In Compagnia Bellanda’s hypnotic Il canto dell’assiolo, breaking and contemporary dance collide in a raw, unflinching study of romantic partnership.

In YoChen Yeh’s singular Dragon, six dancers merge and recoil before a robotic arm, interrogating the tense threshold between organic body and machine.

At the 2026 EIF, Yuxi Jiang finds Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Ihsane weaves personal grief & cultural history into an extraordinary dance ritual.

At Edinburgh, Cherkaoui’s Ihsane is a dazzling sensory feast of Moroccan culture, yet its elusive narrative leaves audiences admiring from the outside.

Meta Description (143 characters): In Soft Spot at the Edinburgh Fringe, Sweden’s Olo Company turns 300 wine glasses into an exquisite, heart-in-mouth meditation on fragility and trust.