Join us for the preview performance ofnot for glory - a restless, relentless, rebellious unraveling of traditional dance and music. It is not a radical Highland Dance show, not a reinvented Irish dance display and not an experimental piping competition. Its bodies, bagpipes and brutality. Its kilts, queerness and ceremonial violence. Its back beats, high cuts, striking in, a battering, flinging skirl.
not for glory resuscitates tradition with respect and resilience, dissects heritage and dances solidarity. Its a dance-theatre gig balancing virtuosity with vulnerability, pride with shame.
Three performers reclaim the traditions they grew up in, not for glory - but for what?
Creative Team:
Jack Anderson:Concept, Deviser & Performer
Emma Jones: Lighting Designer & Production Manager
Malin Lewis: Composer, Deviser & Performer
Cloe Rose McCabe:Costume Designer
Helen McIntosh:Creative Producer
Charlotte Mclean:Concept, Deviser & Performer
Joy Parkinson: PR
The preview performance will be accompanied by some great pre-show and post-show performance acts. Details will be announced soon!
not for glory is funded by Creative Scotland through the Open Fund and supported in kind by the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland through the Pomegranates Festival.
Pomegranates Festival - voted one of the 100 most influential cultural events across Scotland by THE LIST \#ListHot100 2024
Cut open a pomegranate and youll find a multitude of seeds; much the same can be said for this annual trad dance and arts festival...expect a fascinating cocktail of movement. THE LIST
Established in 2022,Pomegranates is Scotlands springtime festival sowing the seeds of Scottish and world traditional dance across the country. Every year the festival traces the intrinsic links of traditional dance with live music, film, fashion, poetry, art and heritage crafts. Initiated and curated by the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland, it is presented in partnership with TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland), Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh City Libraries, Dance Base and the Scottish Storytelling Centre. In 2025 the Pomegranates Festival is funded by Creative Scotland Multi-Year Funding through TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland); the City of Edinburgh Council and the University of Edinburgh through the Edinburgh Local Community Fund.
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Further details at https://www.tdfs.org/pomegranates/