Performance
REMOTE
Jess Curtis’ Remote asks are we mobilised or frozen? At home, alone in front of our screens, do we transcend or are we trapped in our bodies? Performers Linda Fearon and Tara Brandel use electronic media and social networking to investigate the ups and downs of our bodies within our evolving digital culture.
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Choreographer: Jess Curtis
Dancers:
Linda Fearon
Tara Brandel
Cork Midsummer Festival, Firkin Crane 17 June 2016
West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen 18 June 2016
Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 23 & 24 June 2016
Dance Limerick, 23 February 2017
Intercontinental Collaborations San Francisco, Nov 2-4 2017
Funders: The Arts Council, Culture Ireland and Cork City Council
RHYTHM OF FIERCE
Rhythm is a dancer. It’s a soul’s companion. You can feel it everywhere.
Lift your hands and voices. Free your mind and join us. You can feel it in the air. It’s a passion’ Snap..
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Choreographer: Fearghus Ó Conchúir with the performers
Composition and Sound Design: Alma Kelliher
Design and Lighting: Ciaran O’Melia
Dancers:
Tara Brandel
Mike Daley
Siobhan Ni Dhuinnin
Mary Nugent
Firkin Crane, Cork, February 2015
The Cube, NUIG, Galway, February 2015
Ballina Arts Centre, February 2015
Uillinn:West Cork Arts Centre, February 2015
Dance Limerick, October 2015
Funded by The Arts Council
Supported by Firkin Crane
AN OUTSIDE UNDERSTANDING
Delving into the personal, this duet reveals what defines us, what our dreams are and what is shared between us – a glimpse into our very souls.
Nominated for two ABSOLUT Fringe Awards: Best Staging and Best Female Performance
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Choreographer Liz Roche
Dancers:
Mary Nugent
Dawn Mulloy
ABSOLUT Fringe, Dublin, Sept 2012
Cork County Library, Cork Culture Night, Sept 2012
Ballina Arts Centre, March 2013
Regional Culural Centre, Letterkenny, March 2013
Mall Arts Centre, Youghal April 2013
Dublin Dance Festival, Peacock Theatre May 2013
Funded by The Arts Council, Cork County Council
GAWKY AND AWKWARD
A solo that explores one dancers struggle with dyslexia
‘Whether you see dyslexia as a disability or not, it affects your daily life, and you have to get to a place of excepting it for its foibles, what it gives you, and what it takes away – the way it interrupts your life… In that way it is so like Love.’ (Caroline Bowditch)
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Choreographed and Performed by Tara BrandelDirected by Caroline BowditchOriginal Composition Charlotte WhiteSound Sculpture Colm RooneyLighting Design Kevin Smith
Ballina Arts Centre (premiere) March 2013Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, March 2013
Ballydehob Hall April 2013
Youghal Mall Arts Centre April 2013
West Cork Arts Centre May 2013
Propeller Dance, Ottawa, Canada October 2013
Skibbereen Arts Festival August 2014
San Francisco International Arts Festival May 2015
Funded by the Arts Council and Cork County Council and supported by the Firkin Crane and an Arts Access Central Australia residency
THIS IS
This Is: This is in the making. This is where we find meaning. This is what it is. This is the story of how we came to be in this space together now . . . with you. This is here. This is what we make of it
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Choreographer Adam Benjamin
Dancers:
James O’Shea
Mary Nugent
Dawn Mulloy
Tom Pritchard
Tara Brandel
ABSOLUT Fringe, Dublin Sept 2010 (Dance in Progress)
Abhainn Ri Festival, Callan July 2011 (Dance in Progress)
Sant Andreu Teater, Barcelona, September 2011 (Premiere)
Mayo Culture Night, Ballina, September 2011
Dampfzentrale Arts Festival, Berne, Switzerland June 2013
KPD Anniversary Show, Miami, Florida May 2015
Funders: The Arts Council, Culture Ireland, Mayo County Council and supported by the Firkin Crane
FANCY DRESS
What is fancy dress? Are we mobilised or frozen? These were the questions posed in our 10th Anniversary Double Bill, featuring choreography by David Bolger and Jess Curtis.
David Bolger’s Fancy Dress challenges what, really, is fancy dress: Is it something we wear to parties? Something to disguise our true selves? In this short, snappy trio, a walking stick becomes a magic wand in the hands of performers Jack Webb, Mike Daley and Tara Brandel.
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Choreographer: David Bolger
Dancers:
Jack Webb
Mike Daley
Tara Brandel
Cork Midsummer Festival, Firkin Crane 17 June 2016
West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen 18 June 2016
Project Arts Centre, Dublin, 23 & 24 June 2016
Dance Limerick, 23 February 2017
Funders: The Arts Council and Cork City Council
