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March 14, 2010Matthew, Mikel, Stéphane and Bernadette have gathered again in the wonderful studio 4 in Dancehouse and Niche is being transformed in to Open Niche. We were joined this week by dancers from the core professional company of Siamsa Tíre, The … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentMo mhórchoir féin: London Buddhist Arts Centre
February 23, 2010I’ve started rehearsing a solo for Mo mhórchoir féin, the film I’m making with Dearbhla Walsh for the Dance on the Box commission. The title is from the Confiteor, the part of the Catholic mass where the congregation confesses ‘to … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentTalking Heads – thoughts on screens
February 19, 2010Talking Heads is a an exhibition of work at the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art The information that they sent out to publicise the event connected to the thoughts that my residency with Roberta Lima prompted. It is also relevant … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentOpen Niche: MA students and DMPs
February 14, 2010I’ve spent the past week in the studios at the University of Limerick working with the MA students on a piece of material, some of which will be included in the Limerick performance of Open Niche. The MA students are … read more…
Posted in Blog | 1 CommentOpen Niche
February 11, 2010Until the end of April, my time and creative energy will mostly (though not exclusively, thanks to a successful Dance on the Box application of which more quite soon) be consumed by Open Niche. After I made Niche in 2008, … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentPick’n’Mix:The Dance Selection/Dominque Rivoal’s film
January 31, 2010It’s nice to be reminded of what we achieved with Pick’n’Mix:The Dance Selection; and it’s useful encouragement to get on with the next incarnation. Maybe it will be in a library on Walthamstow’s High Street?
Posted in Blog | Tagged Pick'n'Mix, Waltham Forest | Leave a commentDaghdha residency: Roberta Lima
January 29, 2010I flew directly from New York to Limerick to start a two-week residency at the Daghdha Dance Company. I applied for the residency so that I could work with the video artist Roberta Lima whom I met in Beijing during … read more…
Posted in Blog | Tagged Daghdha Roberta Lima | Leave a commentNiche at APAP 2010: Brooklyn Bridge
January 16, 2010On a snowy Friday morning, we met with the Culture Ireland team and a New York press photographer to take pictures of Niche on Brooklyn Bridge. We recreated the original poster image and variations of it that included Bernadette with … read more…
Posted in Blog | Tagged APAP, Irish Times, New York, Niche | Leave a commentNiche at APAP 2010
January 9, 2010This week I’ve been rehearsing an excerpt of Niche at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York. We’re preparing for a Culture Ireland showcase of Irish choreography there that’s happening as part of APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters). Apart … read more…
Posted in Blog | Tagged APAP, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Niche | Leave a commentDadao Live Art Festival – remembered
January 4, 2010I’ve been roused to post after the Christmas hiatus by an email from Xiao Ke. She sent me a link to the Chinese contemporary art website Art-Ba-Ba where, quite unexpectedly, photos from my performance of Cosán Dearg in Shenzhen in … read more…
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