Dance, Film

World Trad Dance on Screen

Pomegranates 2025

(Fri 25 Apr: 6:30pm)

A packed programme of short films addressing the global genre gap of traditional dance on screen. Experience a space where choreography and cinematography merge to tell a story rooted in traditional dance from Scottish Step and Highland to Indian Classical, East African, Chinese, Pacific, Punjabi and Hip Hop.

Expect two works by award-winning Canadian filmmaker Marlene Millar: To Begin the Dance Once More (2023) and Bhairava (2018).

The programme also includes The Bright Fabric of Life (2024, Dir. Mare Tralla), Autocorrect (2022, Dir. Jonzi D), Crowned by Flame (2024, Dir. Lyuxian Yu); Home (2023, Dir. Kes Tagney feat. Sophie Stephenson); Armea (2024. Dir. Letila Mitchell) and On Canada Day (2024, Dir. Gurdeep Pandher).

The hour-long film programme will be followed by a Q&A with some of the filmmakers and creatives. Curated by the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland as part of Pomegranates, Scotland's springtime festival of world trad dance and its links with live music, poetry, art, craft, film and fashion.

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• Dance
• £0.00
• 25 April 2025
• 120 minutes
• 18:45
• Scottish Storytelling Centre
• Netherbow Theatre