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Dance

Dance

2026’s dance programme offers a powerful call to rise together, celebrating the strength of the human spirit through outstanding work by international and Scottish dance-makers. 

Dance Programme

  1. A large ensemble of dancers move as one while tightly packed together and holding white and red flowers
    Visceral, Dance, North-African

    Ihsane

    Tue 18 – Thu 20 Aug
  2. A group of performers sit on stage illuminated by a green light
    Queer, Defiant, Dance Theatre

    EXXY

    Sun 23 Aug
  3. Epic, Physical Theatre, Palestinian Folklore

    Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah

    Wed 26 – Sat 29 Aug
  4. Five performers grouped together on stage, each with an arm raised and poised at different angles
    Hypnotic, Striking, Physical Theatre

    When Prophecy Fails

    Thu 27 – Sun 30 Aug
  5. A dancer in a skin tight costume breakdances while a line of other dances watches from the shadows
    Spectacular, AI, Live Score

    Mere Mortals

    Fri 28 – Sun 30 Aug

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