Edinburgh Festival 2011, The Pick of the Fringe
The Guardian
*** “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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2016 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 Cradle of Creativity Festival in Cape Town, South Africa. Natasha Gilmore was 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). 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. Our intergenerational company, Wolf Pack, also continued to grow from strength to strength performing at the People Dancing Conference at Tramway and starring in Barrowland Ballet’s latest short dance film Wolf which premiered at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow in December. We look forward to seeing what 2018 has in store.
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Wolf Pack
We're excited to announce that we launched our new, FREE Barrowland Ballet Intergenerational Company this September 2016 with participants aged 7-90 years old. Our Intergenerational Company meet weekly on Tuesday evenings from 6-7.30pm.
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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Made in Scotland 2016
We were delighted to bring two of our productions, 'Whiteout' and 'Poggle' to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 as part of Made in Scotland Showcase. Both shows were received very well by audiences and reviewers:
"Natasha Gilmore’s choreography explodes on the stage and demonstrates why Barrowland Ballet is one of Scotland’s most successful contemporary dance companies" ★★★★ Whiteout - The Reviews Hub
"playful, passionate...intoxicates audiences with pleasure" ★★★★★ Whiteout - Three Weeks
"superb...a wonderful and joyful experience" ★★★★ Whiteout - The Skinny
"If you have a little one, they’ll love this. If not, borrow one for an hour and pop along to ‘Poggle’. You’ll love it too." ★★★★★ Poggle - Three Weeks
"Everyone needs a little Poggle in their life...The production is perfectly tuned for kids." ★★★★ Poggle - Festmag
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