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theensemblegroup
By MARY BRENNAN for The Herald


On paper this theensemblegroup programme looked almost too good to be true: commissioned pieces from strikingly different choreographers – Fringe regular Toni Mira already an internationally acclaimed talent, Christopher Hampson and Cathy Marston increasingly claiming recognition beyond the UK – plus a pointework duet, by company founder Norman Douglas, that had gone down well on last year's Fringe.

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Ensemble Group
by Robert Dawson Scott for The Times.


THE return of Norman Douglas’s ensemblegroup, precious typography aside, is a cause for rejoicing. Before it appeared, two years ago, the idea a contemporary Scottish dance company could take on the open prairies of Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre, one of the widest proscenium arches in Europe, was openly ridiculed.

But the doubters were routed and although Douglas’s ad hoc troupe does not yet have the funding he deserves, here he is back with 12 fine dancers hand-picked from around the world, three new pieces from choreographers as varied as Christopher Hampson, Toni Mira and Cathy Marston, and a duet that Douglas himself made for Edinburgh’s Dance Base only last year.

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Culture: Ensemble heads for a grander stage
By Mike Wade for The Sunday Times:


A passion for dance may not be something it’s wise to advertise if you’re used to hanging out in Govan, but Norman Douglas, sometime shipworker and amateur footballer, has plenty to crow about these days.

Readers may recall that Douglas was the dance enthusiast who went to Castlemilk to search for the next generation of Billy Elliots, a project which indicates the scale of his ambition.

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