OCTOBER 2009 dance ireland NEWS 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 Kelly Chen, Book Keeper 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: The Curve Foundation Photo: Mermaid Arts Centre Deadlines for next edition: November 2009 Copy & Photos: Friday 09 October Inserts: Friday 16 October All photos submitted must be accompanied by appropriate credits and acknowledgements 2 News INTRODUCTION n this month’s issue we present our readers with another blast of invigorating Dance Ireland news, notices and opportunities. Just over the page you will find details of our final Iguest residencies with Ennio Sammarco and Tim O’Donnell, details of Dance Ireland Bursary Awards, information about our Dance Forum; Dance Artists: Making Work, Sustaining a Practice in association with the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and a new development, dates of the studio showings from our most recent bursary recipients. Also in October our members bring you news of performances, workshops and special events happening around Ireland and abroad; something for all tastes and interests. Highlights include performances and workshops by Fidget Feet, Firkin Crane, Cork City Ballet, Legitimate Bodies and Youth Ballet West, while Animated State take part in this year’s Imagine Arts Festival. Also this month calls for applications for I.F.O.N.L.Y dance festival, workshop opportunities from Dance Artist in Regional Ireland (DARI) and masterclasses with Introdans at Baboró festival Galway and master classes with Irish Ballet Forum at DanceHouse. Dance Ireland would also like to make a last request to all those who have not yet renewed their membership to do so as soon as possible. Although we have received an outstanding response to our recent membership drive, especially in the student and professional performer / choreographer categories, many renewals remain outstanding. As a member-led organisation, you, our members are essential to the success of our efforts to support, develop and promote dance in Ireland. For information on our membership and application forms visit www.danceireland.ie, email [email protected] or contact Inga on 01 884 8103. And finally, it gives us great pleasure to introduce our new Artistic Programme Manager, Audrey Houdart. Audrey has worked within several international arts organisations and festivals such as the Centre National de la Danse (CND), Culturesfrance, Les Hivernales / Choreographic Development Centre (Avignon) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before joining Dance Ireland. Audrey holds a BA in French Literature, an MA in Comparative Literature from UCC, and an MA in Theatre Production from the Sorbonne Nouvelle University. Audrey can be contacted by telephone on 01 884 8101 or by email [email protected]. On behalf of the Dance Ireland team we bid a fond farewell and sincere thank you to our departing Development Officer Elisabetta Bisaro; we wish her all the best in her future career. 3 DANCE IRELAND PROGRAMME If you have further questions, please contact Audrey Houdart, Artistic Programme Manager by telephone at 01 884 8101 or by email [email protected]. CHOREOGRAPHIC BURSARY RECIPIENTS 2008/2009 Presentation of work 09 October @ 2pm DanceHouse Admission free Hailing from all corners of Ireland, recipients of Dance : Photocall Ireland Photocall : Ireland’s Choreographic Bursary Awards 2008/2009 will gather in DanceHouse on Friday 09 October to Source perform the first of three informal studio showings. The showings will then be followed by a discussion Choreographic Bursary Awards 08/09 with the recipients about their work and the choreographic bursary process. CHOREOGRAPHIC BURSARY AWARD During this first session Laura Murphy will present 2009/2010 two videos of her work-in-progress Lovely, a duet Call for applications performance by herself and Ailish Claffey. Becky Reilly Deadline: 02 October @ 5pm will show sample shots of her dance film Hoover Interviews: 12 and 13 October society, combining three elements: film, dance and costume. Hoover Society performers include Becky For the third successive year, Dance Ireland is offering Reilly, Robert Jackson and Deirdre Murphy. Having Choreographic Bursary Awards. Choreographers, who performed her work in progress in April, Leonie are professional (performer/choreographer) McDonagh (ponydance Company) will also take part members of Dance Ireland, are encouraged to apply. in the informal discussion. We wish to respond to proposals that are daring and imaginative and to support choreographers who The Dance Ireland Choreographic Bursary Awards wish to make new departures. These bursaries are to 2008/2009 were brought about thanks to significant buy time for practice research and development, over support from the Arts Council, whose funding a six to nine month period, commencing from enabled us to award €60,000 in total to the 12 October 2009 onwards. successful artists. Bursary recipients were Nick Bryson, Mark Carberry, Emma Fitzgerald, Elena Giannotti, The Choreographic Bursary Award will give Laura Murphy, Leonie McDonagh, Rebecca Reilly, choreographers the breathing space to explore new Mary Wycherley, Eddie Kay, Áine Stapleton, Emma avenues of interest, and address self-identified areas Martin and Ingrid Nachstern. of development, which cannot be addressed within their normal working process. We ask choreographers The two remaining performance dates will take place to identify their own needs and aspirations. A on Friday 06 November and Friday 11 December. For detailed information sheet can be found on the further information on the Choreographic Bursary Dance Ireland website www.danceireland.ie. Awards visit www.danceireland.ie. 4 : Photocall Ireland Photocall : Source Choreographic Bursary Awards 08/09 DANCE FORUM Cork; Michael Klein from Daghdha Dance Company, Dance Artists: Making Work, Sustaining a Practice representatives from Dance Artists in Rural Ireland 16 October (DARI) and the Genesis Project Dublin. 9.30am – 4.30pm The forum is supported by the Arts Council’s Drumroe Village Hall, University of Limerick European Cultural Contact Point, and is a joint In recent years many interesting and innovative initiative between Dance Ireland and the Irish World spaces, and collective structures, have been Academy of Music and Dance. developed with the expressed purpose of supporting For further information and panallist’s profile visit dance artists to research, develop and present their www.danceireland.ie; or to book a place contact Inga work. All of these spaces and structures, whether they on 01 884 8103; email [email protected]. have been developed in response to individual and/or collective needs, or designed to act as catalysts for change, reflect the artistic, social and political ideals of the people who created them. This INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE ARTIST one-day event will provide an opportunity to hear RESIDENCY presentations, from invited panellists, about models Ennio Sammarco that have developed in specific cultural contexts, Contemporary countries and counties. It will also provide an 27 - 30 October opportunity for discussion and debate about how French choreographer Ennio Sammarco will be back these models support artists in building constructive in Dublin for his last week of residency in relationships, in evolving their working process and in DanceHouse. During their recent residency time at realising their