DANCE BASE, EDINBURGH The three Fates of Greek mythology preside over human destiny from a cosmic sweatshop in this captivating piece of dance-theatre The Spinners, a collaboration between Scottish director Al Seed and Australian choreographer-dancer Lina Limosani, is a richly crafted theatrical tapestry that cleverly questions notions of destiny and female agency. It transposes the three Fates of Greek mythology (who spin, measure and cut the cloth of life) from antiquity to a bleak cosmic sweatshop. This grey-clad trio of post-industrial goddesses preside over a rusty vat and a screen hung with what look like curtain tassels. It soon becomes apparent, via the dancers’ dextrous manipulation of thread and a massive pair of knitting needles, that these anonymous bunches of yarn represent individual human lives, each one created and ritually disposed of by the Fates. Continue reading...
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