Racket by Magdalena Hylak

Compass Associate Artist Magdalena Hylak offer an end of residency performance of Racket, her newest and first ensemble piece.

She will be joined by longtime collaborator and composer Lionel Kasparian, dramaturg Eva Martinez, and an international cast of dancers including Isabella Oberländer, Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín, and Ashley Chen.

With Racket, Magdalena continues her exploration of the relationship between movement and sound, placing particular emphasis on the spaces that emerge between bodies. Moving beyond the frameworks of solo and duet, this new ensemble work opens up a field of interaction.

Performances will take place on Friday 11 September at 7.30 pm and Saturday 12 at 2 pm. 

Magdalena Hylak is a dance artist based in Ireland. She has been developing her own body of work since 2021, in which she questions the notion of performance. At the core of her research is the movement and sound outside of the question of style/genre or technique. She has been the Galway Dance Artist in Residence since 2023. She is Dance Limerick’s Compass Associate Artist for 2026.

Support by the Arts Council (Project Award 2026), Dance Cork Firkin Crane, Dance Ireland, Dance Limerick, and Luail – Ireland’s National Dance Company.