2026

Overview

Recommended Age Guideline 12+

A new collaboration by choreographer Karl Jay-Lewin and composer Matteo Fargion. If I can’t dance I’m not coming reframes Fritz Lang’s 1927 cinematic masterpiece Metropolis, translating silent cinema into a rigorous choreographic score. Performed by an eclectic ensemble of eight, the work rejects virtuosity in favour of dignity, threading humour, rebellion and flashes of tenderness through a democratic creative process. Extending Jay-Lewin and Fargion’s acclaimed Extremely series, this ambitious work resonates with quiet political force.

 

By Karl Jay-Lewin & Matteo Fargion
Made with cast past and present
Music by Matteo Fargion
Made with the support of Creative Scotland, Dance North Scotland, Dance Base, Curious Seed
Produced by Agile Arts

Assembly @ Dance Base, 14-16 Grassmarket Edinburgh EH1 2JU view map
Aug 18-20, 25-27

14:40 Daily (60 mins) | £15.50 / £14.50 Concession

Aug 21-23

14:40 Daily (60 mins) | £17.00 / £16.00 Concession

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Assembly @ Dance Base

14-16 Grassmarket Edinburgh EH1 2JU

  • Aug 18-20, 25-27
  • Aug 21-23

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