DOT504 / Holdin' Fast @ FRINGE Festival 2008

- Best Young Company nomination for TOTALTHEATREAWARDS

From the reviews @ Fringe Festival Edinburgh:

Fringe Review
There were so many moments full of grace and style, so many moments where you just think "How did they do that!?" I had a couple of grumbles. Some of the text could have been delivered with more clarity and I think a bit more practise with the microphone would help. I was also annoyed that the venue let people in after the show had started. Doesn't usually bother me but in this case it did. This is a beautiful work that lingers in the mind long after its over. It's poetic, funny and sexy and gets 5 stars.

List Festival Guide
Avant-garde physical theatre and expressive contemporary dance – sensual and playful!

Three Weeks
Titillating even before the show starts, the four pairs of legs with disembodied voices canoodling boisterously before us are like foreplay to the main event. Sold as a "dreamy ballad of sexual dependency" DOT504's work is raw and visceral, and while overtly sexual at times, it remains sexy and sensual. Dancers are carried with a swift caress until they hook, flex and hurl themselves into an athletic airborne flight of dangerous orchestrated beauty. At times violent and challenging, the series of scenes and dances contain magic, humour and gravity. As the company conveys the weight of touch and pressure of connection, sometimes gentle, but more often heavy, they grasp onto bodies in motion and hold tight. It's an exhilarating ride.

The Scotsman
Working the same seam as Scottish Dance Theatre or Rambert, they fuse classical technique with a modern experimentation, examining the erotic philosophy!