Culture Night at Dance Limerick/John’s Square
Fri 18 Sept, 5.30pm-9pm, Dance Limerick Space
Dance Limerick, in association with Limerick Youth Dance, the BA in Voice & Dance at UL, Music Generation, Fresh Film Festival, Scoil Uí Ruairc, County Limerick Youth Choir, Paddy Mulcahy, Stanzas and a host of others, celebrates Culture Night tonight with an imaginative showcase of some of our finest young artists.
If last year is any indication, you won’t want to miss this great night!
5.30pm-9pm (ongoing):
Fresh Film Festival screens award-winning short films by filmmakers aged 7-18yrs.
Films from 5.30pm-7pm suitable for 5yr olds upwards.
Films from 7pm-8.30pm suitable for secondary school age upwards.
Big City Portrait, an interactive collection of short films created as part of Limerick City of Culture 2014, will be showing throughout the evening.
From 6pm Make Vines with Fresh Film Festival using the Vine mobile app*. Be sure to bring your smartphones!
5.30pm:
Irish dance ensembles will be performed by the well-known Scoil Uí Ruairc, a dance school which has been active in Limerick city since 1929.
5.50pm:
Young dancers from the BA Voice & Dance at UL will perform new choreography by Lisa McLoughlin.
6.10pm:
County Limerick Youth Choir will perform a programme of choral music spanning genres and centuries.
6.30pm:
Limerick Youth Dance perform live excerpts from their film Stoixeia / Elements.
6.45pm:Fresh Film Festival will show music videos made by young filmmakers.
7.15pm:
Music Generation showcase the talents of young songwriters, rappers and musicians from across the city performing their own works.
8.00pm:
Music Generation – The teens
8.30pm:
Paddy Mulcahy – Composer & Producer
9.00pm:
Stanzas take their extraordinary brand of performance poetry out into the night as a fitting finale to the evening’s celebrations.
*In an exciting new addition this year, Fresh Film Festival invites young people to make 6 second films based on the theme ‘Youth Culture’, to be screened on Culture Night.
You can submit your Vines in advance by tagging your Vine #freshfilmfestival #culturenightlimerick or just come along tonight!
