Border Bodies
Border Bodies is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Assembly @ Dance Base. It has 18 performances listed, running from Fri 7 Aug, 17:15 to Sun 30 Aug, 17:15. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
A plurality of bodies beyond their visible social markers. Despite their diverse backgrounds artists unite believing that even different individualities empower each other when they act as one. In times of social segregation, we deal with a crossing of the mental boundaries and not just the physical ones. Border Bodies desires to acknowledge the portrait of humanity: collective, clustered, seeking interactions and associations. In the midst of the silence of distancing, we rediscover and invent ways of being together. On stage, hierarchies between social roles are tested, questioned and reorganized. The show is part of São Paulo Showcase.
Details
- Venue: Assembly @ Dance Base
- Space: DB3
- Genre: CIRCUS, Dance, Contemporary
- Country: BRAZIL
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 90 seats (DB3) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 18, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: lift
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Hearing loop
- Venue notes: Wheelchair access type:Lift (Building Lift) Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 6 published reviews and 21 audience reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
In the closing moments of Border Bodies, as seven individuals stand before us, sweat glistening, eyes smiling, it’s clear they’ve been on a journey. So have we.
— The Scotsman (5 out of 5 stars)
A breathtaking collision of bodies, identities and movement — Border Bodies asks what happens when difference doesn’t divide us, but gives us the strength to move together.
— Theatre Now (5 out of 5 stars)
This isn't a company that has arrived with a neat package labelled “Brazilian dance.” It feels lived in. Tested. Earned. And perhaps that's why the collision is so exciting.
— Disrupting Stages (5 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Fri 7 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 8 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 9 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Wed 12 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £14.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £14.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 15 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 16 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Wed 19 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £14.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £14.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 22 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 23 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Wed 26 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £14.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £14.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 29 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 30 Aug, 17:15 — Already performed — £15.50