Learn, Train and Join in
RISKS, RIGHTS & REPUTATIONS LAB WITH INSTANT DISSIDENCE
Book : Thu 07 Feb '19Rita Marcalo and Kristina Lomas (Instant Dissidence) invite you to explore Risks, Rights & Reputations.
What is the role and responsibility of the arts and the artists in ensuring that we continue to be brave in our work, manage ethical choices, and challenge the growth of a risk-averse culture?
For the arts sector to thrive and grow, we need to take risks. But what does it mean to take an artistic risk?
In this session we will explore what artistic risk looks like and why it is important. We will also consider the steps that need to be taken in order for artists, commissioners and audiences to create and experience art that is challenging, provocative and sometimes uncomfortable.
Over the course of the day you will hear from guest speakers Rita Marcalo (Artistic Director of Instant Dissidence) and Kristina Lomas (Project Manager for Instant Dissidence), and through guided activities and discussion, explore and develop your own ideas for new projects and approaches.
This workshop is aimed at artists, commissioners and potential arts participants and audience members.
This workshop follows on from Rita and Kris taking part in the Arts Council England funded What Next? RRR Ambassadors Programme. This programme aims to support the creative industries to continue to take creative and programming risks and to identify the benefits that this brings artists and arts organisations to thrive and survive.
Empowering Art: PANEL DISCUSSION ON SOCIALLY ENGAGED ARTS
Book : Thu 07 Feb '19Socially engaged practice describes art that is collaborative, often participatory and involves people as the medium or material of the work. Related terms include New Genre Public Art, Community Art and Activist Art. Whatever term we want to use, many independent artists now use socially engaged practice as a dynamic and contemporary form of practice within their own art making, while simultaneously, there is a growing interest from local citizens and communities, to affect social change through art and/or to have an input into art that resides within their public realm.
We invite you to join with us and our artist panel, George Higgs (music), Marilyn Lennon (visual arts) and Ríonach Ní Néill (dance) to hear about their experiences and inspirations for making art that is socially engaged. The discussion will be chaired by Annette Moloney, Independent Curator and Public Art Advisor to the Arts Council.
WORKSHOP WITH LUKE MURPHY
Fri 08 Feb '19Moving with Purpose. In this workshop we will first build tools to access the widest sphere of our physical reach in space. Harnessing the potential forces of gravity, coil, momentum and drifting we will find physical efficiency and build complex sequences to trick our balance and disorientate our expectations. After establishing our broadest physical availability we will challenge ourselves to apply our skills both new and old in unfamiliar directions.
About Luke Murphy
Ultima Vez (2014-2018) Punchdrunk (2009-2017, Original Cast member of Sleep No More NYC and Shanghai) Kate Weare Company (2011-2014), Pavel Zustiak Palissimo Company (2011-2013), Martha Clarke (2010-2011). Projects with, John Kelly, John Scott, Luca Silvestrini- Protein Dance, Sean Curran, Jonah Bokaer and Bill T Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company.
Award Winning Choreographer and Artistic Director of Attic Projects, creating and performing original works across Ireland, UK and USA since 2012. Founder and Programming Director of The Catch8 Workshop Series. BFA 2009 Point Park University, MA 2017 University of Chichester.
WORKSHOP WITH EMMA MARTIN
Sat 09 Feb '19This workshop will be improvisation led, working with physical and energetic states to generate new realms for the body's imagination. Participants will work with repetition, melting from one body state to the next in an attempt to find new dances inside ourselves.
About Emma Martin
Emma Martin is choreographer and director based in Co. Carlow. Her dance company United Fall was established in 2015, (previously Emma Martin Dance). Productions include Orfeo ed Euridice (with Irish National Opera, 2018) Girl Song (2017), Dancehall (2015), Tundra ( 2014), Dogs (2012), and Listowel Syndrome (2010). From 2012-2017 she was Dance Artist in Residence at VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art in Carlow and since 2011 an associate artist of Dance Ireland. Most recent theatre collaborations include Danse, Morob with Olwen Fouere and Arlington with Enda Walsh.
Workshop with Rosalind Crisp
Fri 15 Feb '19As part of a 2 week residency Rosalind Crisp will host a 3 hour workshop for dance artists and performers. Rosalind will share her practice of choreographic improvisation - a dynamic set of principles and practical tools that guide a dancer's attention to the continual process of composing in real time with and from the materiality of the body. The body is prepared by undoing held tension and unquestioned patterns and pathways. Breath, weight, and sensation are prioritised. Practical tools and compositional parameters guide the exploration of movement sourced from touch, texture, imagination and every part of the dancer's body - parts that are anatomically segmented or fictitiously separated. Processes of flow, delay and rupture detach the dancer from presenting "moves" and guide attention to the continual emergence and shaping of dance material in a shared and porous relationship with an audience.
More on Rosalind's Residency
Rosalind Crisp will return to Dance Limerick for a period of experimentation in a co-mentoring relationship with Mary Wycherley, building on their exchange initiated by Mary in 2018. In this framework Rosalind will pursue her development of DIRtywork, a solo performance event derived from her group project DIRt (Dance In Regional disaster zones). DIRt explores how dance & collaborative arts practice might embody, understand and respond to the unfolding environmental crisis in Australia, and connect to local, national and international communities.
Biography
Rosalind Crisp is one of Australia's most innovative and mature artists. Over 30 years she has created a substantial body of original dance work and a method of choreographic improvisation. In 1996 she established the Omeo Dance studio, Sydney, home to experimental dance for ten years. Invited to Paris in 2003, she became the first choreographic associate of Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson. The Atelier managed and toured her company work for ten years (2004 - 2012). In 2016 the French Ministry of Culture awarded her a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres (Dame of the Arts). Rosalind tours extensively throughout Europe and Australia, performing, collaborating, teaching and creating works for other companies. She holds a Masters by research from the University of Western Sydney and in 2014, in acknowledgment of her influence on many generations of Australian dancers, the University of Melbourne made her an Honorary Fellow.
'Beyond analogy, Crisp’s movement is astonishing in its sheer otherness...the standard syntax of dance is erased. It’s magical...'
- Keith Gallasch, RealTime
www.omeodance.com
STEP UP 2019 - APPLICATIONS OPEN!
Mon 18 Feb '19Step Up Dance Programme 2019 brings a new outlook and continues to bridge the gap between dance education and professional contemporary dance practice in Ireland. Step Up is curated by Irish born, Marguerite Donlon, International choreographer and Director of “Donlon Dance Collective”, based in Berlin.
This year’s programme combines creating three brand new works with International choreographers, working on specific technical skills, from a renowned improvisation teacher, learning repertoire from one of the greatest masters in dance, personal coaching, followed by performances in three cities, by the six selected dancers who have completed their professional training within the last three years. Step Up will enhance young dancers’ professional networks by connecting them to the Irish and international contemporary dance community, thereby improving their professional opportunities for young dancers in Ireland and abroad.
Creation and Performance of new Choreographies
Three new works by international choreographers will be specially created for the 6 dancers.
Marguerite Donlon, Choreographer (Ireland, Germany), further information HERE . A new mid length choreography
Francesco Vecchione, Choreographer (Italy, Spain), further information HERE. A new short choreography
Emanuele Soavi, Choreographer (Germany, Italy), further information HERE. A new short choreography
Training
Prof Dieter Heitkamp. Improvisation teacher (Germany)
An in-depth workshop on improvisation techniques by one of their greatest teachers in this field. A dance piece may develop out of this process and will be subsequently performed with the other works. Further information HERE
Rainer Behr. Pina Bausch Repertory teacher (Germany)
Reiner Behr, is a long time dancer with Pina Bausch. Participants will learn repertoire choreography as well as the philosophy and deeper meaning of each movement handed down to Reiner directly from Pina Bausch. Further information HERE
Eoin Mac Donncha. Ballet master and Rehearsal Director (Ireland)
Eoin trained at The Rambert School of Ballet in London before working at various state theatres in Germany including Stadtheater Giessen and Staatstheter Saarbrucken. He has worked with the Cathy Sharp Dance Company, Switzerland, the Expressions Dance Company, Australia, and has danced for Ballet Hagen under the direction of renown choreographers including Wayne McGreggor. Currently, he works as a soloist in Budapest with choreographer Pál Frenák. Eoin has taught at the Hong Kong academy of performing arts in Hong Kong, and has set a piece for the students of the graduating year there. Eoin will teach morning class and will assist the choreographers and rehearse the new works. He will be in the studio at all times, to assist with artistic matters.
Personal Development
Independent dance artists are required to initiate their own opportunities, to manage their career paths and often their own projects. The Personal Development aspect of the Step Up programme aims to give participants a broad toolkit or road map for taking the next steps in their career path. Activities will include
Coaching with Rivca Rubin. Personal Coach. (England)
Rivca encourages artists to ascertain their vision, locate the essence and refine their practice, grow purpose, align practice to values, and create working cultures people engage with, flourish and enjoy working in. Further information about Rivca and her work HERE
Meeting key personnel within the dance field in Ireland
Meeting Step Up Alumni to hear their experiences since participating in Step Up
Workshop with Jenny Traynor, Programme Director, emphasising self-empowerment, tips and guidance on presenting yourself professionally, online and in applications to dance companies, programmers and funders. Further information about Jenny and Dance Limerick at www.dancelimerick.ie
Timeframe / Key Dates
The full rehearsal / performance period runs from Monday 24 June– Saturday 31 August, using state of the art studios and facilities at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at UL initially, and then at Dance Limerick, before performing in Limerick, Cork and Dublin.
Terms & Conditions
• Rehearsals will take place 10.00 – 6.00 pm Monday to Saturday for the duration of the rehearsal period. Some additional hours in the evening may be required, as the discretion of the choreographers.
• Accommodation will be provided for the first part of rehearsals on campus at UL, and subsequently in artist-friendly houses in the city for the second period of rehearsals
• Tour accommodation and tour travel as required, will be arranged and paid for by Step Up.
• A small weekly stipend will be paid toward day to day living costs
• Participants must be available on an exclusive basis for the full programme.
Applications
We are seeking applications from exceptional young dancers who will graduate before mid-June 2019 or who have graduated from professional level dance training within the past three years.
Please send your CV and a personal statement describing why you would like to be involved in Step Up and confirming your availability for the full programme which runs Monday 24 June to Saturday 31 August 2019.
Applicants should send web links of recent live dance footage, to include:
• 10 minutes of contemporary and/or ballet technique class material, ideally of you performing during the class in which you learnt it. If not, then footage of you performing the material outside of the class setting is also acceptable.
• An excerpt of a dance solo (performed in a studio or live performance.)
• An excerpt of a group piece, in a studio or live performance
• Please identify yourself clearly (in group footage) so we know who you are
Closing Date
Applications should be submitted via email by 5pm Monday 18 February to stepupdanceproject@gmail.com with Step Up Application in the subject line.
Next Steps
A shortlist of applicants will be invited to an audition on 29 March. Six dancers will be selected from audition to take part in the Step Up 2019 programme and letters of offer will be sent in the week of 1 April.
Queries on the application / process can be addressed to Jenny Traynor, Programme Director at stepupdanceproject@gmail.com.
Step Up Dance Programme is a partnership between Dance Limerick, Dance Ireland, the Irish World Academy for Music and Dance at the University of Limerick and the Arts Council.
Professional Morning Class with Lucia Kickham
Thu 21 Mar '19Lucia Kickham will host a morning class as part of her 2 week residency at Dance Limerick.
Biography
Lucia is a Dublin-based dance artist performing and collaborating internationally since 2011. Trained in The Netherlands, she has worked with companies and artists which include TRASH, Company Philip Connaughton, Maria Nilsson Waller, Junk Ensemble, Liz Roche Company, Ciotóg and Oonagh Kearney.
Lucia frequently performs at festivals in Dublin, Cork and Belfast and has toured throughout the UK, Sweden and The Netherlands. She has trained intensively with David Zambrano in Flying Low & Passing Through techniques, developing her interest in group dynamics within composition and teaching environments. In recent years Lucia has received awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, Firkin Crane Cork and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre. Lucia was Hatch Artist 2018 at Dance Ireland and is Associate Artist with Liz Roche Company 2018/19.
PROFESSIONAL MORNING CLASS WITH LUCIA KICKHAM
Wed 27 Mar '19Lucia Kickham will host a morning class as part of her 2 week residency at Dance Limerick.
Biography
Lucia is a Dublin-based dance artist performing and collaborating internationally since 2011. Trained in The Netherlands, she has worked with companies and artists which include TRASH, Company Philip Connaughton, Maria Nilsson Waller, Junk Ensemble, Liz Roche Company, Ciotóg and Oonagh Kearney.
Lucia frequently performs at festivals in Dublin, Cork and Belfast and has toured throughout the UK, Sweden and The Netherlands. She has trained intensively with David Zambrano in Flying Low & Passing Through techniques, developing her interest in group dynamics within composition and teaching environments. In recent years Lucia has received awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, Firkin Crane Cork and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre. Lucia was Hatch Artist 2018 at Dance Ireland and is Associate Artist with Liz Roche Company 2018/19.
