International dance explosion.It's crazy how much dance there is to see in Edinburgh this month. The Edinburgh International Festival The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around the middle of August. offers three weeks of diverse dance programming--from Balanchine to the Brazilian street dancing of Grupo de Rua de Niteroi (left). The glamorous and technically brilliant dancers of the Nederlands Dans Theater Nederlands Dans Theater (Dutch Dance Theatre also known as the NDT) is a contemporary dance company established in 1959 breaking away from the more traditionally oriented Dutch National Ballet (Het Nederlands Ballet). are not to be missed. Another highlight arises out of what can only be called both a fusion and an intense study of two styles of Indian classical dance: the dynamic Bharata Natyam and the more sensual sen·su·al adj. 1. Relating to or affecting any of the senses or a sense organ; sensory. 2. Of, relating to, given to, or providing gratification of the physical and especially the sexual appetites. Odissi. The Edinburgh Festival Edinburgh Festival International festival of the arts, with an emphasis on music and drama. Founded in 1947 by Rudolf Bing, it is held for three weeks each summer. Its theatrical offerings include plays by major international theatrical companies; plays premiered at the Fringe simultaneously offers such a dizzying selection of theater, dance, and music events that it would take over five years to see each performance back-to-back. Cool dance venues to look for are Dance Base (www.dancebase.co.uk) and Aurora Nova (www.auroranova.org). See www.eif.co.uk and www.edfringe.com. |
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