Where can you find high flying aerial dance and mind-blowing physics alongside depressed Russian seagulls and sonic imaginings for the Tesla coil within the beautiful environs of a rescued church? Only in Edinburgh of course!
Powys Dance will be joining fellow Welsh company Volcano at their very special venue, Leith Volcano for the final five days of the world’s largest arts festival. From Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 August 2017, the professors will be setting up their Laboratory of Curiosity for the company’s very first visit to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe,
With high-flying aerial stunts, magical soundtrack and stunning design, this playful, interactive show is a perfect introduction to dance and theatre for families with children aged 6 – 11. Dance, experiments and aerial tricks delight children and adults alike inspiring wonder at the magic of the universe. After touring schools in Mid-Wales in 2016, the show has now been adapted to tour to venues across the UK. Starting in Edinburgh, Flying Atoms will then visit London & the South East along with venues around Wales.
Powys Dance Director Amanda Griffkin said : “We’re so proud to be taking a production created from start to finish in mid-Wales by artists living here to this world-renowned festival.
“We had great feedback from our 2016 tour and are really looking forward to hearing what Fringe audiences make of the Professors! This is the only family show happening in Leith as part of the Fringe, so we are really pleased to have something to offer local families as well as Fringe visitors.”
Professors Gusto & Hitch work hard in the laboratory of curiosity answering questions: how do birds Stay in the air? Why don’t Stars fall from the sky? Where does the moon go during the daytime? But there are some questions that can’t be answered with experiments alone. When Gusto remembers his trip to the Circus it’s just the breakthrough they need.
The gravity defying tricks of the Flying Atom Sisters and their aerial acrobatics help us to understand as we observe the forces, twists, spirals and spins. Back in the lab we dive into the microscope and explore the atom itself. With many more questions, only one thing becomes certain, the universe is filled with wonder and not everything is as it seems.
Flying Atoms is a playful exploration of forces and matter to inspire curiosity and enable access to basic principles of physics for young audiences and their families. Interactive in design, the performance wows with high-flying aerial dance, a magical soundtrack and stunning design.
Tickets for the show are available now through the EdFringe website and box office. Audience can follow the show on social media, using #flyingatoms and @dawnspowysdance on twitter and Instagram and @flyingatoms on Facebook.
Flying Atoms
Powys Dance
The Leith Volcano (Venue 183)
22-24 August 11am, 25 & 26 August 11am & 2pm
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