Jack Anderson grew up doing Irish dancing, competing for years before touring internationally.

'Having trained in ballet & contemporary, recently I've been re-embracing my roots as an Irish dancer. I look f/d to Pomegranates Festival to dive into Irish dancing dynamism'

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Sabie Madubela Sabie Madubela

'Growing up in Eastern Cape🇿🇦as a Xhosa girl, I lived & breathed dance. It is second nature to me, even after I settled in Edinburgh. I am delighted to spread the joy, confidence & unity of South African dance at this year’s Pomegranates'

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UoEDanceScienceEd American Scottish Gica Loening – Edinburgh fiddle player, now performing w/ Michael Alpert exploring Scottish & Yiddish repertoire👉'My musicianship connects to the world of dance, both Scottish & Yiddish where I'm well at home. I look f/ to Pomegranates'24, leading Yiddish dance workshop.'🧵7/12

UoEDanceScienceEd American Scottish Evie Waddell – Gaelic & Scots singer, step dancer & fiddler from Stirlingshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

'I am delighted to be contributing to this year’s Pomegranates by leading a workshop a/ Gaelic culture as we learn Scottish step dance & Gaelic songs + performing at the festival finale'

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Shout out to our Pomegranates Festival partners linktr.ee/pomegranatesfes👋

TRACS
Creative Scotland
Moray House School of Education and Sport
UoEDanceScienceEd
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Edinburgh Libraries
Central Library
The City of Edinburgh Council
Dance Base Scotland
Bòrd na Gàidhlig
#TheWilliamSysonFoundation
#ScottishCommunityAlliance

Brigitte Cicilya Juliet, now UoEDanceScienceEd, brings to Pomegranates Festival 20y of practising Indonesian trad dance + ballet, contemporary, K-Pop & Hip Hop in her native Surabaya🇮🇩

'I look f/d to teaching Indonesian trad dance & perfroming at this year’s Pomegranates'

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Pay What You Can or Free...
The words I love to see 👏

Lara Russo and Inesa Vėlavičiūtė of Italian Folk Connections + friends f/ the Badwills band – all based in Edinburgh.

'Can't wait to share our passion for the family of Southern Italian Tarantella dances, inc/ Tammurriata, with all at Pomegranates 2024. Join us!'
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World DanceSport Nadia Khattab of El-Funoun PDT has been immersed in Palestinian trad dance for 25 years in her native Ramallah & now in Edinburgh.

'Having performed on hundreds of stages, I look f/d to this year’s Pomegranates as a Dabkeh teacher & performer in the festival finale .'

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Niki and Yangyang, professional ballroom dancers w/ more than 20y of experience, now based in Edinburgh. The only Asian dancers to reach the finals of World DanceSport!

'It's a privilege to lead a Waltz workshop & interact w/ everyone at the Pomegranates Fest this year.'

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Let the countdown to our day of world trad dance on 20 April 9am-5pm BST Moray House School of Education and Sport begin! One of the highlights of our Pomegranates festival!

Meet the ace dance tutors and dance musicians 🧵

FREE! In-person & Livestream! Book now 👉linktr.ee/pomegranatesfe…

🙏RT far & wide

Join us for a spot of heritage crafting inspired by trad dance & our Pomegranates Festival exhibition w/ resident artist Mare Tralla Natty Peeps

10 Apr 6pm Central Library. FREE. A few spaces left. Register now: linktr.ee/pomegranatesfe…

Pls, RT Craft Scotland & Heritage Crafts

#TartanDay #TartanWeek

Joining us for a day of 12 CPD workshops led by artists based in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-one of the Pomegranates highlights!

Meet some of the lead artists - Scottish Step, Tammurriata, American Country Line, Chinese Classical!

20 Apr 9am-5pm BST Moray House School of Education and Sport
FREE & HYBRID linktr.ee/pomegranatesfe…

Are you a dance artist interested in or influenced by Scottish & world trad dance?

Join us for a day of 12 CPD workshops led by artists based in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿-one of the Pomegranates highlights!

🌟20 Apr 9am-5pm BST Moray House School of Education and Sport
🎟️FREE & HYBRID linktr.ee/pomegranatesfe…

📸Duncan McGlynn

We love the live music & exhibitions on the mezzanine Central Library!

Enjoy the music, browse our exhibition of trad dance books & artefacts + try the related FREE craft workshops led by artist Mare Tralla of Natty Peeps. Book now👉 linktr.ee/pomegranatesfe…

📸Stefania Alonzi

Grab your FREE copy of this fab issue of The List & read Lucy Ribchester's ace interview w/ Jonzi D tox - our Pomegranates 2024 Festival choreographer-in-residence.

Make sure you book your🎟️for Jonzi's shows at our festival finale 29 & 30 Apr👉linktr.ee/pomegranatesfe…

Try heritage crafts associated with trad dance and inspired by our #dancearoundtheworld exhibition Central Library in FREE workshops led by our Pomegranates Festival artist-in-resident Mare Tralla of Natty Peeps

10, 17 & 30 Apr 6pm Central Library
Book now👉linktr.ee/pomegranatesfe…

Browse trad dance books & artefacts handpicked f/ public & private collections in the 1st of 2 Pomegranates festival exhibitions

Dance around the World Central Library | FREE entry
Now open until 30 Apr Mon-Wed 10am-8pm & Thu-Sat 10am-5pm👉linktr.ee/pomegranatesfe…

📸Mare Tralla

It was at Pomegranates 2023 that we helped establish Kvity Ukrainy – Edinburgh's own Uktrainian trad dance troupe and continue to support their professional development.

See them perform at this year's festival 👉linktr.ee/pomegranatesfe…

Please help if you can 👇