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Edinburgh Festival 2011, The Pick of the Fringe
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*** “For a show that deals with old age and death, there’s a whole lot of life in this production.”
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Barrowland Ballet is the Glasgow based dance theatre company led by choreographer Natasha Gilmore.
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Subscribe2017 Highlights
2017 was a busy year full of highlights for the company. In spring we premiered our latest large-scale participatory project Wolves which incorporated a 60-strong intergenerational cast and received 5 star reviews. In May Little Red was invited to perform at the renowned Edinburgh International Children’s Festival and Whiteout performed at the prestigious ASSITEJ South Africa World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Tiger and Tiger Tale (7+) continued to tour internationally performing at several festivals including Stitle Festival, the Netherlands; the Arctic Arts Festival, Norway; FamFest, Chile and Kontesky 8 Festival, Poland. Poggle returned to the Shanghai Children’s Art Theatre (SCHAT) in China before going on an extensive autumn tour visiting venues across Wales. Poggle also performed at the Dublin Theatre Festival, Ireland; The Enchantment Festival, The Netherlands and the Cardiff Dance Festival, Wales. We look forward to seeing what 2018 has in store.
Wolves: "typically bold and uplifting...Superbly life-affirming and hugely moving" ★★★★★ The Herald
Little Red: "bold and brilliant, and worth taking a walk on the Red side" ★★★★ The Herald
If you are interested in booking any of our productions please contact belinda@barrowlandballet.co.uk
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Wolf Pack
Wolf Pack is Barrowland Ballet’s free, intergenerational Company for ages 7- 80+. Led by acclaimed choreographer Natasha Gilmore and Barrowland Ballet professional dance artists, Wolf Pack explore contemporary movement through choreographic tasks and improvisation; gain insight into the professional devising process and create and perform as a company.
Launched in September 2016, Wolf Pack now consists of 30 participants aged from 7 to mid 70’s who meet weekly from 6-7.30pm. To date Wolf Pack have performed in the large-scale performance project Wolves; as part of the People Dancing Conference at the Tramway; in Go Dance 2018 and also starred in their own dance film Wolf.
If you enjoy contemporary dance and physical theatre and would like to get involved in Barrowland Ballet participatory projects then keep an eye out on our website for upcoming performance opportunities.
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ASSITEJ World Congress 2017
In May 2017 'Whiteout' was invited to perform in Cradle of Creativity, the ASSITEJ South Africa World Congress. Over the course of four performances, 'Whiteout' reached audiences of over 1,300 people receiving standing ovations.
Natasha Gilmore was also the UK nomination for the ASSITEJ Award for Excellence 2017 for her work for young audiences including 'Little Red' (7+), 'Whiteout' (12+), 'Tiger Tale' (7+) and 'Poggle' (6 months - 4 years).
"Barrowland Ballet bring a thrillingly muscular energy. ...This is a take on life with genuine strength of conviction in a natural, vivid style. We’re entranced." ★★★★ The Guardian
"There is a remarkable, compelling emotive power to Gilmore's concept and choreography "★★★★ The Herald
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