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Since November 2005 there have been regular weekly contemporary dance classes in Athlone in which the pupils have had oppurtunity to learn new dance skills and techniques aswell as being involved in a choreographic project. This new piece Underwater Weather is the result of the time spent learning and devising, some dancers without any prior knowledge at all, and developing a sense of dance creativity themselves so that the piece is danced and enjoyed with integrety and excitement.
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CoisCéim Dance Theatre
Based in Dublin, CoisCéim Dance Theatre has created nineteen dance works for live performance ranign in scale from duets to larger ensembles featuring up to 11 dancers. We have performed in theatres, bars, nightclubs and hotel bedrooms and have worked with a wealth of Irish talent. The Company’s most recent creation is KNOTS which premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2005, winning the Award for Best Production. This year, KNOTS toured throughout Ireland and in August 2006 will have its UK premier at the Aurora Nova venue as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Apart from its performance work, CoisCéim is engaged in a range of other activities including: the professional development of Irish dance artists through its Choreographic Manoeuvres programme; and the provision of workshops and evening class programmes for the wider public. More information about CoisCéim is available at www.coisceim.com. |
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Dublin Youth Dance Company
Founded in 2001, Dublin Youth Dance Company is a professionally directed dance group for young people who seek involvement in choreography, rehearsals and performances supported by the Arts Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and Dance Theatre of Ireland. It provides young dancers & choreographers with opportunities to develop their talent, enhance their technical training, tap into their creative and interpretative skills in choreography, and give opportunities to create and perform new work. The company helps to enhance the arts environment by participating in local and national festivals and events and by hosting the very successful Irish Youth Dance Festival, now in it's 6th year. |
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Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company
Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company was set up by Ursula Laeubli and Steve Batts in Amsterdam in 1991 relocating to Derry in 1997. Echo Echo has since produced several productions from Ireland to Russia including Old Bob's Tale 1997, Blue 1997, Pulse 1998, Carbon 1999, No Trace 2003, Tenderised 2003 and Under Observation 2003. The teaching work of the company has been taken to many countries including Israel, Hungary, Switzerland, Holland and U.K. Echo Echo's most recent production RESONANCE, choreographed/directed by Wolfgang Hoffmann and Ilanit Tadmor has been performed at the Dublin Fringe Festival and 7 venues in Northern Ireland . Echo Echo has a strong commitment to developing dance as an accessible art form through both its production and outreach programme. |
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EnCavale / Marina Ligeron
Marina is a French dancer, improviser and choreographer. For the two last years she has been performing series of instant composition works with various French musicians and improvisation groups such as Bertrand Renaudin and Olivier Cahours for Des Pieds et des Mains; Yann Delannoy and Lionel Arthur L. for Ecoutons-voir, and also The Maïdo Project and Orbitallink. At the same time she choreographed new works including 7aléas2 and two solos - Motus and Allée-Venue, performed in France, Germany and The Netherlands. She also collaborates with theatre directors and develops projects involving actors. Her research has been very influenced by working with Julyen Hamilton, Robert Steijn and Katie Duck. After a master in literature and performing arts (Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2000), and one in Choreography (School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam, 2003), she chose Paris as her base in 2004. In 2006, Marina was elected to be part of the program Emergences, rewarding young choreographers, and has just created the company EnCavale. In October she will be artist in residence in Montevideo Sitiada Festival, Uruguay. |
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L’aTEUCHUs / Gabriel Hermand-Priquet
Gabriel Hermand-Priquet is a graduate of the conservatory program of the International Puppet Theatre Institute (France) and has since collaborated with various companies in circus, dance and theatre. He frequently works with the New Yorker director Roman Paska, and is a member of his Dead Puppet Company. Gabriel regularly works with dancer-performer Julyen Hamilton most recently with work concerning improvisation. In 2003, he created his own company l’aTEUCHUs and the solo show l’Avorton Volant ou appétits pas dupes. For three years, he has devoted himself to the study of the traditional Chinese hand puppetry with the master Yeung Faï, and has used this technique in several productions and performances, notably this production No Rose without a thorn… |
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Junk Ensemble
Megan and Jessica Kennedy co-founded junk ensemble and their duet Watch Her Disappear performed during Dublin Fringe Festival 2004 and in theatres throughout Ireland. Circus Freak premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival 2005 and performed at Tanzwochen, Dresden Dance Festival 2006.
Megan Kennedy - Megan Kennedy trained at Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, NYC and received a BA Hons degree in Theatre Arts from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She has worked with Storytelling Unplugged Company, This Tortion Dance Theatre, Shakram Dance Company, Retina Dance Company, Rex Levitates Dance Company and CoisCeim Dance Theatre. Megan toured the U.K. twice with Edinburgh-based Cat in a Cup Theatre Company and most recently worked with Brokentalkers Theatre Company and Bedrock Productions.
Jessica Kennedy - Jessica Kennedy trained in the U.S.A., Dublin and London, and completed her BA Hons in Dance Performance and English Literature at Middlesex University, London. She has worked with Compound Productions, Storytelling Unplugged Company, Stage Junket, Adrenalin Dance, Satu Tuomisto Dance Company, and Retina Dance Company. She worked with Myriad Dance for two years and recently performed with Brokentalkers Theatre Company. |
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Nick Bryson
Nick Bryson is currently completing The Masters in Contemporary Dance Performance at The University of Limerick. He has also trained at The Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds and The School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam. Nick has lived and made dance work in Belfast, Cork and Limerick. In Belfast he was Dance Co-ordinator for arts organisation, Factotum. In Cork he was Dance Artist in Residence at The Institute for Choreography and Dance (where he worked with Niamh Condron). He also danced with REBUS Dance Project and choreographed for Opera 2005 and recently Meridian Theatre Company’s production of ‘The White Lady’. From this Autumn he will be on the mentoring programme at Daghdha Dance Company, Limerick and then plans to move to Belgium. This is his first performance with Eleftheria. |
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Compagnie Osteorock
Carole Bonneau - Currently living in Paris, Carole Bonneau was born in Vitry sur Seine and studied in the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine d'Angers from 1994/96 after which she worked with the company L'Esquisse and Fatoummi Lamoureux. Since 1999 she has danced in pieces by Hans Van Den Broeck including the Ballet “C de la B”, and with SOIT (Stay Only If Temporary] based in Brussels since 2002. In 2000 she devised the solo “The house not lived in” with David Vaughn and her own “Sous la contrainte demande...” In 2001 she devised the solo “On ira tous au paradis”, co-produced by the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine d'Angers, and supported by the Centre National de la Danse de Paris. In 2003 she started working with Ivan Fatjo in a work called “Landscape” by Nathalie Beasse. In 2004, with Emmanuelle Nelli, they collaborated to create “Siyala”, a performance of dance, video, and weaving, supported by the French Institut in Rabbat (Morocco), with the weavers, women of the atelier Nakasha of Sale/Rabbat which toured in Morocco and France in 2005. In 2005, at the Centre de Recherche Chorégraphique, Toulouse, she created “Pas à pas jusqu'aux derniers” with Pierre-Johanne Suc, Cie Androphyne.
Ivan Fatjo - Born in Costa Rica, Ivan studied dance, music and theatre in the (Conservatorio Castella) Conservatorio Nacional de Artes de Costa Rica, and then in the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine d'Angers from 2001 to 2003. He has danced in pieces by Joêlle Bouvier, Jimmy Ortiz, Cyril Davy, Claude Brumachon, Abou Lagraa and Nathalie Beasse. Since 2003, he has worked with disabled children in Angers and St. Nazaire with the support of the Fanal (Scéne Nationale de St Nazaire) and the CNDC d'Angers. In 2003 he made the documentary "OSER" with disabled children and the solo "UNO", inspired by the story of an autistic child. In 2005 he played in the short film "Le Tigre 1" directed by Claire Braud. In 2006 supported by the CNDC d'Angers he continued his pedagogical work, giving workshops of dance and video. He joined Hans Van den Broeck’s company SOIT for the new production "Service" |
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Rex Levitates Dance Company
Rex Levitates Dance Company was founded in 1999 by Liz and Jenny Roche. Based in Dublin, it is a dynamic, young company commited to producing entertaining, innovative and thought provoking contemporary dance works. The company had produced nine full length works choreographed by Liz Roche to date and has performed in the UK, France, China and Cyprus. |
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Summerhill Dance Group
A unique group of transition year students from Summerhill Community School were selected in late December 2005 to work in the creation of this new piece. 'Waking Wings' which looks into the possible meanings of freedom - physically and mentally. The creation is a unique explanation of personal discoveries and artistic endeavours on the subject, danced serenely and beautifully by the students. |
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This Torsion Dance Theatre
This Torsion Dance Theatre was set up in 2001 with a desire to explore and expand on movement and performance possibilities. The interest in performance lies in the belief that the aesthetic journey can shed light on certain truths about the human condition, can express beauty in an unique manner and that the power of dance can connect directly with our deepest universal concerns. With the ideology that the body speaks with a loud honesty, This Torsion has created a number of creations for various platforms and festivals. Recent Productions include What Unremembered Seasons (Tuar Ard Arts Centre,2005); No Wind No Where (dance film - Paris, 2005); RUSH (dance film commission from Dublin Fringe Festival, 2004); Smell the Wind (Welsh Independent Dance, 2004); 2b (Belfast Waterfront Hall, including Studio, 2003); WhiteWASH (Dublin Fringe Festival 2003); Re:LEASE ME (Dance Theatre of Ireland Production, 2002); Duet in e sharp (1 st Irish Youth Dance Festival, 2001) |
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