14-16 Grassmarket
EH1 2JU SHOWING FROM: All performances are in the past. Sorry, looks like you missed it!
120 Birds
Based around the international touring tales of 1920s dance companies. Company Elle is born in Australia in 1923 after Anna Pavlova first visits the country. Madam Lou raises and drags her company of four around the world following Pavlova's footsteps and meeting other companies along the way - Denishawn, Florence Broadhurst, Annette Kellerman and the Australian cricket team. Historical fact and anecdote combine with archival music, film and photos and contemporary dance of the time. Humorous, poignant and fabulous, this work is named after the 120 birds Pavlova toured to Australia with in 1929.
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fave shows from fab day out @dancebase: 120 birds for 1920s flapper fabulousness, Base Elements for Lucy Suggate. #edfest
4 stars for @dancebase 's 120 Birds #edfringe http://bit.ly/ddxN7r
#edfest, £5 shows @dancebase - great idea. 120 Birds: fun concept & film footage, lovely tango sequence
