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October 17, 2016Butterflies and Bones doesn’t try to tell Casement’s story. I value the liveness and surprising potential of bodies too much to try to tie them to a single narrative. And by making work in this way, I’m asking an audience to get involved, to bring their own perspectives, imagination and perceptions so that we can build something new together. read more…
Posted in Uncategorised | Leave a commentMemories of Féile Fáilte
October 10, 2016As we gather in Dublin to get ready for our Butterflies and Bones shows at Ulster Bank Belfast International Arts Festival this week and Project Arts Centre next week, it’s invigorating to look back at the wonderful energy of Féile Fáilte on Banna Strand and to carry it into our performances. read more…
Posted in Uncategorised | Leave a commentIrish Web Awards 2016
September 30, 2016I’m delighted that the Realex Web Awards 2016 have recognised the great job that Karen Hanratty and the team at Pixel Design have done on thecasementproject.ie. It won best microsite in this year’s awards – thanks to its superb design, and to its content too, I’d like to think! read more…
Posted in Uncategorised | Leave a commentBody of Evidence: The Casement Project at Kilkenny Arts Festival
August 26, 2016In the second of The Casement Project‘s appearances at Kilkenny Arts Festival, I shared a platform with journalist, Fintan O’Toole (who has written extensively about Casement), Dr. Barbara Dawson (Director of The Hugh Lane where two Casement exhibitions are running) and … read more…
Posted in Uncategorised | Leave a commentWatch the Throne: Una Mullally’s Eulogy at A Wake for Roger Casement
August 25, 2016The Casement Project pays close attention to the historical legacy of Casement’s life and afterlife. But that attention is in the service of figuring out what we need to be doing now: how we come together, live together, create the … read more…
Posted in Uncategorised | Leave a commentA Wake for Roger Casement at Kilkenny Arts Festival
August 25, 2016Despite seeing good dance pieces at Kilkenny Arts Festival over the past few years and having presented Tabernacle in the festival myself, I’ve never been completely happy with the relationship between performance and audience that Kilkenny’s Watergate stage sets up. … read more…
Posted in Uncategorised | Leave a commentSte Murray’s photos of Féile Fáilte
July 31, 2016Ste Murray has been documenting The Casement Project from the outset. His photos of Féile Fáilte give a flavour of the atmosphere, activity and beauty of the day. You can view a selection here
Posted in Uncategorised | Leave a commentPress shots from Féile Fáilte
July 30, 2016Having rehearsed until after 11pm the previous night and knowing that we would be active again until midnight that day, I was a little reluctant to get myself and the dancers to Banna for a press call at midday on the … read more…
Posted in Uncategorised | Leave a comment‘We are Orlando and we keep dancing their dance’ by Theo Clinkard
July 17, 2016Theo wrote a beautiful and thoughtful blog post for SoutheastDance about his response to the Orlando shootings and how it affected his dancing in Butterflies and Bones: ‘Dance continues to have a new found relevance for me these last few weeks. It is inherently empathetic, uniting, celebratory and hopeful.
Its ephemerality a distillation of this moment in time. To dance is to humanise and this is needed now more than ever before.’
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After the premiere of Butterflies and Bones
July 4, 2016We don’t get to know everything about a work from its premiere. It evolves with each performance and reveals more about its potential. It surprises me, even as I begin to understand it more deeply. That, at least, is my aspiration when I’m making work and it is that hope to be surprised by the work and by the performers in it that gives Butterflies and Bones its openness, malleability and resistance to determinacy. read more…
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