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April 28, 2023The space was charged with these memories that are presences now as real as the chalk that still marked the floor, presences that claim space alongside the official military and religious narratives in the chapel’s history. We, as many others have and will, are making different stories and experiences material in the chapel and in ourselves, working with histories that have been lived through us but that exceed us as individuals. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentTearmann Aiteach/ Queer Sanctuary research
February 4, 2023Thanks to a residency opportunity from Dance Ireland, Isabella and I have spent a couple of weeks of research together at Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig. We applied for the residency time to deepen an investigation of how two queer … read more…
Posted in Blog | Tagged Queer Sanctuary, Tearmann Aiteach | Leave a commentAugmenting and filtering – Paris
October 29, 2022I’m familiar with placing my dancing in relation to urban architecture, using dance to explore what’s possible for a body in these spaces. And I’m familiar with sharing videos online of this work. inviting others into the often solitary dance experiences. What’s different about this video posted as an Instagram reel, is that I used one of the standard filters – Pixie – that adds a sparkle to the image and, though this video doesn’t foreground it, a little eyeliner to human faces. The filter adds a glamour to the image, not out of keeping with the opulent surroundings. It also creates a space on Instagram that’s different from the one in which I danced and even the one I made by framing my dancing on the cameraphone video. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentAbú – What people said
July 26, 2022Thanks to Rachel Sheil, we got to hear some of the things people said about the Abú performances at UL and Ahane GAA pitch. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentStep Up 2022: Abú – Birdsong
June 13, 2022In conversations with audiences members, a number people at both performances mentioned how enjoyable it had been to be able to hear the sounds of birds alongside or between the music composed by MuRli. The references seemed incidental but they speak to what I think of as an achievement of the piece and of the performances: that we could be with the dancing and with the environment because they were open to each other. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentPerforming at Originate: Dublin Dance Festival 2022
May 31, 2022Performing at the Dublin Dance Festival(20/21 May 2022) was an emotional experience fuelled primarily by the strong sense of gratitude for how my dancing body has been enriched by a history of relationships that go to make that place. It’s been two pandemic years since I’ve been in Dublin so there are many people there, friends and colleagues, that I haven’t seen in person for at least that long. And as I stepped into the large, airy space of Studio 4 in Dancehouse and began to warm up, I found myself smiling at the many memories of working there. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentNote to self: spaces for possibilities/ how to occupy the room
February 6, 2022What dehumanises organisations is the system’s design based on predictability, consistency and control. “There can be experiments and exceptions locally for a while, but most often they are killed off by the system’s requirement for consistency and predictability. My aim is to carve out spaces for human possibilities. ” Peter Block read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentDancing More Wisely: “How long do you plan on doing this for?”
January 27, 2022I’ve always been drawn to dance artists who are performing when it’s beyond the expected, people whose persistent dancing may be surplus to conventional requirement, not normal (let’s say in the statistical sense). Part of this project of Dancing More … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentUnreeled at Uilinn/ West Cork Arts Centre
November 9, 2021When I was asked by Luke Murphy if I’d like to present something at a season of dance he was curating at Uilinn – West Cork Arts Centre, I was keen to accept but to also make clear that over … read more…
Posted in Blog | 1 CommentLayering, filaments – AR and Dance Research
October 6, 2021When I saw that the Lightmoves Screendance Festival was expanding its programme to support research on work that combined dance and digital technologies, I recognised that it was an opportunity for Rob Eagle and me to continue the work on … read more…
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