It’s not such a leap to imagine Lewis Major Projects soon moving from the Fringe to the Edinburgh International Festival, such is the majesty and skill of their work. Triptych Redux builds on Triptych and Lien’s success last year, premiering new work here and featuring Major himself. The Australian choreographer (a former sheep shearer turned gymnast then dancer) returns to the stage for the first time since 2015 when his dance career was cut short by a broken back. 

‘Unfolding’ is an intense, elemental sequence, growing from underwater calm into a squally storm of limbs. Four bodies spiral under lighting designer Fausto Brusamolino’s dizzying pyramid of barcode lines, then one dancer appears to balance on a tightrope of moving light. Finally, two nymph bodies peacefully entangle on the floor, dappled in white sun speckles. In ‘Epilogue Act 1: Lament’, Rebecca Bassett-Graham is lifted for the entire duet by Stefaan Morrow. Her feet never touch the ground; bodies longing and interlocking, wrapping, folding in acrobatic grace. From the opening of ‘Prologue’ with its trio of dancers swirling like jewellery-box ballerinas in black crop tops, to the closing ‘Epilogue: Act 2’ with its corkscrew helix arms and liquid floorwork, this is astonishing, sinewy poetry. 

Triptych Redux, Zoo Southside, until 24 August, 9.30pm; main picture: Ven Tithing