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November 2009 Newsletter:January 2008 Newsletter.Qxd 23/10/2009 16:49 Page 1 November 2009 Newsletter:January 2008 Newsletter.qxd 23/10/2009 16:49 Page 1 NOVEMBER 2009 dance ireland NEWS November 2009 Newsletter:January 2008 Newsletter.qxd 23/10/2009 16:49 Page 2 Dance Ireland is the trading name of the Association of Professional Dancers in Ireland Ltd. Established in 1989, Dance Ireland is a membership-led organisation, operating on an all-Ireland basis, dedicated to the promotion of professional dance practice in Ireland. Incorporated in 1992 as a not-for-profit company with limited guarantee, the organisation has evolved into a national, umbrella resource whose core aims are the promotion of dance as a vibrant artform, the provision of support and practical resources for professional dance artists through our training and development programmes and advocacy on dance and choreography issues. Dance Ireland manages DanceHouse, a purpose-built, state-of-the-art dance rehearsal venue, located in the heart of Dublin’s north-east inner city. DanceHouse is at the heart of Dance Ireland activities, as well as being a home for professional dance artists and the wider dance community. Studios are available for hire. In addition to hosting our artistic programme of professional training and development, performances, exhibitions, special events and a fully equipped artists’ resource room, DanceHouse offers a range of evening classes to cater to the interests and needs of the general public. BOARD MEMBERS Adrienne Brown Chairperson, Cindy Cummings, Megan Kennedy Secretary, Lisa McLoughlin, Anne Maher, Fearghus Ó Conchúir, Gaby Smith DANCE IRELAND PERSONNEL Paul Johnson, Chief Executive Siân Cunningham, General Manager Audrey Houdart, Artistic Programme Manager Inga Byrne, Administrator Brenda Crea & Glenn Montgomery, Receptionists/Administrative Assistants Dance Ireland, DanceHouse, Foley Street, Dublin 1. Tel: 01 855 8800 Fax: 01 819 7529 Email: [email protected] Website: www.danceireland.ie Dance Ireland News is published 12 times a year Published by Dance Ireland, DanceHouse, Foley St, Dublin 1, Ireland. Printed by CRM Design + Print, Unit 6, Bridgecourt Office Park, Walkinstown Ave., Dublin 12, Ireland. ISSN 1649-9506 Disclaimer Dance Ireland reserves the right to edit or amend all articles or notices published in this magazine. The views expressed are those of contributors and do not necessarily represent the views of Dance Ireland members. Cover: Daghdha, Standing in Ink Photo: Tyrone O’Ros Deadlines for next edition: December 2009 Copy & Photos: Friday 13 November Inserts: Friday 20 November All photos submitted must be accompanied by appropriate credits and acknowledgements 2 November 2009 Newsletter:January 2008 Newsletter.qxd 23/10/2009 16:50 Page 3 News INTRODUCTION hile November (Mí na Samhna) is associated with 30 days of dark mornings, cold afternoons and rainy nights, it is also more optimistically identified by the bright precious stone yellow Wtopaz and the beautiful chrysanthemum. Highlighting the bright side, this issue contains news of a vibrant dance scene at work. Under company news, you can read about a diversity of activities ranging from campaigns and classes to performances and tours to workshops and seminars from amongst others Blank Canvas in Firkin Crane, Echo Echo in Derry, Dance Research Forum Ireland in Limerick and Irish Modern Dance Theatre in Carrick-on-Shannon. In addition, you can look forward to new work from Cork City Ballet (The Nutcracker), Daghdha Dance Company (Gravity and Grace festival), Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre (The Rite of Spring); Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Company (Madam Silk) and Phluxus Dance Collective from Australia performing at the Firkin Crane. Not to mention tours from Nemian Danza; Iseli-Chiodi Dance Company/Rex Levitates (Mexico and Venezuela) and Ballet Ireland. We extend invitations to come experience the work-in-progress of some of the current choreographic bursary winners Nick Bryson, Mark Carberry and Elena Giannotti (06 November); and later in the month, a studio presentation of Sweet Love (20 November). Sweet Love is part of our international exchange programme with Dance House Glasgow. It is a multi-generational performance piece for 10 professional and amateur female performers from Scotland and Ireland. Led by choreographer Janis Claxton, Sweet Love is a devised, process-based work which takes its inspiration from the bittersweet tales and heartfelt lyricism in Appalachian Folk songs and country music, and the personal and universal themes of women’s lives. For those looking for other stimulation, we host AMP 2009, in association with the Contemporary Music Centre on Saturday 07 November. AMP – A Meeting Place is an opportunity for artists of all disciplines to come together to share ideas, possibly find a new collaborator and learn more about each other’s work. Professional training-wise you can take part in morning classes at DanceHouse and also our classes run in association with Maiden Voyage in Belfast, Firkin Crane in Cork, Siamsa Tíre in Tralee and Myriad in Wexford. Our final guest teaching residency of the year is with the highly regarded Tim O’Donnell and is a contact improvisation week. We bid a fond farewell to our dear neighbour and staunch supporter Jack Gilligan, on his retirement as Dublin City Council Arts Officer. Jack was a great supporter of dance and a champion of all artists. In particular he was a tenacious driving force behind the development of Liberty Corner, including DanceHouse. Jack will be missed by us all. After many years of dedicated and gracious service; we wish him a good rest and all the best for the future. 3 November 2009 Newsletter:January 2008 Newsletter.qxd 23/10/2009 16:50 Page 4 DANCE IRELAND PROGRAMME CHOREOGRAPHIC BURSARY AWARD The panel met over two days in October. While it was 2009 / 2010 our intention to meet with all artists, as part of the assessment process – the unprecedented volume of For the third successive year, Dance Ireland is offering applications, coupled with a tight schedule did not Choreographic Bursary Awards. Choreographers, who allow us this opportunity at this time. While the panel are professional members of Dance Ireland, were noted their disappointment with not being able to encouraged to apply. The focus for the Choreographic support more artists; they nevertheless unanimously Bursary Award is on choreographic research and applauded the overall quality of the proposals development. The is simply to provide received and the level of creative activity nationally. choreographers and dance makers with the breathing space to explore new avenues of interest, and address self-identified areas of research, which cannot be addressed within their normal working CHOREOGRAPHIC BURSARY process. RECIPIENTS 2008/09 We received 34 proposals from a diverse and talented Presentation of work range of artists from throughout Ireland (with a total 06 November @ 2pm value request of over €300,000) and were in a DanceHouse position to award 8 bursaries, total value € 57,400, as Admission free follows: One of the hallmarks of the bursary award is the Artist Region Type Amount requirement for recipients to share their work and of Award € research by documenting their process and reflecting on their activity with the network of fellow recipients Fiona Quilligan Dublin Full bursary 10,000 during scheduled feedback sessions. As part of this Charlotte Spencer Limerick Full bursary 9,000 process; three of the current bursary recipients Muirne Bloomer/ (2008/09) will gather in DanceHouse on Friday 06 Emma O’Kane Dublin Full bursary 8,700 November for the second of three informal studio James Hosty Dublin Full bursary 8,000 Jessica Kennedy Dublin Full bursary 8,000 Ailish Claffey Dublin Seed bursary 5,500 Aoife McAtamney Kildare Seed bursary 4,000 Sheena McGrandles Antrim Seed bursary 4,000 Dance Ireland is committed to a rigorous and independent peer panel assessment process. This year we assembled a national and international panel, comprised of Mary Brady (curator, strategist, writer and artistic director of Woking Dance Festival England); Wolfgang Hoffmann (Berlin-based Ireland Photocall : performer and choreographer); Nikki Tomlinson (UK dance artist and artists’ advisor with Artsadmin, Source London); Karen Wood (Artistic Director Dance House Glasgow). Choreographic Bursary Awards 4 November 2009 Newsletter:January 2008 Newsletter.qxd 23/10/2009 16:50 Page 5 showings. Featuring Mark Carberry, Elena Giannotti and Nick Bryson, the sharing includes a discussion with the artists about their work and the choreographic bursary process, and an opportunity for audience question and answer. Nick Bryson and Damian Punch will present and discuss extracts of their new work-in-progress Goldilocks Zone - a comic dance work for all the family. The research and collaborations for this piece has also been made possible by a residency at Dance Base, Edinburgh. Elena Giannotti will present a short work-in-progress entitled Wide Roads and will also talk about her Tim O’Donnell : research on The Solo Form and religious rituals together with her collaborator Berit Mohr. Source Mark Carberry in collaboration with electro acoustic Tim O’Donnell composer John Greenwood has been working with pre recorded text which came from personal “rants” and “raw thinking”. He will present a short section of a rigor, we will all work together to achieve our goals solo mentored by Wendy Houstoun, part of an and to increase our capacity as artists. ongoing performance based process. Places for this workshop are limited and can
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