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Dublin Dance Festival launches Summer 2021 Edition
Wed, May 5, 2021, 09:00
Updated: Thu, May 6, 2021, 11:07 Supplied by Dublin Dance Festival 2021
Dublin Dance Festival is back with a new selection of fresh, daring and courageous dance online from May 18th-30th, including new and pioneering dance performances from trailblazing artists from Ireland and around the world; glimpses behind the scenes; and moments for families, friends, artists and communities to connect, move and play.
Ireland's leading new music ensemble present the world premiere of Wingform, a new commission by Crash Ensemble from composer-in-residence and guitarist Barry O'Halpin.
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Since 1999, Adrian Crowley has evolved into one of Irelandâs most beguiling and acclaimed talents, scooping the Choice Music Prize for Irish album of the year in 2009.
The Watchful Eye of the Stars is Crowleyâs ninth album, and third for the esteemed Scottish record label Chemikal Underground, which first brought Arab Strap and Mogwai to the worldâs attention.
Crowley hails from Galwayâs city of the tribes via the sun-kissed isle of Malta, and he has seriously upped the ante for this album, but heâs always been ambitious and keen to work with the best.
His second album, When You Are Here You Are Family, was recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago in 2002. In 2017, Crowley teamed up with Thomas Bartlett in New York for Dark Eyed Messenger, while in 2018 he collaborated with filmmaker Niall McCann on a beautiful feature entitled The Science of Ghosts. Now John Parish, fresh from steering the ship for Dry Cleaningâs recent debut album, does th
The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra with David Brophy, conductor
David Brophy conducts the world premieres of two new RTÉ NSO commissions by Anne-Marie O Farrell and Irene Buckley. The programme will also include the Irish premiere of Caroline Shaw s
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Irene Buckley s
Awakening reflects the wondrous transition from the stasis of winter to the rebirth of spring. Humanity experienced a heightened sense of stasis during this past winter, where our daily lives became quite fixed and unchanging, almost suspended in time… We held our breath and waited. This work evokes the sense of transformation and unveiling using dense layered textures to convey the vast expanse of the natural world; the opening up and revealing of new growth, the springing forth of new life. Darkness emerging into light.
The last year has been a strange time for everyone, but when youâre one of Irelandâs most renowned live music promoters it has proven doubly so. Leagues OâToole, a name that most music fans will be familiar with, found himself abruptly cast adrift from his career and the live music scene that he has lived and breathed for so many years.
âI wonât lie, itâs been incredibly difficult,â he says. âWhen the virus first emerged, quite quickly I lost my job â as did most of my colleagues, and as did a lot of people right across the board in the music industry and the associated services.