Monthly Archives: Settembre 2019

Unicorns, Almost

Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 23rd of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi  – Sepia poetry       Three weeks gone and the combatants gone returning over the nightmare ground we found the place again, and found the soldier sprawling in the sun. […]     An homage to Keith Douglas, Unicorns,
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Taboo

Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 22nd of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – Interesting story   Most people ignore who Käthe Petersen was – who she really was. Even her Wikipedia page is extremely synthetic, and not exhaustive at all. In Taboo, a fictional talk show where it is talked about ʻthings
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From the Top

Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 21st of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi  – Skilled and ironic       Dance is power, in every sense. In From the Top, this is very clear: power is in the precise movements of the dancers, power is what is contended between the two of them,
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Floating Flowers

Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 21st of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi  – Aerial blossoming   02Floating Flowers @Chou Mo     If flying lanterns were floating flowers and floating flowers were humans, how would they dance? Inspired by a Taiwan’s Buddhist ceremony, this performance is a mesmerising encounter between ritual tradition
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Looping: Scotland Overdub

Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 20th of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi  – Interesting experience   Looping: Scotland Overdub brings audience participation to the next level. It is the dance of a community, between tradition and innovation. An impacting performance with a strong political message.    No seats are to be taken
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Everything I See I Swallow

Seen at Edinburgh Festival Fringe on the 23rd of August 2019 Review by Federica Balbi – ʻBoundʼ to be critical   A young woman, almost naked, hangs from the ceiling – the rope like lace draws diamonds around her chest and her leg. With this powerful image begins a show, which is to touch several
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