I’d Like to Get to Know You

Celebrate the 15^th anniversary of the Step Up Dance Project with us by coming to see the newest piece by choreographer Philip Connaughton, I’d Like to Get to Know You. The show will premiere at Dance Limerick on Wednesday the 30^th of July and will run for two more days before moving to Dublin, where the cast will offer a studio performance at DanceHouse.

Choreographer Philip Connaughton and rehearsal director Lucia Kickham have been working with dancers Alice Gavigan, Sophie Gray, Ciara Hannon, Luke Maziarek and Catriona O’Connor to create a piece to celebrate the culmination of this 15^th edition of the programme. I’d Like to Get to Know You explores the often-impossible task of bridging the gap between the artist and the outside world. At the heart of all of Connaughton’s choreography—whether explicit or understated—lies a deep thread of isolation. The very impulse to perform arises from his own longing to reconnect with something that feels lost. The beauty of the work is not in resolving this tension, but in the attempt itself—in striving for the impossible, in refusing to give up, in the sheer act of doing.

Audiences are welcome to experience this energetic, surprising, unexpected dance piece that will give you food for thought… and laughter!

Performances take place on

• Wednesday 30, Thursday 31 at 7.30 pm at Dance Limerick Performance Space
• Friday 1 of August at 1 pm at Dance Limerick Performance Space
• Saturday 2 of August at 5 pm at DanceHouse, Dublin (Tickets for the Dublin show can be acquired here)

Step Up Dance Project is a partnership between the Arts Council /. An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Dance Limerick, Dance Ireland and the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. The Step Up Placement Programme is in partnership with Luail- Ireland’s National Dance Company.

This piece contains strobe lighting. It may contain some strong language. Parental discretion is advised.