Dance

THE RIVER (premiere) is Flora Fauna Projects latest work – a large scale dance piece performed by 20 women primarily from Sheriff Street and Ballybough.

Walls Talk is a dance piece for solo dancer and singer. The work considers the notion of memory being recorded in the material world around us: all our actions, our feelings and thoughts, frozen in matter and energy, every material akin to magnetic recording tape, the disturbances we create remaining there for eternity.

My mum has senile dementia. I made my last piece about her. But it wasn’t enough.

If aerial is the dance of industrial technology, what will the dance of biotechnology be?

A unique showcase of Irish and Irish-American choreography, featuring work by top Irish and Irish-American choreographers representing a wide perspective on modern Irish identity and varying influences on Irish dance, from traditional to contemporary.

A furry monster, a headstrong child-woman, a jumping shamanic devil, a crumbling statue… Simultaneously wise man and wild man, Merlin dances at the interface of law and nature: we are moving animals, longing for meaning.

What makes us help someone and what makes us simply stand by? An intriguing and adventurous production by multi-award winning dance theatre innovators, Junk Ensemble. Inspired by the ‘bystander effect’ phenomenon of the murder of Kitty Genovese.

Three performers dance their memories and hopes in this raw allegory of life. It’s about people using whatever they can to make their own perfect solo.

This is it. It’s over. The end of days. Humanity and the world as we know it are ending and we’ve stared deep into the abyss to make a documentary for you. Using live-stream film, physicality and performance, we see the stages of the breakdown, the fallout, all that passed.

A sinister dance-theatre production for young adults. An all-male cast of highly physical street dancers dissect modern life, from the unanticipated consequences of new technologies to political conspiracy and manmade horrors and drawing on classic dystopian cinema and cautionary tales.

A LIFE OF PLAY is a creative dance and play project from the CoisCéim BROADREACH Project, for children aged 5 -10 and their older family members aged 50+. Commissioned by Bealtaine Presented in partnership with Dublin Dance Festival.

Ireland’s leading dance event, the Festival brings together dance artists and choreographers from across the world to share vibrant contemporary dance with audiences in Ireland.

A humorous and provocative piece, this cheeky work from controversial choreographer and social commentator Robyn Orlin, offers us a glimmer of hope while challenging our preconceptions. Part of Dublin Dance Festival 2018.

Rebels on Pointe is the untold story of the world-famous Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. The all-male comic ballet company was founded in the 1970s on the heels of New York’s Stonewall riots and has a diverse cult following around the world.

As robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) become increasingly prevalent, questions arise around their impact on human relationships. This is the topic of Akram Khan’s thought-provoking documentary, Can We Live With Robots?, commissioned by Channel 4.

Leila’s Death, a stirring contemporary work by Lebanese choreographer and performer Ali Chahrour, delves into the fading tradition of professional Shiite mourner. Presented as part of Dublin Dance Festival

Dance work emerging amidst the call to repeal the 8th Amendment, merging film, voice and movement to confront the stark realities of women’s rights and freedom of choice in Ireland today. Presented as part of Dublin Dance Festival.

Choreographer Lea Moro courageously takes Baroque still life painting as a starting point for this playful dance piece. Part of Dublin Dance Festival.

A land awash with electric pinks, acid greens and chilly hues of blue where the inhabitants play their games of cause-and-effect.

Following sold out runs at Project with Woman Stood Regardless (2014) and Ultima Thule (2018) Catherine Young returns with a brand new piece inspired by her time working with asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland.

Angie Smalis, Colin Gee and Mark Carberry present a new dance work for three historical figures set in Limerick’s St. John’s Square.