Tuesday, August 13

Dance at Old Saint Paul's Church: Dancing Ash Wednesday

Name: Dance at Old Saint Paul's Church: Dancing Ash Wednesday
Start: 2024-08-13T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-08-13T14:00:00+01:00
Location: Old Saint Paul's Scottish Episcopal Church

TS Eliot’s profoundly spiritual poem Ash Wednesday is highly suggestive for choreography.

By Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts

Date and time

Tuesday, August 13 · 1 - 2pm GMT+1

Location

Old Saint Paul's Scottish Episcopal Church

63 Jeffrey Street Edinburgh EH1 1DH United Kingdom

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About this event

1 hour

TS Eliot’s poem Ash Wednesday is widely regarded as a work of great spiritual depth. Its images are full of movement, making it highly suggestive for choreography and the art of dance. Paul Burrows (dancer/priest) has created a piece in which movement interacts with the speaker in Eliot’s poem; narrated by George Ormerod. A highly unusual integration of the arts of dance and poetry.

Organized by

Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts

Between Sunday 11th and Saturday 17th August 2024, seven Edinburgh city centre churches will host a wide range of events in music, poetry, visual art, architecture, dance and film. Highlights include sacred jazz at St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, poetry in Canongate Kirk, guided tours with Scotland’s Church Trust, dance at Old Saint Paul’s, film at St Vincent’s Chapel, and vespers at Sacred Heart. Full details of the week-long programme can be found on our website. This annual Festival is an initiative of the Edinburgh Sacred Arts Foundation.