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Yes and Yes

Liz Roche Company presents

10-12 November 2022

A landscape photograph of four dancers, two male and two females. The dance floor is a beige colour and the background is black. Each of the dancers are dressed in a floral morph suit. One pink, one blue, one black and one green. The floral morph suits are covering each part of their skin from head to toe. In the foreground of the image a female dancer lays on top of one of the male dancers with her face facing upwards with the male dancer lying flat underneath her perched body. Behind them are the other two male and female dancers, one with an arched back and face facing upwards, the other sitting down behind them looking up at their stance. Clothes are scattered on the floor in the background of the image.
To mark 100 years since the first publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses, Solas Nua, Washington D.C, with Cork Opera House, has commissioned choreographer Liz Roche to create a brand-new dance piece.

To mark 100 years since the first publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses, one of the most important works of modern literature, Solas Nua in Washington D.C, in partnership with Cork Opera House, has commissioned choreographer Liz Roche and her company to create a brand-new dance piece, Yes and Yes.

Yes and Yes takes its title from the final episode of the book which both begins and ends with a “yes”. “…yes I said yes I will Yes”; the famous last words of the book, exclaimed by Molly Bloom. The dance journeys through the episodes of Ulysses, exploring the sensuality, absurdity, release, and resignation of the book in movement with four extraordinary dancers and through film, sound, and design.

Over 70 minutes, the work maps the movement of the narrative through the streets of Dublin in 1904 and explores those same spaces and encounters today, with contemporary bodies revealing new and surprising connections.

Yes and Yes by Liz Roche is a co-production between Solas Nua in Washington D.C. and Liz Roche Company in partnership with Cork Opera House. Commissioned by Solas Nua. Kindly supported by Culture Ireland, The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon, and Dublin City Council.

“Liz Roche is an artist with a serious track record. . .” Judith Mackrell, THE GUARDIAN “Liz Roche from Ireland continues to marry an increasingly unquiet rhetoric with gorgeous movement” IRISH CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2018 TANZ Magazine (Ballet International/Tanz Aktuell) “Liz Roche Company dancers have a unique musicality of movement all their own…. doing what the best contemporary dancers do: making us see the familiar human body as something wonderful” (Sunday Times)

Yes and Yes by Liz Roche is a co-production between Solas Nua in Washington DC and Liz Roche Company in partnership with Cork Opera House. Commissioned by Solas Nua. Kindly supported by Culture Ireland and The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Project Arts Centre is proudly supported by The Arts Council and Dublin City Council.

Choreography: Liz Roche In collaboration with dancers: Sarah Cerneaux, Mufutau Yusuf, Diarmuid Armstrong and Grace Cuny Music: Ray Harman Stage and Costume Design: Katie Davenport Lighting Design: Davison Scandrett Film/Videography: José Miguel Jiménez Dramaturgy: Wayne Jordan

Established in 1999, Liz Roche Company is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary dance companies. With a reputation for its finely wrought and beautifully crafted choreographic style, the Dublin based company presents the works of choreographer Liz Roche in collaboration with artists, dancers and designers of the highest calibre. An artistically distinctive and ambitious arts organisation, the company has produced over twenty original productions, touring throughout Ireland and further afield in the UK, Germany, France, USA, Australia and China, most notably being presented at the Baryshnikov Arts Centre and Judson Memorial Church in New York, the South Bank Centre, London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at access@projectartscentre.ie or call 01 8819 613. You can find the latest information about Project’s accessibility here.

To mark 100 years since the first publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses, one of the most important works of modern literature, Solas Nua in Washington D.C, in partnership with Cork Opera House, has commissioned choreographer Liz Roche and her company to create a brand-new dance piece, Yes and Yes.

Yes and Yes takes its title from the final episode of the book which both begins and ends with a “yes”. “…yes I said yes I will Yes”; the famous last words of the book, exclaimed by Molly Bloom. The dance journeys through the episodes of Ulysses, exploring the sensuality, absurdity, release, and resignation of the book in movement with four extraordinary dancers and through film, sound, and design.

Over 70 minutes, the work maps the movement of the narrative through the streets of Dublin in 1904 and explores those same spaces and encounters today, with contemporary bodies revealing new and surprising connections.

Yes and Yes by Liz Roche is a co-production between Solas Nua in Washington D.C. and Liz Roche Company in partnership with Cork Opera House. Commissioned by Solas Nua. Kindly supported by Culture Ireland, The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon, and Dublin City Council.

A landscape photograph of three dancers on stage, two males and one female. The dance floor is cream in colour and the background is black. The female dancer is dressed in long cream trousers with a cream mid sleeve polo neck top. The male dancer at the centre of the image is dressed in long cream trousers with a yellow polo shirt. The male dancer on the right is dressed in brown long trousers with a cream and white striped t-shirt. All three dancers are barefoot. The female dancer is wearing a grey moustache.

Thursday 10th November | Post-show Talk

Join Liz Roche Company for a post-show talk with Artistic Director Liz Roche and Dramaturg Wayne Jordan, offering a moment for audiences to share their thoughts, questions, and insights with the makers.

 Moderated by the brilliant Finola Cronin, audience members will be given the chance to see beyond the curtain of Yes and Yes and gain insight into how this new dance piece came to life.

A landscape photograph of two dancers on stage, one male and one female. The dance floor is a cream colour and the background is black. The male dancer is dress in long beige trousers with a brown t-shirt. The female dancer is dressed in a cream top with cream shorts. The two dancers are caught mid-flight, walking across the stage. The female dancer is on the male dancer’s shoulders, holding his face with both hands to secure herself. The male dancer’s arms are by his side.

CREDITS

Choreography: Liz Roche
In collaboration with dancers: Sarah Cerneaux, Mufutau Yusuf, Diarmuid Armstrong and Grace Cuny
Music: Ray Harman
Stage and Costume Design: Katie Davenport
Lighting Design: Davison Scandrett
Film/Videography: José Miguel Jiménez
Dramaturgy: Wayne Jordan

BIOGRAPHIES

Established in 1999, Liz Roche Company is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary dance companies. With a reputation for its finely wrought and beautifully crafted choreographic style, the Dublin based company presents the works of choreographer Liz Roche in collaboration with artists, dancers and designers of the highest calibre. An artistically distinctive and ambitious arts organisation, the company has produced over twenty original productions, touring throughout Ireland and further afield in the UK, Germany, France, USA, Australia and China, most notably being presented at the Baryshnikov Arts Centre and Judson Memorial Church in New York, the South Bank Centre, London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

PRESS

“Liz Roche is an artist with a serious track record. . .” Judith Mackrell, THE GUARDIAN

“Liz Roche from Ireland continues to marry an increasingly unquiet rhetoric with gorgeous movement” IRISH CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2018 TANZ Magazine (Ballet International/Tanz Aktuell)

“Liz Roche Company dancers have a unique musicality of movement all their own…. doing what the best contemporary dancers do: making us see the familiar human body as something wonderful” (Sunday Times)

FUNDING

Yes and Yes by Liz Roche is a co-production between Solas Nua in Washington DC and Liz Roche Company in partnership with Cork Opera House. Commissioned by Solas Nua. Kindly supported by Culture Ireland and The Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Project Arts Centre is proudly supported by The Arts Council and Dublin City Council.

Tickets

€18/€14

Time

7.30pm (70 minutes)

Location

Space Upstairs

Genres

Dance
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