb
BalletBoyz is an outstanding production. The production is presented in two halves, Them and Us, both choreographed and executed perfectly to the accompanying music score by Charlotte Harding and Keaton Henson respectively. ‘Them’ explores individuality of movement, ‘Us’ explores human connections. The all-male dance troupe are metronomic in their precision, graceful in their movement, expressive…
Read MoreTen great Scots charities you may never heard of
Generous people across Scotland give more than an estimated £1.2 billion to charity each year. The Charities Aid Foundation reports each year on the amount of giving from across the UK, and it found in 2017 that Scotland accounts for 11.8% of all UK charitable donations, despite representing 8.4% of the UK’s population. Their 2018…
Read MoreDance party brings Brazilian beats to the streets
Scottish Dance Theatre brings a Brazilian street festival inspired show, Looping: Scotland Overdub, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer. Collaborating with a range of leading artists in dance, music and performance, SDT brings an afropunk street-festival inspired ceilidh culture experience to Scotland. Scottish artists re-imagined the Brazilian hit show Looping: Bahia Overdub with a…
Read MoreGoing underground with Scotland’s stoats and weasels
With their fearsome reputation as bloodthirsty hunters, weasels and stoats demand respect from gamekeepers and farmers alike. For most of us, stoats and weasels are only occasionally glimpsed rushing across a road and more usually viewed as casualties lying on the verge. These quite extraordinarily lithe mustelids seem elastic, with sinewy little bodies perfectly suited…
Read MoreCity prepares for Inverness Highland Games and gala
This weekend will see the Inverness Highland Games & Gala festivities take place at Bught Park. Building work is now well underway on the giant arena, will be the hub of this weekend’s event Traditionally staged on one of the busiest weekends of the year in the Highland Capital; this year’s programme sees the addition…
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