Scottish/ Irish Dance Exchange at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2008
8 - 13 September
| Leading dance organisations and practitioners in Scotland and Ireland have come together to produce an exchange programme. This project has been jointly developed by Dance Base (Edinburgh), Dance Ireland (Dublin) and Richard Wakely (independent producer) and the Dublin Fringe Festival |
Showcase Programme for the Dublin Fringe
Show 1| 11-13 September 2008, Project Arts Centre
Stammer Productions | The Making of Doubt
Show 2 (Triple Bill)| 8-10 September 2008, Project Arts Centre
Random Aspects | Without a Hitch
Claire Cunningham | Mobile
Dance Ihayami | Ananda |
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About Dance Exchange Ireland
The purpose of the dance exchange programme is to;
- Encourage cross-cultural exchanges, and sustainable partnerships and institutional links between Irish and Scottish based dance artists and organisations
- Promote Irish and Scottish dance artists to a wider international audience through performances in high profile, festival environments
- Raise awareness of the pool of dance talent available to companies and ensembles based in both countries and thereby increase work opportunities for dance artists
- Identify and develop links and opportunities for on-going relationships, projects, tours and collaborations in dance between the two countries
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The Scottish/Irish Dance Exchange is part of a longer-term strategy by Dance Ireland, Dance House (Glasgow) and Dance Base (Edinburgh) to assist their respective dance artists to increase their profile through international collaborations, exchanges and workshops. This exciting collaboration will also have longer-term benefits for the dance communities in both countries through creating and widening work opportunities for chorepgraphers, dancers and companies and establishing institutional links.
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About the partners involved
Dance Base
The national dance centre for Scotland, located in Edinburgh and also a major venue for dance during the August festival season.
Dance Ireland
The strategic umbrella resource organisation for professional dance practice whose new home, DanceHouse, is also a venue for the Dublin Fringe Festival.
Dublin Fringe Festival
Ireland's leading annual, multi-disciplinary festival of contemporary performing arts.
Richard Wakely
An independent theatre and dance producer and presenter working internationally out of Ireland. |
The Scottish Dance Works
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Stammer Productions | The Making of Doubt
The Making of Doubt is a visually intriguing dance performance from award-winning Scottish choreographer Colette Sadler. Using movement trickery and illusion, The Making of Doubt questions the notion "is seeing really beleiving?"
Featuring a very surprising cast and an epic sound score by the mythical Zoviet France, this performance takes us on a sensory journey in and out of reality...
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Random Aspekts | Without a Hitch
It's bboying with a little backstabbing, biting moves and killing the beat...or each other. Take six steps to being six feet under with Random Aspekts who are just dying to impress but as they break, pop and lock. their friendships seem to go a little sour. Taking influences from the films of Alfred Htichcock and a hint of film noir, Without a Hitch, brings a sense of the sinister into break dance.
Claire Cunningham | Mobile
Should I stay or should I go?...and more importantly, how do I get there? Mobile is a work about choice...and denial...and bicycles! A solo dance and aerial piece by the 2007 Fringe Award Nominee Claire Cunningham.
Dance Ihayami | Ananda
Dynamic footwork, chiseled geometry, meaningful hand gestures and facial expressions - such is the Indian classical dance Bharatanatyam. Ananada begins with a traditional piece - colourful, joyful and upbeat. This is followed by a duet choreographed to Russian music, where the duo join the flight of the fiddles. The dancers then eloquently fuse the footwork and gestures which were born in India long ago to modern Celtic music.
| Dance Base receives Foundation funding from the Scottish Arts Council | |