Dance Base – An award winning accessible dance and festival venue
With glass-roofed dance studios looking up to Edinburgh Castle and all the excitement of the Grassmarket on its doorstep, Dance Base is one of the most energetic and unmissable venues of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Winner of the Euan’s Guide Award for Accessible Venue in 2015 and a Highly Commended Accessible Venue in 2016, Dance Base is a s...
Whether you’re into hip hop or Bollywood, ballet or samba; or maybe even the boogie-woogie or the merengue; there are inclusive dance classes and groups all around the country for you to explore! With spring semesters just around the corner, now’s the time to find your rhythm and give it a go! Here are just a few of the great inclusive and acces...
Bringing modern dance to the beaches and ice-rinks of the Highlands, Bodysurf Scotland have written this article for Euan’s Guide about two creative and inspired relaxed performances, including a production by Marc Brew, that will be performed at their upcoming dance festival, Uprise.
Bodysurf Scotland is a contemporary dance promoter based in...
Marc Brew: On choreography, teaching and expression
Fringe Feature - Dance
A solo dance performance choreographed with emotion and performed in an intimate setting, Marc Brew is bringing his mesmerising production, ‘For Now, I am…’ to this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Where does the inspiration for your choreography come from?
My inspiration comes from different places, from being out in pu...
Wheelchair dance isn’t a new thing and most people will be shocked to realise that it can be traced back to the late 60s when a rehabilitation centre in Scotland was teaching people how to move around in their wheelchairs. Go forward in time you have us! The Wheelchair Dance Sport Association UK, (WDSA UK), was set up in 2006 after a group of w...