DanceLive! 2008

Aberdeen's Festival of Contemporary Dance
7th October - 1st November

Introduction
Workshops
Scottish Ballet
Additional Performances

Citymoves is a Scottish Arts Council foundation funded organisation that organises Dancelive!

Introduction

DanceLive! is Aberdeen's Autumn dance festival bringing a selection of new contemporary dance performances, classes and workshops to venues across the city including new work from Scottish Ballet , Gilmore Productions and Tabula Rasa Dance Company.

For 2008 there will be two special music/dance collaborations run in partnership with the SOUND festival: Janis Claxton Dance joins with the internationally acclaimed Edinburgh Quartet for Falling Light, while the Scottish Flute Trio and Curve Foundation Dance come together in a new show FEAT.

Workshops

Running alongside the performances is a programme of classes and workshops for all ages including:

• Scottish Ballet masterclass (Wednesday 8th October)
• Seniors in the City & Scottish Ballet: Special Event for 50+ (Friday 10th October)
• Outside In - Scottish Ballet (Saturday 11th October)
• Tango Fusion - Ani Tchakmakdjin & Martin Espindola (Wednesday 15th October)
• Body Sensing - Three Legs (Saturday 18th October)
• Body Beat - Very Red (Saturday 18th October)
• Janis Claxton Dance - Open Company Class (Tuesday 21st October)
• Tabula Rasa Dance Company - Bzzzzz [Children's Dance Workshop] (Monday 27th October)

Visit the Dancelive website to find out further details of workshops.

Scottish Ballet

DanceLive! 2008 includes an exciting programme of dance presented by Scotland's national dance company inspired by the music of Radiohead, film techniques and the sophisticated frivolity of the 1930s...

Scottish Ballet's Autumn programme

Visit the Scottish Ballet website for further details

Additional Performances/Events

Gilmore Productions - The Blank Album (Tuesday 7th October) Camera/Movement - a unique programme of dance film extracts (Tuesday 14th October) Very Red - First of Ten (Saturday 18th October) Janis Claxton Dance with the Edinburgh Quartet - Falling Light (Saturday 25th October) Tabula Rasa Dance - Dilly Dilly [Children's performance](Monday 27th October) Curve Foundation Dance Company & Scottish Flute trio - FEAT (Friday 31st October) East Coast Moves - a fascinating round-up of dance works recently created along the East Coast (Saturday 1st November)

Visit the Dancelive website for more information about the various performances at the festival.