Ballet Freedom

These show notes warn of 'scenes of a sexual nature' but do not mention the graphic sexual violence which is also played out on stage. In one opening scene a clearly unconscious woman is sexually assaulted by three seperate men. These men then appear to take trophies from her lifeless body. I would encourage anyone who has been a victim of sexual violence to carefully consider whether this show is right for them. I would also encourage this site to update their show description to more accurately portray the nature of this show.

Amazing performances and choreography. Very moving. The interpretation has polarised people but I saw it as the violation of Ukraine and the fight back rather than gender based or patriarchal .

I don’t know what the hell happened as I felt like I was transported to Narnia on acid, but this is an hour of my life I’ll never get back. A bizarre combination of skits blending soft porn with roast chicken. Avoid.

Best show on fringe festival. I visited some more (about 10 shows) and I could not found any better

A beautiful, sensual and perfectly executed contemporary ballet performance. Made me cry and made me happy. Worth seeing for sure

While the dancers are very skillful and the stage design is amusing, the overall choreography and music is very underwhelming. From a gender point of view, the whole show is very heteronormative and binary, and the show also includes a lot of gender-specific violence, which is quite unsettling. It's a bit sad to see genders are still presented in such a flat way in such a grand show in 2022.

Amazing definitely the best show we have seen at the fringe. Graceful, thought provoking passionate and sensitive. I can’t recommend this company enough. Thank you. Seeing other comments come through the reviews…everyone has individual preferences and ways of processing the art in front of them. The world would be vanilla without this difference, people take different thoughts away with them at the end of this adaptation. Personally I looked beyond the flesh to the movement and grace and skills of the performers Well done all involved

The dancers were limber and interesting but we found the theme verging on soft porn and some of it miming violent porn. Nothing in the description prepared us for such a lengthy sexualized performance. It wasn’t our taste. Also the music was way too loud. Unnecessary. Our ears were still ringing after the show.

I took my 9 year old and we both really enjoyed it. I would say though that I think a lot of it went straight over her head - a slightly less naive kid would have had a lot of new knowledge after this show! Really engaging but would suggest being mindful of the warnings (though there's no nudity -that was the main warning and I'm not bothered by that - but the dancers are often scantily clothed and enjoying lots of sexy times! And some murder)

An excellent, entertaining and engaging show!