The Principle of Uncertainty
by Arditodesìo Company Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 A quantum mechanics lecture. A man who loves the Universe. The scientific method that clashes with pseudoscience. A secret. A confession… Professor Lapage walks through some of the most intriguing concepts of quantum mechanics in order to present a beautiful world made of mysteries and paradoxes. But in […]
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Dish Dance, Unholy Trinity
by Avatâra Ayuso, Giorgia Nardin, and Aoife McAtamney / DISH Dance Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 Unholy Trinity is a provocative and powerful triple bill of feisty solos. Avatâra Ayuso’s iconic Salome is inspired by the passion and contradictions of that incredible, mythical woman. Dolly, by the amazing Giorgia Nardin, investigates automatism. Her body is manoeuvred […]
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Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Man
Long recognised as one of the great artists of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci was also a pioneer in the understanding of human anatomy. Had his ground-breaking work been published, it would have transformed European knowledge of the subject. This exhibition displays thirty sheets of Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical studies, which date from the winter […]
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Missing and Bird’s Eye View
by Dance Theatre and Simona Bertozzi Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 A couple struggling with the sudden loss of their child and faced with living in a world where nothing feels meaningful. This experience has made them strangers to each other and the world around them. Bird’s Eye View is the mesmerising and playful journey of […]
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Last Land and Il gioco del gregge di capre
by Maria Nilsson Waller and Fabrizio Favale Fringe Festival 2013 Last Land is inspired by frozen plains and dusty desert majesty. Maria Nilsson Waller reconstructs the vast scale and unpredictability of these contrasting landscapes in a highly physical, poetic work that invites us to consider the urgency of tectonic movement and the accelerating rhythms of […]
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XD
Collettivo Cinetico Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013 XD is an emoticon that represents a smiling face, assively used in blogs, chat rooms and in general in the written telecommunications. This piece shapes space and time in the structure of a comic. The stage is cut apart in small frames of visual space establishing with the spectator […]
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Stone Islands
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2013 Jazz Italia One of the big hits of last year’s Festival was the collaboration between Sardinian saxophonist, Enzo Favata, and Scottish musicians, Colin Steele and Dave Milligan. They’re back, and with a really special 12 piece group, consisting of six of Italy’s leading jazz players and six of Scotland’s. […]
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Kekko Fornarelli Trio
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Jazz Italia The Swedish group, EST, gave jazz a new language, at the point where melody and atmosphere and jazz and rock colaesced. Italian pianist, Kekko Fornarelli, advances this musical brew – with emotions rich in colours and brightness, strong catchy beats and arching melodies. His star has been burning […]
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Paolo Alderighi
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2013 Jazz Italia Perhaps the most oustanding young musician in europe playing classic jazz: rags, stride and swing. Alderighi, from Milano, has been hailed by audiences from Japan to New York as the pianist who will revive new interest in the piano music of the jazz era – from Fats […]
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Bandakadabra
Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2013 Jazz Italia Uplifting, funny, musically clever, theatrical… the 12 piece band from Torino are a disarming group bent on making you have a good time whatever your mood when you come across them. Whether they are playing in a medieval square in Italy; in an opera house; or a […]
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