Author Archives: Fearghus
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February 26, 2021Dancing is an art form of liveness and aliveness. I can’t help but look at my personal history now and see that dancing has been a way for me to respond to grief, to be alive and dancing while that is possible, knowing that it will not be possible indefinitely. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentResidency Centre Culturel Irlandais – Triptych
November 25, 2020Working on video is a way to amplify the dancing when I don’t have access to other performers, a way to grow from the singular. And it’s interesting that despite the potential megalomania of multiplying myself, the choreographer in me pays less attention to me as an individual performer in the triptych I’ve made. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentResidency Centre Culturel Irlandais – Autumn
November 16, 2020In traditional Chinese cosmology, Autumn is the time to let go, slow down and nourish oneself. My room faces the courtyard of the CCI where I can see the chestnut trees shed their russet leaves, preparing for winter. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a comment‘We find ourselves at the centre of one another’
October 6, 2020Since arriving in Paris to start my residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, I’ve been mostly in Zoom meetings. Happily being part of those conversations is also enriching and stimulating and I think more so because I’ve cleared space around them that allows me to reflect on their impact, their resonances, their calls to action, their hints at future direction. Having space allows me to hear better and notice more. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentBodies and Buildings renewed
September 22, 2020When I applied for the Hatch residency at Dance Ireland earlier on this year, I was aware that I wanted to use it as an opportunity to reconnect with parts of my archive – the kinds of things I done … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentIn a studio
September 19, 2020For the first time since March, I got to dance in a studio today. It was still familiar. And it felt great. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentUnderstory
September 11, 2020Understory is a project conceived and realised by dance artists who were aware of how difficult it would be for many people entering the profession at a time when it’s so hard for that community to come together in work, rehearsal or play. read more…
Posted in Blog | Tagged Understory | Leave a commentAnnwyl i mi: Passing it on
August 13, 2020This week Faye Tan and Camille Giraudeau from NDCWales, are using movements from Annwyl i mi to teach young dancers in a summer school organised by The Place. As I think of young people learning movement impulses and material from work I helped create, I see a community of experiences concentrated into individual bodies, lived and processed by those bodies – including my own – and passed now to others in an exciting expansion whose impact I won’t ever see. read more…
Posted in Blog | Tagged Annwyl I mi, choreography, NDCWales, Rygbi Project | Leave a commentHatch2020 – Dance Ireland Residency
July 7, 2020Hatch2020 recognises that reflection and renewal is part of the dance artist’s work. It’s an investment in mulch and not just in blossoms and harvest. It recognises that an artist’s lifecycle needs to be nurtured and I appreciate that very much. read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentDeveloping Latex(2020) – dancing again
June 23, 2020The latex sheet is a dance partner, with a physicality and capacity that feeds what’s possible in the choreography. In Cure, I would make an incision in the sheet at the end of each performance (one carefully marked out by Mags Corscadden, the stage manager) and then wear the sculpture over me. I’d kept the one from our last performance (in Hong Kong) and had an additional uncut sheet. As soon as I opened the bag in which I kept them, I remembered and felt the atmosphere the latex created – the smell of rubber and talc, the soft touch, the taste of salt from Stéphane’s section of Cure now mixed with my sweat on that sheet previously used in performance. read more…
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