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May 30, 2008An article in today’s Guardian about improvised theatre caught my attention, linking the liveness of exciting theatre/performance and the animal. “In Improbable,” he {Lee Simpson, co-artistic director} says, “we recently had the thought that really good theatre is like a … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentA fundraising campaign: 500 people, €100 each
May 17, 2008I launched a fundraising campaign recently to raise money to make a new dance piece for the theatre. To make it I’ll use the material I’ve been developing through this residency. This doesn’t mean I’m abandoning the investigation in public … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentMatch at BAMOIC
May 4, 2008Matthew and I perform in the Beijing Art Museum of the Imperial City. Performing Match somewhere like BAMOIC is a complex series of compromises. I’m clear that I don’t need a stage to show the work but I do need … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentMatch in Beijing
March 17, 2008Matthew and I are in Beijing performing Match as part of the Irish Arts Festival here. (Thanks to Culture Ireland and Dublin City Council who paid for us). Our performance was as the hors d’oeuvre to the official opening of … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentShenzhen Free Arts Zone – YouTube not so free
March 13, 2008YouTube | Broadcast Yourself™Dear Member: After being flagged by members of the YouTube community and reviewed by YouTube staff, the video below has been removed due to its inappropriate nature. Dadao Live Art : Performance in Shenzhen Free Art Zone: … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentAnd who owns here? – my own reply
February 22, 2008In reply to my 16th January post – maybe we could own here – temporarily at least
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentPhotographs
February 21, 2008When I saw Mitch’s photographs I was drawn to how he placed the human figures in the urban environments he’d chosen. The figures aren’t the dominating subjects of the images but he still makes a place for them in a … read more…
Posted in Blog | 2 CommentsBrokentalkers- Track
February 7, 2008This isn’t my work. It’s a photo of one of the many beautiful moments in Track, an audiotour by Brokentalkers that takes people through the centre of Dublin and invites them to see the city accompanied by the narration of … read more…
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentAnd who owns here?
January 16, 2008This space reminded of the the ragtrees near holy wells, like Gobnait’s well in Baile Bhúirne or Glendalough. The trees carry tokens of the dead or the vulnerable and a hope for their salvation….
Posted in Blog | 1 CommentFox on Foley Street
January 16, 2008What I see are the passing people, the separate place where Stéphane dances, the bare trees that are being cut down, the new apartment buildings, the hoardings around new construction. What I hear is the sound of timber boards and … read more…
Posted in Blog | Tagged Bodies and buildings, choreography, Fearghus O'Conchuir, Foley | 1 Comment ← Older posts Newer posts →