From the visual art spaces of Tramway and the Gallery of Modern Art to the outdoor stage at Queens Park Arena, the festival’s fourth edition will travel beyond its Tramway home, to Glasgow’s streets, parks and cultural venues as well as online this October.
The festival’s reimagined format will embrace hybridity to cater for all varieties of audiences. Featuring outstanding performance from local and national artists, performances will be presented live indoors and outdoors and through film, virtual reality and DIG’s new digital strand. Experimenting with a new festival approach, DIG will take place in two stages: in October 2021 and Spring 2022.
The Spring 2022 programme features performances from Project X, Suzi Cunningham, Three 60 and Farah Saleh with further details to be announced shortly.
Highlights of the October 2021 programme include Love Dance Scotland (LDS) commission award recipients Shotput open the festival on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 October with work-in-progress ‘Totentanz’, a dance macabre for our times and a manifesto to connect through death rather than be isolated by it. ‘Totentanz’ will feature an accompanying exhibition (Tramway Upper Gallery, 2 - 17 October) created by Shotput and performance photographer Brian Hartley.
Fellow LDS commission recipient FRAN.K presents ‘Living in the Space Between’ (Thursday 14 - Saturday 23 October). The hybrid virtual/live club night and immersive dance installation is one of a number of DIG performances exploring club culture. The work will see 17 exceptional artists across the worlds of club music, performance art, dance and club performance come together for a six hour kaleidoscopic journey with a pulsing soundscape.
Night-time outdoor performance and mobile projection parade ‘STRUT’ by MHz take over the streets of Pollokshields (Thursday 7 October) and Govanhill (Sunday 10 October). Residents can watch from windows and doorsteps as five local dance heroes reflect the celebratory energy of their much loved neighbourhoods. The dancers’ personal styles will range from bhangra to romani, salsa and hip-hop.
Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballet present a series of five films (Thurdsay 21 October). ‘Whiteout’ and ‘Loose Leaf Tea’ which will feature responses from pupils at St Albert primary school. The colourful films will tour on a moving van through the neighbourhoods of Pollokshields and Govanhill.
‘Everybody With Me, Always’ by London’s Deptford Freestylers’ (Wednesday 20 October) will feature film, activities and encourage interactive performance in a relaxed environment. Audiences can stand up, make noise, move around and join the dancers if they feel like it or just relax and enjoy the show.
For full programme information and to book, visit Tramway's website »
Where possible we will update our listings to notify of cancelled, postponed and rescheduled events, however we STRONGLY ADVISE that you check with the venue/organiser in the first instance for updates.
All information (whether in text or photographs) is supplied in good faith but should not be relied upon as being a statement of representation or fact.GOT AN EVENT TO SHARE? It's free to post your events on What's On Glasgow, click here to find out more!
Want to be the first to hear about what's happening in Glasgow? Just hit 'Like' on our Facebook page, join the What's On Scotland Facebook Group and 'Follow' on our Twitter account and you're all set!Idols of Mud and Water is the first institutional solo exhibition in the UK and Europe for the Sydney-based artist, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran.
READ MOREFONDS, a new photography exhibition, film and podcast, tells the stories of Govanhill through some of its residents' most treasured objects!
READ MOREPrintshop! is a participatory print exhibition that everyone can get involved in, centred around a programme of free drop-in printmaking workshops* and Tramway's in-house letterpress.
READ MOREProject X presents the Artist Voice choreographic platform featuring new works from selected Artist Voice 24 residents: Mario Ento-Engkolo and Gaia Silvan.
READ MOREFuturistic Folktales at Tramway tells the momentous tale of the first womb, humbly attempting to unify humanity through the infinite narrative of birth.
READ MOREKontemporary Korea is a double bill of K:Dance at Tramway featuring Sung Im Her and Melancholy Dance Company!
READ MOREWhether you're looking to pick up a few line dance steps or just looking for a great way to ease yourself into fitness, you're bound to have a good time at Flora Petrie Line Dancing Classes!
READ MORESloans Famous Friday Ceilidh is back and it's bigger and better than ever... it's a must for everyone visiting Glasgow and any true weegie!
READ MOREGlasgow Lindyhoppers hold weekly drop-in Beginners & Improvers Swing Dance Classes at Community Central Hall, Maryhill!
READ MOREDrag-Opticon is the monthly live drag show at the Britannia Panopticon which showcases the best of the Glasgow Drag scene!
READ MOREThe JayBee's and Maggie's Line Dance Class presents Boot Scootin' Boogie, an afternoon of Country Line Dancing lessons and live music, at Charlie's Loft in Milngavie!
READ MORELose yourself in the raw intensity of this sleek and unmissable ballet, Scottish Ballet's Swan Lake is returning to Scotland after its sell-out 2016 debut!
READ MOREGlasgow Jitterbugs return to Garnethill Multicultural Centre with their Thursday night Lindy Hop, Charleston and Collegiate Shag drop-in classes!
READ MOREProject X presents the Artist Voice choreographic platform featuring new works from selected Artist Voice 24 residents: Mario Ento-Engkolo and Gaia Silvan.
READ MORECome and join Ceilidh Tots for a mini Scottish traditional music concert for young children and their families at Hillhead Sports Club!
READ MOREGo Radio | Number 1 for Glasgow & The West - Listen on DAB, Online or on your Smart Speaker, just say "Launch Go Radio"