Photo Flash: Sneak Peek - Edinburgh International Festival 2013

"The 2013 Edinburgh International Festival invites you to embark upon a journey inspired by the way technology seizes and shifts our perceptions of a world, translated by such visionaries as J S Bach, Samuel Beckett or Richard Burton, John Cage, Jean Cocteau or François Couperin, Leonardo da Vinci or Allen Ginsberg, Sergei Prokofiev or Nam June Paik, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis or Frank Zappa.

If it is the role of the artist to convert a strand of silver nitrate into a portrait, a sound wave into a memory, or an LED into a provocation, then we encourage you to come to Edinburgh in August for a very special occasion filled with pre-recorded mischief, virtual mystery and vivid make-believe." - Jonathan Mills, Festival Director

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Patti Smith and Philip Glass in THE POET SPEAKS

Histoire dâ€amour

Histoire dâ€amour

Histoire dâ€amour

DANCE ODYSSEYS, Scottish Ballet

DANCE ODYSSEYS, Scottish Ballet

DANCE ODYSSEYS, Scottish Ballet

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Transmitted Live: Nam June Paik Resounds

Don Quichotte du Trocadéro, José Montalvo

Don Quichotte du Trocadéro, José Montalvo

Monk Meredith, On Behalf of Nature

Monk Meredith, On Behalf of Nature

Benjamin Millepied/L.A. Dance Project m

METAMORPHOSIS, Contemporary Legend Theatre

METAMORPHOSIS, Contemporary Legend Theatre

METAMORPHOSIS, Contemporary Legend Theatre

METAMORPHOSIS, Contemporary Legend Theatre

METAMORPHOSIS, Contemporary Legend Theatre

METAMORPHOSIS, Contemporary Legend Theatre

MADAME FREEDOM, YMAP (Your Media Arts Project)

LEAVING PLANET EARTH, Grid Iron

L. A. Dance Project

I'llgoon, Gate Theatre Dublin

HAMLET, The Wooster Group

HAMLET, The Wooster Group

HAMLET, The Wooster Group

FIDELIO, Opéra de Lyon

EMBERS, Pan Pan Theatre

DIDO and ANAES, Oper Frankfurt

DIDO and ANAES, Oper Frankfurt

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

BLUEBEARD, Oper Frankfurt

BLUEBEARD, Oper Frankfu

Bang on a Can All Stars

LULU, Scottish Opera and The Opera Group