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Choose from theatre, music, dance, visual arts and everything in between.

First Looks

Dance / 11 May 2019 - 18 May 2019 10 Cube
First Looks is a chance to see new works-in-development by dance artists in Ireland including work by Lucia Kickham, Deirdre Griffin with Craig Cox and CoisCéim Dance Theatre
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Inventions: Irish Modern Dance Theatre (Ireland)

Dance / 16 May 2019 - 17 May 2019 18-22 Space Upstairs
Inventions centres around two extraordinary women: Belfast-based Oona Doherty, one of Europe's most gifted dance artists, and 84-year-old American dance legend Valda Setterfield, winner of a Herald Angel Award for her portrayal of Lear at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017.
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Sound and Stage: New Music | DRAFF x ddr

Music / 16 May 2019 6 Cube
DRAFF have teamed up with Dublin Digital Radio (ddr.) to host a night of music by two of Ireland’s most adventurous sound designers for dance and theatre: Kevin Gleeson will make his first appearance as Sour Blood, his new music project peddling drone-haunted pop songs, while Luca Truffarelli will play his alternative deep house set developed during Oona Doherty’s Hope Hunt tour.
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DRAFF | Cube Takeover

Special Event / 14 May 2019 - 16 May 2019 10 Cube
DRAFF, the living archive of experimental performance-making, brings three workshops by three boundary-breaking international artists to DDF. Creating work that pushes the limits of what dance can be, these artists mine the full potential of the body. They view the body as a critical site of knowing, as an archive, as multiply intelligent.
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Ensemble: Robbie Synge & Lucy Boyes (Scotland)

Dance / 15 May 2019 18-22 Space Upstairs
On a sparse and open stage five performers, ranging in age from 30 to 76, share a journey of interactions that lays bare their strengths, efforts and possibilities. Light and poignant in equal measure, Ensemble is a joyous physical expression of togetherness among a group of different ages.
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Dance on Film: A Selection of Shorts

Film / 13 May 2019 8-10 Space Upstairs
This year’s Dance on Film sees a carefully curated programme of six short films that includes a selection of Light Moves Festival 2018 Award Winners, some recent French releases, and the premiere of CoisCéim’s How to Sink a Paper Boat.
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