Celebrate UNESCO International Day of Dance with the Pomegranates' flagship show Hidden Faces choreographed by Pomegranates Festival hip hop dance theatre artist-in-residence Jonzi D (back by popular demand!) in close collaboration with Emma Ready and Sean Edwards, as well as a dozen dancers and musicians wearing newly commissioned masks by the festival heritage craft artist-in-residence Lorraine Pritchard.
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Plus Plus, see the curtain raiser Sequins – a new hip hop dance theatre solo by Kalubi Mukengela-Jacoby set to the Pomegranates Festival spoken word commission of 10 poems Sequins of Poems to Dance To by Ian McMillan.
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Pay What You Can (£5, £10 or £15 + booking fee)
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https://www.tdfs.org/pomegranates/ or by clicking GET TICKETS
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“Following my Pomegranates festival debut last year, I am really honoured to be invited back as this year’s choreographer-in-residence, plus I am particularly partial to the new festival theme of masks. Traditional dance is important, including masked dance, because it represents living heritage while celebrating difference. I think we’ve reached a period in society where our differences are being used against us; our differences are being used to keep us separated; our differences are being used as judgmental tools. Manufactured polarisation. But our infinite differences define our identities, and still we have more in common than we have apart. Pomegranates Festival celebrates our differences.” - Jonzi D
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The programme lasts about 90 minutes and will be followed by an opportunity to mingle and network at which all are welcome. 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, film, poetry, art, craft and fashion.
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Find out more about Pomegranates Festival 2025:
https://www.tdfs.org/pomegranates/
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