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Saturday, August 21, 2010dancestagecultureballet

This week's new dance

Retina Dance/Plan B, Edinburgh Retina Dance's Belgian choreographer Filip Van Huffel explores the relationship between dancing and fighting. Wrestling – the subject of La Lutte (the title is French for wrestling) – is highly choreographed, and Van Huffel adds another layer of artifice and expression, exploring different levels of communication, intimacy and physical interaction as two men fight. A different male perspective is offered by Plan B's A Wee Home From Home, Frank McConnell's piece about a man returning to Glasgow after a long absence. Set to a score by Michael Marra, McConnell's solo explores the workings of memory, set against comic social observations of life in the Scotland's toughest city. It was first performed 21 years ago and is being restaged for this year's Fringe, offering a new slant on its basic theme: what it means to be Scottish. La Lutte, to 30 Aug, Zoo Roxy; A Wee Home From Home, St Brides, to 22 Aug Pina Bausch's Tanztheatre Wuppertal: Agua, Edinburgh The sudden death of Pina Bausch last summer sent shockwaves through the world of modern dance, but her company has since made a welcome commitment to keeping her works on stage. Agua, made in 2001, is one of the exuberant travelogues Bausch choreographed towards the end of her career; this one was inspired by the company's residence in Brazil and is steeped in the colours, scents, flavours and heat of the country. Created out of Bausch's distinctive theatrical mix of dance, confessional and fantastical imagery, Agua is a party of kissing competitions, absurd flirtations, fairy lights and high jinks on the beach. Edinburgh Playhouse, Fri to 29 Aug Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Edinburgh This San Francisco-based company, which has been widely celebrated for its technical and expressive versatility, makes its UK debut in a pair of works created by the artistic director Alonzo King. DUST And LIGHT, which is set to baroque and choral music by Poulenc and Coralli, is infused with an intensive mood of cosmic longing, a work that builds from small-scale solos and duets to radiantly expanding ensembles. The second work, Rasa, created in collaboration with tabla player Zakir Hussain, sets up a dialogue between the human footfall of the dancers and the constant beat of the drum. The piece is also accompanied by the revolutionary sounds of singer and violinist Kala Ramnath. Festival Theatre, Thu to 29 Aug

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