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Grid Iron Members of Grid Iron talk about Leaving Planet Earth in the company of journalist and critic Robert Dawson Scott. Wednesday 14 August 12 noon Supported byGordon Fraser Charitable Trust The Hub Tickets £6 45 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/conversations

Marco Stroppa and Pierre-Laurent Aimard Electronic music composer Marco Stroppa and pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard talk to BBC Radio 3presenter Tom Service about their pioneering work. Monday 19 August 1.00pm Supported byGordon Fraser Charitable Trust The Hub Tickets £6 45 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/conversations

Meredith Monk Meredith Monk explores the artist’s relationship with the environment, in conversation with Philip Campbell, editor of Nature magazine. Thursday 15 August 5.00pm Supported byGordon Fraser Charitable Trust The Hub Tickets £6 45 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/conversations

Contemporary Classics
Performed by Scottish BalletChoreographers Christopher Bruce, Jirí Kylián, Twyla Tharp
Exciting contemporary classics from established choreographers each of whom challenged their own genre of dance. Featuring Christopher Bruce’s Shift, an energetic study of 1940s factory workers during the war; Jirí Kylián’s 14´20˝ – a sensual duet of feral beauty and human entanglement taken from the choreographer’s 27´52˝ for NDT2’s 50th anniversary, with music by Dirk Haubrich; and Twyla Tharp’s The Fugue, set to the percussive beat of the dancers’ own feet as they spiral, twist and stomp in stack-heeled boots on an amplifi ed stage.
Friday 16 August 5.00pm
Saturday 17 & Monday 19 August 12 noon
On Stage Studio Tickets £12
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4.00pm – 4.30pm Contemporary Classics Conversation: Christopher Hampson and Jane Pritchard, Curator of Dance at the V&A, in conversation. Foyer

Andreas Scholl Countertenor Andreas Scholl talks to Richard Morrison, chief music critic of The Times. Wednesday 28 August 12 noon Supported byGordon Fraser Charitable Trust The Hub Tickets £6 45 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/conversations

Bang on a Can All-Stars Members of New York City’s Bang on a Can All-Stars discuss making music new with Edinburgh-basedcomposer John Harris. Friday 23 August 1.00pm Supported byGordon Fraser Charitable Trust The Hub Tickets £6 45 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/conversations

Ensemble musikFabrik Members of Ensemble musikFabrik talk to composer John Harris about their unique artistic vision. Thursday 29 August 12 noon Supported byGordon Fraser Charitable Trust The Hub Tickets £6 45 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/conversations

4.00pm – 4.30pm Cesc Gelabert Conversation: choreographer and solo performer on the making of Im (Goldenen)Schnitt I.  Foyer

Beckett on Film A rare opportunity to experience the 19 films, shorts and features,from many different filmmakers and actors, of the Beckett on Filmproject produced by Michael Colgan and Alan Moloney. Catastrophe                  Directed by David Mamet and starring Harold Pinter, Rebecca Pidgeon and John Gielgud Rough for Theatre II   Directed by Katie Mitchell and starring Jim Norton, Timothy Spall and Hugh B O’BrienBreath                             Directed by Damien Hirst10.00am – 10.40am Saturday 31 AugustThe Hub Tickets £4 per screeningSpecial Offer Buy a ticket for 3 to 6 screenings and save 20% or for 7 to 9 screenings and save 30%! eif.co.uk/beckettonfilm