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Edinburgh 2007: Tartan dance

Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet are enjoying their third consecutive year at Edinburgh. The company's programme for 2007 includes the world premiere of Ride the Beast, choreographed by Stephen Petronio with music by Radiohead. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod
Scottish Ballet
Alice Bain admired the "sparky stacatto style" of Scottish Ballet's Ride the Beast, but found the dance "just a little too clean, not quite in tune with the gutsy sexiness of those passionate sounds". Photograph: Murdo MacLeod
On Danse
Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu whisked together hip-hop, flamenco and ballet in their production On Danse. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod
On Danse
Judith Mackrell detected elements of Ovid, La Fontaine, Rameau and Tully in Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu's performance. Oh ... and lots of fluffy bunny rabbits too. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod
Cabaret Decay Unlimited
On the Fringe, France's Decay Unlimited are staging a dance with death in their macabre cabaret. Photograph: PR
Royal Ballet of Flanders
The Royal Ballet of Flanders' presentation of William Forsythe's Impressing the Czar was one of the most eagerly anticipated events of Edinburgh's international festival. Alice Bain found this UK premiere to be a "humorous, poignant, human" circus. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/freelance
Bellydance Diaries
At the Zoo, Daphne Pena's show offers everything you ever wanted to know about belly-dancing but were afraid to ask. Photograph: PR
The Bacchae
At the King's Theatre, David Greig turned Euripides' complex drama The Bacchae into an all-singing, all-dancing spectacle with Alan Cumming. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/freelance
Cape Dance Company
South Africa's 24-strong Cape Dance Company performed works by choreographers including Sean Bovim and Michelle Reid. Photograph: PR
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Trisha Brown Dance Company are performing Set and Reset, their collaboration with Laurie Anderson and Robert Rauschenberg. Photograph: Naoya Ikegani/Saitama Arts Foundation
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