"This year’s Pomegranates Festival was superb - the mask-centred theme gave it a special dynamic and coherence, utilising diverse traditional dance forms, as well as to the workshops, debates and the performance pieces. It was simply the best Pomegranates yet!"

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Explore Traditional Dance on Screen at Pomegranates Festival Opening Opening night film programme blends tradition, innovation and global voices Kicking off the 2025 edition of the Pomegranates Festival, World Trad Dance on Screen brings a rich and varied film programme to Edinburgh’s Scottish Storytelling Centre on Friday 25 April. The curated collection of ten international shorts — screening at 6:30pm — offers a rare focus on traditional dance through the cinematic lens, spanning styles as varied as Highland, Chinese Ji Guan, Hip Hop and Indian Kathak.

The Pomegranates Festival opens on 25 April with World Trad Dance on Screen, celebrating traditional dance through cinematic storytelling in Edinburgh!

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