MÁM, by internationally acclaimed Irish dance theatre company Teaċ Daṁsa, nominated for two UK Critics Circle National Dance Awards
Director and choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan has been nominated for UK Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Modern Choreography for his piece MÁM, and dancer Rachel Poirier has been nominated for the Outstanding Female Modern Performance in the piece.
Described as a stirring, sensuous showcase of the emotional power of the physical form , MÁM brings together the virtuoso, Irish traditional concertina player Cormac Begley, the European classical, contemporary collective, s t a r g a z e and twelve international dancers from the Teaċ Daṁsa company. MÁM is a meeting place between soloist and ensemble, classical and traditional, the local and universal.
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The Zen Arcade, and MELTS are among the Irish acts who will represent Ireland at next week s The Great Escape Online music showcase event.
The Great Escape, which usually takes place in Brighton and showcases artists from Ireland, the UK and Europe to music bookers, has moved online this year, with the performances free to access
Most of the Irish acts were filmed in the Olympia Theatre, Dublin in April under Covid protocols.
Music From Ireland Showcase, Thursday 13th May, Stage 2
Hüsker dü: The Zen Arcade
The Zen Arcade, Smoothboi Ezra,
MCD Presents Showcase
Delegate passes can be purchased
Itâs morning in California for Colm TóibÃn, with sun streaming in the window; Garry Hynes is in Dublin as the dullish day ends. Technology enabling the conversation will also allow streaming of Druid Theatreâs latest project, Boland: Journey of a Poet, a new theatrical production about poet Eavan Boland, edited by TóibÃn and directed by Hynes, towards the end of April, one year after Bolandâs death.
Their locations are serendipitously appropriate, as Bolandâs life and work had one foot in Stanford and one in suburban Dublin. The production explores the mind and imagination of one of Irelandâs great poets, melds her life and her work, as she did herself, âin the large, uncharted space between the lyrical and the politicalâ as TóibÃn describes.
#RTEVirtualParade has been trending on Twitter in Ireland all day and there have been thousands of posts from home and abroad.
What a brilliant toy parade in #Kildare, it goes on and on showing the huge effort that went in to setting it up
Some told the story of St Patrick in their own words, including two young girls decided to re-enact St Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland with jelly worms.
Children in Killorglin in Kerry carried a cut out Sam Maguire in their floats, while one musical family used the Hamiliton soundtrack to tell the story of our patron saint.