VENUE :
Dance Base - National Centre for Dance
FESTIVAL:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
CATEGORY:
Dance and Physical Theatre
Based around the international touring tales of 1920s dance companies. Company Elle is born in Australia in 1923 after Anna Pavlova first visits the country. Madam Lou raises and drags her company of four around the world following Pavlova's footsteps and meeting other companies along the way - Denishawn, Florence Broadhurst, Annette Kellerman and the Australian cricket team. Historical fact and anecdote combine with archival music, film and photos and contemporary dance of the time. Humorous, poignant and fabulous, this work is named after the 120 birds Pavlova toured to Australia with in 1929.
