The Emma Insley Cabaret has been running every year of the festival since 2010 and this year it will be extra special as it will celebrate 25 years of Fidget Feet, the company who started the Irish Aerial Dance Fest. Fidget Feet are Ireland’s leading aerial dance company and have strong Donegal connections as it …
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Four aerial dance works presented as part of this year’s Irish Aerial Dance Fest MAKOSH by Polina Shapkina A work in progress, MAKOSH is a dreamlike memoir, delving into the hidden depths of the human psyche and holding a seance with the entities within. Aerial dance & contemporary theatre blend with surrealist imagery in this …
Marking 100 years since its first publication, Yes and Yes is a contemporary response to one of the most important works of modern literature, James Joyce’s Ulysses. Yes and Yes comes to An Grianán Theatre following sold out performances in Washington D.C., Philadelphia and Ireland in 2022. The piece takes its title from the final …
Get ready to experience a night of glitz and glamour as Zona Dance Company presents their annual end-of-year showcase! This spectacular event will feature some of the most iconic movie music, with performances in ballet, jazz, musical, acro, and contemporary styles. You’ll be dazzled and inspired by the extraordinary talent of our young dancers from …
Featuring a cast of outstanding international performers and live music, and inspired by Ukrainian folk dance traditions, A Call To You is a passionate celebration of life, togetherness and dance. Following its successful sold-out premiere at the Dublin Dance Festival in 2022, A Call to You emerges from the urgency of the incomprehensible times we …
This holiday season, the curtain rises on Ballet Ireland’s Nutcracker Sweeties, a re-telling of one of the world’s favourite Christmas ballets. It’s a magical Christmas Eve. Ciara and her brother Fionn are on a shopping trip to a famous department store in Dublin. They wander off from their parents and the magic of Nutcracker and …
TearAway – Suzon Gheur (45 mins) Imagine a few boxes dispatched on the stage – from which you’ll have to think out of. Imagine a trapeze that comes to life, at times as a friend, at others as an enemy. One quest: to deconstruct the stereotypes conveyed by the aerial world, such as thinness, flexibility, …
NB: unfortunately we’ve had to cancel this event. The programme will now be split in two and added on to Friday and Saturday’s IADF events instead. If you have purchased a ticket please let us know if you wish to receive a refund or swap to Friday or Saturday night’s shows instead. The Irish Aerial …
Maureen Byrne’s Rí-Oga Dance Academy return to An Grianán with their showcase performance.
Come join Zona Dance Company for their most recent full length production of Lost in Oz. Our original choreography tells the story of Dorothy and her adventure to the great land of Oz. The show will include all our dancers and all our dances styles; ballet, contemporary dance, acro dance and jazz dance to delight …
A dance-theatre production The Village sees 5 people gather on a hill looking down on the townland where they all grew up. As they watch the lights go out over the village, it’s not clear what draws them back home, what brings them together in this place now, and what connects them, other than The …
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Losing Your Body – Rachel Ní Bhraonáin (40 mins) How far can the body be pushed before it pushes back? This dancer is primed for success — a flat in London, a flexible day job, trendy friends and the occasional gig go-go dancing. Her migraines are getting worse. But she just has to keep hustling. …
Michael Keegan-Dolan / Teaċ Daṁsa MÁM Mám 1 : 1.Yoke. Faoi mhám an pheaca, under the yoke of sin. 2. Lit: Obligation, duty, function.Mám 2 : Mountain pass.Mám 3 : Handful. ~ mhilseán, of sweets. Scaipeann sé ina mhámanna é, he throws it away in handfuls. MÁM is a meeting place between soloist and ensemble, …
The Forristal School of Dance presents “Dance Spectacular” The school returns with a fantastic version of Beauty and the Beast in Act 1. With dancing candles, flowers, wolves, plates, cutlery and a wonderful cast of main characters we have a treat in store for you. Act 2 is a variety act to appeal to all …
Walls Talk, brings together solo dancer, Breandán de Gallaí, and singer, Gina Boreham in this deeply moving work. Set against the back drop of by songs from the jazz golden era, this work explores notion of memory being recorded in the material world around us: all our actions, our feelings and thoughts, frozen in matter …
