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On the motionless nights of the Karst summer, a call crosses the dark: keu... keu... The scops owl sings, hidden among branches, revealing itself only through its voice. From this image, Compagnia Bellanda shapes a visceral duet on love's fragile threshold – between desire and control, tenderness and aggression, guidance and surrender. Rooted in breaking and evolving into intimate partnering, the choreography entwines bodies, breath and stripped language. Sound is amplified, fractured, returned as memory. Suspended between choice and destiny, the performers inhabit a space where empathy…
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Il canto dell'assiolo is by Compagnia Bellanda, listed under Dance Physical Theatre and Circus in the Fringe programme. It plays at Assembly @ Dance Base, 14-16 Grassmarket, EH1 2JU, 18 August to 30 August.
The show runs 45 minutes and is suitable for ages 16+. Tickets from £14. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes.