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And by Charlotte Mclean

And is an auto-biographical performance about growing up and explores culture, identity, nationality and politics.

Time & Date: 18:00 (45m) 16 – 28 August (excluding Mondays)

Venue: Dance Base

Price: £10 for arts workers via Dance Base

Tickets: https://www.dancebase.co.uk/festival-shows/and-charlotte-mclean-16-28-august-2181

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Burnt Out by Penny Chivas
Members involved: Choreographed and performed by Penny Chivas, music by Paul Michael Henry, Lighting Design by Great Snakes (David Bowes)

One Australian's experience of our changing climate

Time and Dates: 23-28th of August, 13:30 (45 mins)
Venue: Dance Base, part of UK/Australia Season '21-'22
Ticket Link:
https://www.dancebase.co.uk/festival-shows/burnt-out-penny-chivas-23-28-august-2187
Price: £10-14

Relevant Access Info: BSL interpreted on 27th, contains siren-like sounds. Themes of bushfires and climate change

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Pain and I by Sarah Hopfinger with original music by Alicia Jane Turner
Members Involved: Sarah Hopfinger (Artist/Performer), Laura Bradshaw (Dramaturgy) Laura Fisher (Producer)

A bold and intimate exploration into chronic pain experience. Diversely accessible: live production, audio performance and visual publication. www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com

Venue: Summerhall, TechCube 0
Dates & Times: 13:25 (50 mins)  03 - 28 Aug (Not 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25)
Tickets: Pain and I - Summerhall
Ticket Price : £13/10 (preview £8)
Access: All performances Relaxed & Captioned via Difference Engine. BSL on 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24

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The Chosen Haram by Sadiq Ali Company

Members involved: Sadiq Ali (member) Lead Artist and Creator, Vee Smith (member) Assistant Producer

Award winning queer circus theatre - expect a heady mix of love, drugs and Islam in this unique show MadeinScotland.com

Time and Dates: 21:00 (60 mins) 03-27 Aug (not 4th, not Sun/Mon)
Venue: Summerhall, Main Hall

Ticket Link: https://festival.summerhall.co.uk/events/the-chosen-haram/

Price: £13/£10

Relevant Access Info: WARNING: CONTAINS DISTRESSING THEMES, STROBE LIGHTING, SCENES OF A SEXUAL NATURE

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Shrimp Dance by Paul Michael Henry, Jer Reid & Jamie Wardrop

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Shrimp Dance by Paul Michael Henry, Jer Reid & Jamie Wardrop

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Shrimp Dance by Paul Michael Henry / Jer Reid / Jamie Wardrop

Members involved: Paul Michael Henry (member) choreography, movement, dramaturgy. Jer Reid (member) music composition, live music, dramaturgy. Jamie Wardrop live mixed visuals, dramaturgy.

Shrimp Dance is a Butoh dance performance with live music and video art, based on research showing anti-depressants entering the sea through human waste are affecting the behaviour of shrimp. Your sadness is political.

Time and Dates: Aug 5-14 (not 8th) 20:40

Venue: Dance Base

Ticket Link: https://dancebase.online.red61.co.uk/event/22:1086/

Price: £16/£15/£10

Relevant Access Info: WARNING: Strobe lighting. Distressing themes.

Relaxed performance Aug 9th. BSL performance Aug 10th

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Strawboys by Rob Heaslip

Includes members Molly Danter Scott, Jorja Follina, Malcolm Sutherland, Jen Wren (and Amy Robertson, not a member)

Rob Heaslip presents Strawboys, a vibrant and energetic pop-up performance, blurring the lines between traditional and contemporary dance and music.

Time & Dates: 12.30 & 14.30 daily (25 mins) 17-21 August

Dance Base in association with Consulate General of Ireland, Edinburgh

Price: Free but ticketed

Ticket Link:https://www.dancebase.co.uk/festival-shows/strawboys-rob-heaslip-17-21-august-2193

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A Wee Journey by Farah Saleh and Oğuz Kaplangi

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A Wee Journey by Farah Saleh and Oğuz Kaplangi

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A Wee Journey by Farah Saleh and Oğuz Kaplangi, in collaboration with the performers

Members include: Farah Saleh, Francesca Till, Pirita Tuisku

A Wee Journey invites audiences to embark on a choreographed musical journey, fusing dance, music and performance to explore belonging, connection, community and home

Dates & Times: Tue 16 – Sat 20 Aug (excluding 19 Aug)

19.30 (60 mins) daily and 14.30 on Wed 17 Aug

Venue: The Studio, Edinburgh International Festival

Ticket Link: https://www.eif.co.uk/events/a-wee-journey

Price: £7.50 for arts workers

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Antigone, Interrupted by Scottish Dance Theatre

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Antigone, Interrupted by Scottish Dance Theatre

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Antigone, Interrupted by Scottish Dance Theatre

Members: Performer and creative collaborator Solène Weinachter.

Antigone, Interrupted reimagines a classic story for a contemporary world through the body and the voice of a single performer.

Date & Times: 20:40 (70 mins) 17-28 August (Not 22)
Venue: Dance Base

Tickets: Antigone, Interrupted | Scottish Dance Theatre | 17-28 August (dancebase.co.uk)

Price: £10-15

Access: Signed performance (BSL) | Aug 19 20 21 25 26

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Sense of Centre by Jack Webb, in association with Feral

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Sense of Centre by Jack Webb, in association with Feral

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Sense of Centre by Jack Webb, in associated with Feral

Dance, object manipulation and projection combine to explore our longing for home, need for connection and the body as a place of sanctuary from the modern world. madeinscotlandshowcase.com

Time and Dates: 15:40 (40 mins) August 16 – 28 (Not 22)
Venue: Dance Base

Tickets: Sense of Centre | Jack Webb in association with Feral | 16-28 August (dancebase.co.uk)

Price: £10-15

Access: Aug 26- Captioned. Aug 24 – Audio Described

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Remedy for Memory by Tess Letham

Remedy for Memory is a divine feminine fantasy, a dance theatre experience that transcends the boundaries of our reality.

Dates & Times: 16:10 (60 mins) 23-28 August

Venue: Dance Base

Tickets: Remedy for Memory | Tess Letham | 23-28 August (dancebase.co.uk)

Price: £10-15

Access: Captioned Performances: 24 & 28 Aug

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Worn by White and Givan

Worn is an exquisite and emotive dance production, exploring how the body is affected by time and space, and the experiences, marks and scars that become part of our history and affect our present and possible futures

Times & Dates: 19:00 (60 mins) 16-21 August

Venue: Dance Base

Tickets: Worn | White and Givan | 16-21 August (dancebase.co.uk)

Price: £10 - 15

Access: All performances Audio Described

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Occupying Eden by Anima(L)[us] / Rosalind Masson

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Occupying Eden by Anima(L)[us] / Rosalind Masson

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Occupying Eden by Anima(L)[us] / Rosalind Masson

Occupying Eden is a multi-species performance in which an imagined ecological paradise is co-created. It portrays different substrates of the notion of garden inextricably linked to a white, western paradigm and attempts to compost that frame.

Dates & Times: 12:45 (50 mins) 5 -14 Aug (Not 8)

Venue: Dance Base

Tickets: Occupying Eden | Anima(L)[us] / Rosalind Masson | 5-14 August (dancebase.co.uk)

Price: £10-15

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Your Tomorrow by Éowyn Emerald & Dancers

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Your Tomorrow by Éowyn Emerald & Dancers

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Your Tomorrow by Éowyn Emerald & Dancers

Éowyn presents her acclaimed production Your Tomorrow, an entertaining and deeply intimate jazz dance for two performers.

Times & Dates: 13:50 (50 mins) Aug 5-6, 8-13, 15-20

Venue: Greenside @ Nicolson Square

Tickets: Éowyn Emerald & Dancers | Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com)

Price £10/8/6

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The Ticking Clock by Theiya Arts Dance Collective

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The Ticking Clock by Theiya Arts Dance Collective

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The Ticking Clock by Theiya Arts Dance Collective

Members Involved: Himadri Madan, Gabby Albornoz, Nandini Manjunath

A South Asian contemporary-classical dance performance that centres on the urgency of climate change. This performance is inspired by the Climate Clock installation located in Times Square, New York which illustrates the time remaining before climate change becomes irreversible.

Dates & Times: 13:50 (40 mins) 13 August & 14:14 (40 mins) 20 August

Venue: theSpaceTriplex – Big

Tickets: The Ticking Clock | Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com)

Price: £6/8/10

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Members Involved: Eve Mutso (choreographer)

Entwined, a new dance work for Indepen-dance, Scotland’s leading inclusive dance company, choreographed by Eve Mutso. With striking visuals and a new score from up-and-coming composer J.P Waksman, Entwined explores the joy of discovery in connecting with nature’s ebbs and flows.

Dates & Times: Aug 16-21 13:50 (35m)

Venue: Dance Base

Tickets: Entwined | Indepen-dance | 16-21 August (dancebase.co.uk)

Price £15-10

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Bamboozled by Constant Vigier & Sonia Killmann

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Bamboozled by Constant Vigier & Sonia Killmann

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Bamboozled by Constant Vigier & Sonia Killmann
Members: Constant Vigier

Bamboozled depicts two people waiting for their house party guests to arrive. Instead of communicating with words, the two performers will communicate via their mediums (music and dance).

Dates & Times: 8:30pm (60 mins) 10 -17 August

Venue: The French Institute

Tickets: Bamboozled | Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com)
Price: £10/8

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My Friend Selkie
Members Involved: Niamh O'Loughlin, Laura Booth & Dawn Hartley/What Moves You

a heart-warming story of friendship and facing challenges, together.  This delightful Scottish children's show for 3 - 8 year olds invites audiences to  join the Crab Disco, play Magic Ball and try out the moves of *Selkie’s sea pals!

Dates & Times: Thursday 11 August 11am and 2.30pm (50 mins)
Venue: The Brunton
Tickets: Information about Show: My Friend Selkie: Website (thebrunton.co.uk)
Price: £6
Access: for ages 3-8

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Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille by Ashanti Harris

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Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille by Ashanti Harris

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Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille by Ashanti Harris
Exhibition & Performances @ Edinburgh Art Festival

Taking the novel Signposts of the Jumbie (1981), written by Faustin Charles, as a starting point, Harris will interlace ideas of communal and grassroots cultural production with her research and long personal experience of West Indian Carnivals. Through the lens of the Caribbean Carnival and associated collective making, Ashanti Harris has developed a series of sculptural and performance works that play with the peripheralities of cultural identity.

Dates & Times: Exhibition Open Daily

11am - 5pm
Performances: Friday 29 July at 8pm  & Saturdays 30 July, 13 August, and 27 August at 1pm

VENUE: Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Tickets: Performances:Dancing a Peripheral Quadrille - Edinburgh Art Festival

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Not Brittle, Not Rigid, Not Fixed by Janice Parker

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Not Brittle, Not Rigid, Not Fixed by Janice Parker

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Not Brittle, Not Rigid, Not Fixed by Janice Parker
Edinburgh Art Festival

Titled Not Brittle, Not Rigid, Not Fixed, this work sees the artist create a new series of solo performances that explore the interplay between past and future, land and self. Each day between August 14th-28th, Parker will move once a day at a time that responds to the different rhythms of her body. Parker’s choreography will lean into the sensory elements of the Union Canal – its smells, sounds, textures – to investigate the role movement plays in our relationship to the natural world.

Dates & Times: Performances Aug 14 - 28 (times vary) @ Union Canal
Talk with Emmie McLuskey: Wednesday 17 August | 2-3pm @ Polwarth Parish Church
Tickets: Janice Parker: Not Brittle, Not Rigid, Not Fixed | EAF 2022 (edinburghartfestival.com)

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With Catastrophic Consequences by Taylor Han & Simone Seales

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With Catastrophic Consequences by Taylor Han & Simone Seales

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With Catastrophic Consequences by Taylor Han & Simone Seales
Members: Taylor Han (dancer/collaborator)

Bridging the gap between interactive dance theatre and live music, dancer Taylor Han and cellist Simone Seales create a world where everyone is welcomed into their playful improvisation to encounter hope, indulge in live music close-up, and appreciate human connection.

Dates & Times: Aug 27-28 15:00 (60 mins)
Location: Pianodrome @ the Old Royal High
Tickets: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/with-catastrophic-consequences

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Special offers

Three for two!
With over 30 world-class shows to choose from, you’ll want to see as many as possible. Book early for any three shows and get one ticket free! This offer is available on all shows (except those at Zoo and Summerhall) across the whole Dance Base programme. Only available through Dance Base until Thursday 4 August and valid on three full price tickets for three different shows.

£10 tickets!
We know that this is a difficult time for many people, so we’re offering a limited number of £10 tickets for all shows in the programme to people working in the arts, young people under 26, people seeking work and/or on low-income benefits as well as people living with disabilities. There’s availability on all performances – full details and booking only through Dance Base.

How to Book

Online: https://dancebase.online.red61.co.uk/

Telephone: 0131 225 5525

In person: Dance Base, 14–16 Grassmarket, EH1 2JU

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End without Days by Stephen Pelton Dance Theatre

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End without Days by Stephen Pelton Dance Theatre

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End without Days by Stephen Pelton Dance Theatre
Members Involved: Freya Jeffs (dancer)

Set to a century-spanning score, from Henry Purcell to contemporary San Francisco composer Marc Kate, End without Days is a meditation on time, sudden endings and unbridgeable distances.

Dates & Times: 19:30 (45 mins) 05 - 18 Aug (Not 8 or 15)
Tickets: End without Days | Stephen Pelton Dance Theatre | 5-21 August (dancebase.co.uk)
Price: £10-15