X Factor: Other Voices, Other Rooms

Other Voices, Other Rooms is X Factor Dance Company's first site-specific work since 1992 and will premiere in spring 2008. The work breaks free from the thematic style of past productions and together with dancers, actors and a musician, audiences of this intimate and thrilling dance theatre experience will venture on an atmospheric voyage of discovery, through emotionally charged landscapes, room by room. The piece will be showcased at the Freemasons Hall George Street Edinburgh from 19 February until 1 March.

Other Voices, Other Rooms is directed and choreographed by X Factor's Artistic Director Alan Greig, who moves into new choreographic territory with this work. It is an imaginative, thought provoking and mysterious promenade piece, featuring leading professional dancers and actors Davina Givan (Richard Alston Company), Errol White (Scottish Dance Theatre, Phoenix Dance Theatre) and Grant Smeaton (Suspect Culture/National Theatre of Scotland, BBC's Only an Excuse) with original music from Tom Murray (Dumb Instrument). The company will also be working with two exceptional performers, Alan Faulds (Traveller) and Craig Simpson (Pilrig Park), both of whom have recently worked with X Factor on education projects.

Education is an integral part of X Factor's identity and the company is committed to the longterm development of youth and community dance through workshops and residencies. Other Voices, Other Rooms will include a college, schools and youth group education programme with the site-specific production forming the central inspiration for the dance workshop.

Previous X Factor Dance Company press quotes:

'A spunky cast delivers fragments of beguiling text and metaphor-laden dance' - Sunday Herald
'The power of dance to weave new world has been harnessed beautifully by X Factor' - The Stage
'A force to be reckoned with' - The Scotsman
'Entertaining, witty and thought-provoking' - Sunday Herald

Performance details Venue: Freemasons Hall, 96 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3DH Performance dates: 19 February - 1 March (excluding Sunday and Monday) Performance times: 18.30 and 20.15 Prices: Tickets £10 (£8), under 26's and groups of 10 or more - £6 Book at Dance Base, 14-16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 0131 225 5525 or on the X Factor website. Tickets are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment, and discuss any access requirements when booking.