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MOVING ON: SPOKEN DANCE

An evening of contemporary dance, film and performance, Moving On offers the audience an insight into the exciting, new and ambitious work of Spoken Dance, Limerick’s integrated dance company.

Following a period of examination and reflection into the medium of dance film, Spoken Dance will present live dance performance along with five short dance films which have been produced, directed and edited in collaboration with Limerick based disabled and non-disabled artists.

Mary Hartney, co-artistic director of Spoken Dance speaks about the process of creating these new works: “A question emerged during the exploratory period; How even in stillness am I moved? With environments and circumstances ever-changing, I respond to the touch, words and moods of others. I can be moved or not. I can connect or not.”

‘Moving on’ uses film, movement and text to investigate choices around whether we allow our responses to define us or not.

Two of the films represent the poetry of the Thursday Club of Enable Ireland, Mungret. One of the films was created by disabled dancer Danny Aherne as part of a research project where he was mentored by Mary Wycherley from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. The two other films feature very different duets between a disabled and non-disabled dancer.

The short film “A Sense of Pleasure” which features disabled dancers Mary Keogh and Deirdre Corry of Spoken Dance has been nominated for two awards at Limerick Film Festival. Cameraman Dominik Kosicki has also been nominated for his camera work, while Lisa Cahill has been nominated for Best Director. The film features a dance choreographed by Lisa Cahill to a poem written by members of The Thursday Club at Enable Ireland Mungret.

Another dancer Antoin Cross has been nominated for Best Factual Feature at Limerick Film Festival for “This Integration”, a documentary featuring Spoken Dance.

Spoken Dance recently launched integrated dance classes at Dance Limerick which are open to disabled and non-disabled participants. One of the live dance performances at “Moving On” will feature these new dancers making their debut.

Spoken Dance is a professional company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Led by Lisa Cahill and Mary Hartney, Spoken Dance has been creating and performing new, original contemporary dance works since 2011. The company also delivers dance workshops in community and education settings.
For further details contact spokendancecompany@gmail.com.

Thurs 23 April, 8pm | Friday 24 April, 11am | €12.00 / €10.00 / €7.00 (groups of 10+)

Video link above: Performance by Spoken Dance at the opening ceremony of European Powerchair Football Association Nations Cup in the Arena at University Limerick, July 2014.

Pricing

€12.00 / €10.00 / €7.00 (groups of 10+)

€12.00 / €10.00 / €7.00 (groups of 10+)


Time

8:00 pm - 9:15 pm


Date

23 April 2015


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