Grupo Corpo: stunning start to dance events at the Edinburgh Festival

Grupo Corpo in Gil Refazendo

Grupo Corpo in Rodrigo Pederneiras' Gira

By Kathy Elgin, 09 August 2024

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“They’re handsome, fabulously fit, lithe and lovely, and the audience clearly adored them”

Reviewed at Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh on 5 August 2024

Gil Refazendo (UK premiere) (Rodrigo Pederneiras)

Gira (UK premiere) (Rodrigo Pederneiras)

Grupo Corpo

Rodrigo Pederneiras, Set Designer, Lighting Designer

Freusa Zechmeister, Costume Designer

Gabriel Pederneiras, Lighting Designer

Grupo Corpo bring voluptuous samba vibes to Montreal

Rebecca Galloway, 23rd January

Brazilian company Grupo Corpo celebrated its 44th anniversary this month with a trip to icy Montreal. True to their reputation, they burst onto the stage of Theatre Maisonneuve like a ball of sunshine, warm enough to thaw the blood and get the heart pumping again.

****1

BJM visits New York

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 24th May

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal is a company that embraces individuality and is at its best when the dancers are all on stage together.

***11

The Limón Dance Company Celebrates 65 Years

Stephanie Sirabian, 19th June

Simply stated, watching the Limón Dance Company is an emotional experience. The concepts that inspired founder and choreographer José Limón 65 years ago remain fresh today and challenge the audience. This unspoken conversation is the hallmark of American modern dance and part of Limón’s legacy.

***11

Grupo Corpo at Sadlers Wells

Margaret Willis, 13th September

Competence, discipline and confidence were to be seen in full measure when the Brazilian contemporary company Grupo Corpo performed two works at Sadlers Wells this week.

Grupo Corpo bring voluptuous samba vibes to Montreal

Rebecca Galloway, 23rd January

****1

An acrobatic Orpheus and Eurydice in Edinburgh

Roy Westbrook, 13th August

The music plays second fiddle to Australian circus company Circa in Yaron Lifschitz’s production of Gluck's great opera.

***11

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Kathy Elgin

After a career in publishing, Kathy Elgin turned her enthusiasm for dance into a real job by joining the late, great John Percival, Dance Critic of The Times, in his re-launch of Dance and Dancers magazine in 1981. She was later delighted to join its rival, The Dancing Times, as Scottish correspondent until the magazine’s sad demise in 2022. She lives in Edinburgh.