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Your Body is Your Instrument

Tickets: €70/55 A workshop led by Andrea Pastorella, director of the Movita Dance Theatre in New York.

This is an exploration of how we use our physicality through movement, rhythm and shape. All people are welcome, performers, actors, dancers and anyone who wants to explore these ideas. Previous experience is not necessary to benefit from thie work.

Movita is a modern dance company dedicated to inspiring unity among people through dance and the arts.

Contact: 087 264 5074 0r 087 063 9959

MA in Contemporary Dance Graduation 2010 Performance

Tickets: €Free

A free lunchtime performance to celebrate the Firkin Crane’s BLANK CANVAS Exchange Programme and its growing recognition by the dance community in Ireland and abroad.

The performance offers a wonderful opportunity to see original contemporary dance performance and to witness the emerging talent of dancers in Ireland.
The dancers are Lisa Cahill, Patric Cashman, Erika Charters, Karen Gleeson, Katrin Neue and Kasia Voetter. Some were based in Ireland, whilst others have traveled from America, Germany, England and Holland to work and study together, sharing their passion for contemporary dance. All are students of the MA in Contemporary Dance Performance, based at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in the University of Limerick.
The MA programme offers advanced tuition in dance and somatic training techniques, with daily classes and intensive workshops under the directorship of Mary Nunan, a pioneer of contemporary dance in Ireland.

The performance of original ensemble and solo works was choreographed by Blarney resident Mairead Vaughan, who is artistic director of Shakram Dance, and Liz Roche, artistic director of Dublin-based Rex Levitates. Mairead and Liz have worked with internationally known dance artists such as Elena Gianotti, Mary Wycherley and Colin Dunne.

Tea and sandwiches will be served beforehand (suggested donation €5)

Further details contact Jane Kellaghan at the Firkin Crane Tel: 086 8147837

Re-opening

Tickets: € The Firkin Crane is pleased to announce that normal operations will resume on Monday 30 November.
We wish to express our gratitude and appreciation for the support of all our dancers, teachers and dance students during this last week and look forward to welcoming you back to the home of dance in Cork.
Do come to the special sharing scheduled for 1.00 pm

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Rhithim Rhythm

Tickets: €16/13 Printz Dance Project, in collaboration with Siamsa Tire, the Irish National Folk Theatre, return to the Firkin Crane with a heady mix of traditional and contemporary dance.
Choreographed by Artistic Directors, Stacey Printz (PDP) and Jonathan Kelliher (NFT), Rithim Rhythm is crammed with Irish step, beat boxing and funky moves. Eleven dancers take to the stage in an exhilarating 70 minutes of vignettes, culminating in a unique collaboration which sees Irish step and modern dance effortlessly fuse and sizzle.
PDP, founded in 1998 by Stacey Printz, takes a fresh approach to blending movement styles, seamlessly unifying intense athleticism with fluid articulation. Based in San Francisco, PDP have performed and toured throughout the US and Europe, in addition to their annual home season at the Cowell Theatre in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center. In 2007 they undertook a short tour in Ireland, performing to hugely enthusiastic audiences in Cork and Galway and West Kerry.
Siamsa Tíre, most widely known for its performances investigating traditional artforms, has been involved in a number of collaborative works in recent years, and has worked with contemporary choreographers such as Mary Nunan, Cindy Cummins and Sue Ellen McCarthy. Rithim Rhythm demonstrates the Irish National Folk Theatre’s commitment to the ongoing development of its practice.

The collaboration between the two companies began over two years ago when PDP travelled to Ireland to work with the NFT’s performing company with a view to creating a piece of work which fused the distinct styles of both traditions. Subsequent visits by the Irish group to the US, culminated in the premiere of Rithim Rhythm (funded by Culture Ireland) in the Cowell Theater in San Francisco last November, where the work was greeted with acclaim by both audience and media.

Audience members are also invited to attend a post-show discussion at each of the venues, where the members of both companies discuss the genesis of the collaboration and what the experience has brought to their individual practices.



The Irish Premiere of Rithim Rhythm kicks off in Tralee as part of Culture Night on 25 September at 8.30pm, before touring to Cork (Firkin Crane), Belfast (Grand Opera House), and Limerick (Daghdha Space).

Tour Details:

Siamsa Tíre
Town Park, Tralee
Friday 25 September 8.30pm
Ticketline: 066 712 3055
€17/15 conc.
http://www.siamsatire.com

Firkin Crane, Cork
Saturday 26 September 8.00pm

Baby Grand at the Grand Opera House, Belfast
Victoria Street, Belfast
Monday 28 September 8pm
Ticketline: (028) 9024 1919
£15/12.25 conc
http://www.goh.co.uk

Daghdha Space
Daghdha Space, St. John’s Church, John’s Square, Limerick.
Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th September 8pm
Ticketline: 066 712 3055 (Siamsa Tire Box Office)
€16/13 conc
http://www.daghdha.ie

“The evening sizzled to an end with the two companies exchanging genres…. Modern, hip hop and step dancing all together in one big frenzy of sound and dramatic movement, a truly exhilarating experience.” San Francisco Chronicle

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Dramaworx

Tickets: € Drama: acting, improvisations, mime and solo performances

Dance: disco dancing and musical theatre

- shows staged and performed throughout the year.

Tara Ellis has choreographed, written, produced and directed dramatic theatre, comedy sketches, musical theatre and dance performances for all age levels.

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Contemporary Dance

Tickets: € Classes will focus on "the dynamic body" looking at the use of energy, rhythms and co-ordination in dance. Participants will be encouraged to dance with bodily and spacial awareness - incorporating alinement, technique, creative movement and choreography.
Classes are medium to fast paced and a certain level of fitness is advisable.
Optional Performance opportunities with Folded Productions may arise for participants

Mondays 7.30pm - 9.00pm
13 September - 18 October, 2010
6 week course: Euro 70 Drop- in: Euro 15
To Book contact: Laura Murphy 087 - 698 35 32

Technique for Flamenco Guitar

Tickets: €25 - €10 observers Over the last nine years, Juan Antonio Suárez Cano has appeared at theaters throughout the world and composed for important flamenco works. He has also recorded with prestigious artists such as Rafael Jiménez “Falo” on Cante Gitano, with the great guitarist and composter Gerardo Núñez on the Nueva Escuela de Guitarra Flamenca and Epitome, as well as continuing with the trio Caponata Argamacho. This incessant creative activity would culminate with the recording of his first album, “Son de Ayer” in 2008.

Cork Heritage Open Day 2010

Tickets: €Free The Firkin Crane has gone through many guises since it was erected as part of the Butter Market in the 19th century: the current rotunda building has been a dedicated cultural centre since the 1980’s.

This unique building will be open all day as part of the event organised by Cork City Council with support from the Heritage Council and DoEHLG and media sponsorship from Cork's 96FM and the Evening Echo. For one day only, over 35 buildings will open their doors free of charge, and members of the public are allowed a glimpse of some of Cork’s most fascinating buildings, ranging from the Medieval to the Military, the Civic to the Commercial and the Educational to the Ecclesiastical.

Cork Heritage Open Day highlights the important link between events and places from Cork’s past, which are marked by a series of plaques, some functional others commemorative, but each telling a unique piece of Cork history. There is also a feature on Cork’s Historic Post boxes. These post boxes demonstrate not only the range of changes in the decorative detail of cast-iron boxes from Victorian times to the latter part of the 20th century, but also chart the political changes in the governance of Cork and Ireland.

This event is an action from the Cork City Heritage Plan 2007-2012.

Further information is available at: Tel. No.: (021) 4924757

Psycho Spaghetti

Tickets: €10 per student - class teachers free of charge. Ger Carey’s brilliant comedy was written specifically for teenagers.

This hilarious one-man show attempts to answer the age-old question: Just what is going on inside the teenage brain? The show is 100 minutes of laugh-out-loud comedy aimed at getting teenagers to view themselves as part of a bigger picture. Book now to guarantee your students a fantastic theatrical experience. The show is perfect for Transition Year students, LCA, Youth Reach and even grown-ups! This is all achieved through Ger's unique blend of comedy and experience.

The show begins at 11.20am with a lunch time finish at 1pm. The second performance time is 2pm to 3.40pm. There are no intervals.

Tickets 10, teachers free, contact Ger Carey for tickets - 087 2794057

Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice Sessions

Tickets: €16/14 students, group rates available The Hamlet Session:
The Hamlet Session is an exciting synthesis of analysis and performance that has the primary goal of aiding learners in their Leaving Cert examination. The Hamlet Session is a 90 minute performance with discussion comprised of an entertaining scholarly review intertwined with intelligent and dynamic performances which track the plot of Hamlet from the beginning to the finale.


The Merchant Session:
The Merchant Session is an entertaining and informative synthesis of analysis and performance that has the primary goal of helping Junior Cert learners in their understanding of Merchant of Venice while at the same time highlighting what a fine comedy it is.  The 90 minute performance is a reduced version of the play and contains an entertaining scholarly review that clarifies the main themes and topics as well as an invitation for discussion.

Director: Peadar O’ Donoghue

Wednesday 6th October, Thursday 7th October, Friday 8th October, Monday 11th October, Tuesday 12th October, Wednesday 13th October, Thursday 14th October, Friday 15th October.
For more info and bookings, please contact Hannah-Rose Farrington 086 373 2556

Flamenco Workshop

Tickets: €25/22 Level: Beginners / Improvers

Madrid-born Concha Jareño, is, at present, one of the most outstanding Flamenco dancers and has participated in Flamenco Festivals around the world and in the most well known tablaos in Spain.
Certified in Spanish Dance, she gained the National Awards Matilde Coral and Mario Maya on Flamenco Art in Cordoba 2007. She has worked with artists like Rafael de Córdoba, Yolanda Heredia, Belén Maya, Rafaela Carrasco ,Isabel Bayón. She choreographed the work jazz-flamenco "Herencia". In March 2008 she created "Algo" her first own production in the Flamenco Festival "Flamingo" , Helsinki , Finlandia. She participated in “Bienal de Malaga”, “Flamenco viene del Sur” and “ Festival de Jerez” as a guest artist for the "Flamenco XXI: Café, Copa y Puro" of the Compañía Dospormedio. She presented at Sala Triángulo , Madrid "Algo" and "Simplemente Flamenco" that show the artist’s Flamenco versatile skills from more to traditional to more contemporary style. Since 2004 she has been one of the resident teachers at the Amor de Dios school in Madrid, training many professional and non-professional dancers from all over the world. She travels often to other countries to deliver workshops.
Concha Jareño won the Flamenco Choreography Prize “Certamen de Coreografía de Danza Española y Flamenco de Madrid”, and the second position in the prize “Cante Flamenco de las Minas 2008”. In 2009 has presented "Algo" in one of the most prestigious Flamenco Festivals in Spain “Festival de Jerez” She was awarded with the "Premio revelación" at the Festival de Jerez 2009 and getting the most rewarding reviews in media and audience feedback.

Concha Jareño also worked with world-renowned Spanish film director Carlos Saura, perhaps best known outside of Spain for his films Carmen (1983) and Flamenco (1995).

Proudly presented by Peña Flamenca El Indalo with the support of the Instituto Cervantes Dublin and the Agencia Andaluza para el Desarrollo del Flamenco, and funded in part by the Arts Council
photographs Pat Barrett

Time: 4:30pm - 6pm
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See Peña Flamenca El Indalo for information.

Flamenco - six strings for two heels

Tickets: €25/22 Flamenco guitarist and composer Juan Antonio Suárez "Cano" and dancer Concha Jareño, who performed separately in Dublin in 2009, are returning to tour Ireland with a new production, Seis cuerdas para dos tacones, which they premiered in June 2010 at the annual Flamenco Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico, delighting the audience and earning great critical acclaim.
Recently both artists have worked with world-renowned Spanish film director Carlos Saura, perhaps best known outside of Spain for his films Carmen (1983) and Flamenco (1995).

Don't miss an exceptional flamenco performance with two of Spain's most highly regarded artists! Irish audiences will be offered a unique opportunity to enjoy a level of flamenco artistry normally reserved for the stages of Spain and the more established international flamenco festivals.

Proudly presented by Peña Flamenca El Indalo with the support of the Instituto Cervantes Dublin and the Agencia Andaluza para el Desarrollo del Flamenco, and funded in part by the Arts Council
photographs Pat Barrett

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The Irish tour opens in Galway and will go through Cork before concluding in Dublin. The schedule also includes a number of dance workshops and guitar masterclasses to be held around the country. See Peña Flamenca El Indalo for information.

Culture Night 2010

Tickets: €Free Once again, the Firkin Crane, the home of dance in Cork, will open its door on Culture Night, a series of free events from early evening to late night throughout the city. Cork City Council Arts Office is co-ordinating this programme which is presented in partnership with the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism and Temple Bar Cultural Trust.

Dancers, choreographers, anyone involved with or interested in dance, is invited to join in. We aim to fill the many spaces demonstrating the variety, imagination and vibrancy of dance in Cork, and proving that, no matter what a visitor's age, experience, or level of agility, there will be something to try, as participant or audience.

Did I mention the Free Wine?

Tickets: €10 online - €12/5 at door
The evening will include poetry performed by Felix Dennis, with free fine French wines and canapés served throughout the evening.

In just eight years, Felix has established himself as one of the most popular and critically acclaimed poets of recent times, entertaining thousands of poetry-lovers on both sides of the Atlantic. His poetry has featured on radio programmes, in the national press, and been the subject of two major television documentaries, as well as receiving critical acclaim from Tom Wolfe, Christopher Rush, Stephen Fry and Sir Paul McCartney, to name but a few.

Felix will be reading a selection of poems from his hugely popular collections, Homeless in My Heart, A Glass Half Full, Lone Wolf, Nursery Rhymes for Modern Times and Island of Dreams, all of which were sell-out books of original poetry. He will also introduce his new collection, Tales From The Woods, in an exclusive preview ahead of the book’s launch in October.

Tickets prices: £10 pre-booked online or £12 on the door, £5 concessions. To book online go to http://www.felixdennis.com

Theatrix Musical Theatre Summer School

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Summer School directed by Irene Warren and Bryan Flynn

Contact Irene on 087-6309804

Performers' Academy

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Summer at the Gaiety School of Acting

Tickets: €200 This course is a practical, enjoyable and confidence-building introduction to the craft of acting and improvisation. This is is the Gaiety's most popular summer course and is led by experienced professionals, who will establish a strong and supportive group dynamic from which the key aspects of the craft of acting are explored.

The course is useful for those who wish to expand their general communication skills. No previous acting experience is required - only a willingness to participate.

Follow on courses available: Page to Stage and Acting for Camera.

Stella Majewski, Artistic Director of the Gaiety School of Acting, Cork, was trained at the acclaimed Institute for Acting in Bochum, Germany and has worked as an actor, director and teacher across Europe. Since arriving in Ireland she has specialised in theatre directing, completing a Masters in UCD.

Contact Stella at 087 – 2772029

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Irish Performing Arts Festival 2010

Tickets: €Free
The COPE Foundation and Cork City are hosting the second Irish Performing Arts Festival between 22 and 24 June 2010.

Supported by Cork City Council, Cork County Council, HSE, Renault Wilton Motors, ETS Electrical Contractors and RTE Lyric FM, the festival venues are the Firkin Crane, Cork School of Music, Cork City Hall and Cork City Library.

Over the three days, the Irish Performing Arts Festival will highlight the importance of the arts in working with people with intellectual disabilities and will present the finest performers in the realms of Song, Dance, Instrumental Performance and Drama. It is anticipated that over three hundred performers will take part in the three day festival and more will visit Cork to support the Performances. All performances will take place on Wednesday June 23rd, are free and open to the public.

Commenting on the Irish Performing Arts Festival, Cllr Dara Murphy, Lord Mayor of Cork City and patron of the festival stated: “I am humbled to be the patron of this festival and it is an honour for our city to host such a prestigious event. I want to wish all the performers the best of luck in their competitions and performances”.

Festival Director and Music Therapist with COPE Foundation Eoin Nash is encouraging people to attend the performances which will take place on Wednesday June 23rd:
Cork School of Music between 10am & 3pm,
The Firkin Crane between 10am and 4pm,
Cork City Library between 11am and 3pm,
Cork City Hall between 7:30pm and 10:30pm.

An exciting performer line-up includes: COPE Foundation, Cork; Ability West, Galway; CoAction, West Cork; St. Christopher’s Services, Longford; Moore Abbey, South Kildare; Kare, Kildare; Midway Leighsbrook Local Service, Navan; Peamount, Co. Dublin; SOS Kilkenny; Stewarts Hospital Service, Dublin; Re Nua, St. John of Gods, Kildare; Brennan Sevices, Co. Kerry; Brothers of Charity, Co. Limerick; Respite Support Project & KBS, Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary, Co, Offaly; St. John of Gods, North East Services, Co. Louth and more. The standard of performers was excellent last year and festival organisers are anticipating that this year will be just as good.

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The Goldilocks Zone

Tickets: €12/€8, 
Family Ticket (2 adults + 2 children) €30 Legitimate Bodies Dance Company n association with Richard Wakely
. Performed and created by Nick Bryson and Damian Punch

Nick and Damian, acclaimed for being trapped in the bodies of peacemaking Northern Ireland politicians in the Spiegeltent during Midsummer Festival 2009, now take even more gigantic steps forward but this time for the benefit of the whole of mankind.
Putting to good use the Irishman’s instinct to think and act selflessly, they set themselves a difficult mission of space travel beyond the confines of their own country and planet. They have plans to communicate unambiguously with aliens and repopulate a distant planet on friendly terms with all life forms they may encounter.
This is their intrepid journey to ‘The Goldilocks Zone’ … not too hot, not too cold but just right ..


Details:
Friday 18 - 6.30 pm
Saturday 19 - 11.00 am + 6.00 pm
Sunday 20 - 1.00 pm

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George Bernard Shaw: Saint Joan

Tickets: €12.50 /10 Youthful enthusiasm meets ultimate political betrayal – powerfully portrayed by the talent of the Young Gaiety Theatre Company, Cork.

Saint Joan is probably the most intriguing of the Saints, shown in the numerous plays written about her, from Shakespeare to Mark Twain, and films made by such directors as Luc Besson. In 2004 she even got her own computer game. Born ca. 1420, she went out from her little village in France and changed the world, following only her inner voice. At 19 years of age, she met and made the king, and saved her home country. Sadly, she was not politically minded: when the powers to be decided that she had become too famous, they set up a desperate trial to get rid of her. Ultimately, she could only be condemned for the fact that she wore men’s clothing. On the 30th May 1431, she was burned on the stake for being a heretic. In June 1456, the trial was declared false, and Joan’s name was cleared. 464 years later, she became an official saint. The play follows Joan’s success, her courage, her passion, and her final burning at the stake.

The character of Saint Joan is traditionally played by actresses much older than the actual Joan, as it is considered one of the most challenging parts for female actors. The youthfulness of Katie Melia, Katie Oaks and Rachel Feeney in the part of Joan makes it easy to understand why the powerful leaders of the time were enchanted by her.

George Bernard Shaw's play, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc, dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. He wrote in his preface to the play:
"There are no villains in the piece. Crime, like disease, is not interesting: it is something to be done away with by general consent, and that is all [there is] about it. It is what men do at their best, with good intentions, and what normal men and women find that they must and will do in spite of their intentions, that really concern us."

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The Best of The Firkin Crane

Tickets: €12 The Firkin Crane presents a performance to celebrate the professional associations it has created and developed in recent years.

Cork City Ballet (Director: Alan Foley)
Cork City Ballet presents a series of sparkling divertissements, which include Alan Foley’s own ballet Enigma, with CCB star Leigh Alderson and students from Coláiste Stiofán Naofa Dance. Also featured are Irish ballerina Monica Loughman and Robert Gabdullin from the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, who will perform the pas de deux from Giselle Act 2.
The company will also present a new jazz ballet Rule The World, choreographed by Phillippa Davison, and The Male Dying Swan solo performed by Leigh Alderson, with music by Saint Saens.
Directed by Alan Foley, this eclectic suite of dances by the company is sure to please every cultural palate, with its fresh and innovative modern choreography, combined with the great classical traditions of Giselle and The Dying Swan.






CruX Dance Theatre (Director: Jane Kelleghan)

A contemporary adnce performance will include extracts from CruX's repertoire, including Infallible Muse 2, Hermaphrodite, Wet Dance and Individual Myth, all choreographed by Jane Kelleghan. This performance celebrates a diverse body of work, creating a medley of choreographic encounters, which includes elements of multimedia.
Dancers include Mark Carberry, Samon Presland and Amy Lawson.





Croí Glan Integrated Dance Company (Director: Tara Brandel)

A new aerial dance solo, Fling, is choreographed and performed by Tara Brandel, and directed by Scottish Dance Theatre's Dance Agent for Change disabled choreographer Caroline Bowditch. Fling evokes the sense of teetering on the edge, a feeling of not being able to let go and walk away - a solo dancer is drawn back.
This will be followed by an extract from Fall, choreographed in 2009 by Tara Brandel, with dancers Dawn Mulloy and William O'Donovan.




Special Guests, The Students and Alumni of the MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance Programme, University of Limerick (Course Director: Dr Catherine Foley)
The dancers are Renske Burghout; Meabh Felton; Máiréad O'Connor, Anna Shalabudova and Breandán de Gallaí (PhD Arts Practice Research Student). Excerpts performed from the Rite of Spring. Choreography: Breandán de Gallaí. Music Igor Stravinsky.

ME (Mobile Evolution)

Tickets: €15/10

Written and performed by award-winning dancer/choreographer Claire Cunningham, this double bill showcases her exceptional dance technique and impressive power.
ME is a show woven from humorous stories; about doctors and dancing, bikes and ballet; all threaded together and balanced upon, hanging from, spinning on and swinging on crutches. Any possible sentimentality is undercut with a healthy dose of Scottish sarcasm.

Audiences for this critically acclaimed production, seen at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2009, have been delighted, as well as provoked into questioning their ideas of aesthetics and dance.

Written and performed by Claire Cunningham in association with Jess Curtis/Gravity

Produced by Richard Wakely

Herald Angel Award Winner 2009 (Edinburgh Fringe Festival)
Supported by the Scottish Arts Council

Long Sky-blue Woolen Coat,

Tickets: €15/10 Welcome to the eccentric dance world of ex-ballet stars Delgado and Fuchs, in their quest to go beyond a traditional dance context. This wonderful and absurd performance is an absolute treat.
You can even have an informal drink with Marco Delgado and Nadine Fuchs after the performance, if you should be so inclined. After all, in the past 45 minutes you will have gotten to know them quite personally…

The Little Prince

Tickets: €Adults €10/7.50 Children €5 In this story, based on the novel by Antoine de Saint Exupery, Antoine’s strange little friend takes us onto a magical journey into the charming world of sunsets, far-off planets and gentle friendships.
Performed by the young talent of the Gaiety School of Acting, Cork.
Contact 086 - 3215236

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Gracias La Vida

Tickets: €15 - Family €50 (4 people) Cork-based New Moon Dance Company’s annual show, entitled “Gracias La Vida” (“thank you for life”), under the direction of Tina Horan

This year’s work combines a mix of Spanish and contemporary dance pieces performed by over 70 dancers and choreographed by Tina Horan, with contributions by guest choreographer Ailbhe Murphy, and senior students whose contributions are fine-tuned by Tina Horan (choreographer of the flashmob "Mr Blueskies" which was an internet viral success).

Over the last few years New Moon have been experimenting with some different forms of artistic expression with the help of professionals in the fields of Cinema, photography and Visual Art. Images of dancers in motion, shot on location in Cork city, provides another layer to the visual spectacle.



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Tickets available from Firkin Crane Tel: 021 450 7487

Aloys Fleischmann - Music for The Ballet - Exhibition

Tickets: €Free


For 45 years Aloys Fleischmann co-operated with Joan Denise Moriarty to foster ballet in Ireland. To honour Fleischmann’s contribution to dance, Cork City Ballet, in association with the Firkin Crane, presents a centenary celebration of one of Ireland’s finest composers. Renowned international choreographer (and former dancer with Irish Theatre Ballet, artistic director and choreographer to Irish National Ballet) Domy Reiter Soffer opened the exhibition. 

The exhibition was prepared from the Fleischmann and Moriarty archives by Anne and Maeve Fleischmann, together with a committee of former Cork Ballet Company dancers, headed by Sinead Murphy of Cork School of Dance; it was designed by Max Fleischmann and documents how the music for the dance arose as well as the performances of the ballets with specially commissioned music.

Ruth Fleischmann introduced Domy Reiter-Soffer, who officially opened the exhibition.

Sponsorship is by Cork Lyons Club.

Joan Denise Moriarty and Aloys Fleischmann at Táin rehearsal for Dublin Theatre Festival 1981.

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Aloys Fleischmann - Music for The Ballet

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For 45 years Aloys Fleischmann co-operated with Joan Denise Moriarty to foster ballet in Ireland. To honour Fleischmann’s contribution to dance, Cork City Ballet, in association with the Firkin Crane, presents a centenary celebration of one of Ireland’s finest composers. A special exhibition The Music for the Ballet will take place in the Firkin Crane in April 2010.

Directed by Alan Foley and Paul McCarthy, the company is delighted to announce that Prima Ballerina Elena Glurdjidze from English National Ballet and her partner (also a principal with ENB) Arionel Vargas will perform the Black Swan pas de deux in anticipation of CBC’s forthcoming production of Swan Lake in November 2010.
Guzel Atymtayeva and Hannah Windows will star in an adaptation of Professor Fleischmann’s ballet The Golden Bell of Ko. This version is specially choreographed by Russian Ballet star Yuri Demakov, who will also dance in the production.
Leigh Alderson, a principal with Cork City Ballet - who trained at London’s Royal Ballet School - will perform Alan Foley’s new version of The Dying Swan, and students from Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa’s Diploma in Dance course, the Irish National Youth Ballet and the Cork School of Dance will feature in the show.
Renowned international choreographer (and former dancer with Irish Theatre Ballet, artistic director and choreographer to Irish National Ballet) Domy Reiter Soffer will open the exhibition Music for the Ballet on the night.  The exhibition was prepared from the Fleischmann and Moriarty archives by Anne and Maeve Fleischmann, together with a committee of former Cork Ballet Company dancers; it was designed by Max Fleischmann and documents how the music for the dance arose as well as the performances of the ballets with specially commissioned music.
 
Speaking at the recent launch, Artistic Director Alan Foley said, “Cork City Ballet is proud to be involved in the centenary celebrations of Aloys Fleischmann, and help mark his magnificent contribution to ballet in Ireland”.

Booking: 021 450 7487

Joan Denise Moriarty and Aloys Fleischmann at Táin rehearsal for Dublin Theatre Festival 1981.

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A Time to Dance

Tickets: €15 - Family €50

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Jack and the Beanstalk

Tickets: €13.50/12.50 - School/group: €10.00. Teacher free with 10 pupils. The Talisman Theatre Company’s favourite production is back and is bigger and better than ever! This has it all: a young boy called Jack, magic beans, the big beanstalk, the hen that lays the golden eggs, the singing harp and of course the Giant!

This classic tale comes alive through its music, sound effects and magic but when Jack climbs the beanstalk and meets the ill-tempered Giant, the fun really begins!

Show running time 60 minutes approximately.
Age Recommendation: Ideal for Ages 3+

Booking early is suggested for this popular show! Call 087-6363075 and ask for Olga.



Show running time 60 minutes approximately.
Show Times: 10.00am, 11.15am & 12.30pm
Age Recommendation: Ideal for Ages 4+

Call the Booking Line now on 087-6363075 and ask for Olga.

BLANK CANVAS 2010 Sharing

Tickets: €suggested donation €5 The Firkin Crane continues to go from strength to strength as a dedicated venue and resource for dance development.

BLANK CANVAS, a Professional Dance Residency Programme, gives artists freedom to allow their creative ideas to blossom with every possible support from the Firkin Crane. For 2010 we received a total of 52 applications from Irish, European and Internationally based artists, of whom 11 dance artists and their collaborators were selected by a panel of dance experts.

The 11 residencies are divided into 5 Phases. At the end of each Phase, the Firkin Crane hosts an exciting sharing of work-in-progress, presented by some or all of the currently resident artists.

The next sharing will take place on Friday 1 October 2010 and will feature the work of Katia Thor (Iceland) in collaboration with Laura Murphy and Ailish Claffey, and of Rachel Erdos (UK and Israel) .

Light refreshments will be served - the event should last an hour


The Firkin Crane would like to acknowledge the Arts Council of Ireland for its continuous support of the programme.

Flying Dance Intensive Workshop

Tickets: €60/15% concession What you will learn – Focus: Silks / Fabric and Hoop / Lyra.
Plus: Wall running, single point trapeze, corde-lisse, choreographic techniques and professional performance development.
 
The course is being operated on an open access basis: Everyone is welcome, regardless of their current level of skill.
Ranging from the development of professional acts to those who simply want to have a go at flying around!
We provide a fun, non competitive and creative environment.

Course is being lead by Shaena Brandel of NoFit State Circus, in Cardiff and Chloe de Buyl-Pisco of the Flying Dance Company, Cork.
Booking deposit ESSENTIAL – Contact Chloe at 087 782 98 57 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Performing Arts - Dance: National Certificate - FETAC (NCVA) Level 5

Tickets: € One year full-time (with option of second year), the Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa Diploma is the first step to a fascinating and rewarding career in dance.

• Modern Jazz Dance Technique
• Singing/Drama
• Anatomy
• Dance History
• Production/Media Skills
• Administration/Communication Skills
• Performance Skills

The course is based at the Institute of Choreography and Dance, Firkin Crane, Ireland’s premier dance facility, where you will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of international dance companies and choreographers.

In March 1998 the Arts Council of Ireland published a comprehensive study on vocational dance training in Ireland.
The Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, PLC Course at the Firkin Crane was described by the authors of the report in the following terms -
“Few institutions have strong links with the profession, a clear rational supporting course development and a structural course that values educational elements of the training process. Only the course at the Firkin Crane currently has these essential elements in place”.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Leaving Certificate standard. A high degree of motivation and a passionate interest in dance. Entry to the course is by audition and interview.

QUALIFICATIONS
• National Certificate - FETAC (NCVA) Level 5 in Performing Arts - Dance (NCVA award code:EPAXX)
• Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (I.S.T.D.): Ballet, Modern Dance, Tap Dance, Anatomy & Physiology

PAST GRADUATES INCLUDE:
• Jane Kellaghan; Choreographer - Cork City Ballet
• Edward Neary; Chicago, West Side Story - West End, London
• Avril Murphy; National Youth Dance Company - London
• Darragh O’Leary; Fame - West End, London
• Keith Walsh; Director Riverside Dance Studios, Wexford
• Sarah Gash, Chloe de Buyl,
• Ursula Chapman, Dancers - Cork City Ballet
• Robert Foley; Cats, Saturday Night Fever - West End, London

COURSE DIRECTOR
- Alan Foley

Bombshells

Tickets: €15 - Group of 4 @ €50

ASANGO BRINGS A BOMBSHELL TO TOWN

Jasango Theatre wowed audiences last year with the Irish Premiere of BOMBSHELLS, a wild and passionate comedy by Joanna Murray-Smith, featuring Angela Ryan and Jasmin Finn and directed by George B. Miller. Following a successful run at Galway’s Bank Of Ireland Theatre, Bombshells went on to be one of the highlights of the Theatre Stage Mindfield programme at Electric Picnic 2009. Such was the enthusiastic response to this sharp script, that it seemed only fitting to undertake a national tour.

Bombshells is a rip-roaring, explosive and hilarious evening spent with several generations of women on the edge. From the fame-seeking teenager to the frenetic young mother to the simmering widow and the exultant, terrified bride, these women will surprise and delight you in this series of vivid monologues

“A rare combination of comedy, truth and rapture”-- The Times
“Jaw-droppingly good” -- Sunday Times
“Beautifully judged in their mixture of comedy and depression” -- The Guardian
Written for performer Caroline O’Connor, Bombshells premiered at the Melbourne Theatre Company, Australia in 2001. In 2004, the production, starring O’Connor, was one of the hits of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, transferring to the Arts Theatre in London. Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith’s plays have been produced throughout Australia and the world; her newest play, The Female Of The Species, received it’s UK premiere in London’s West End in 2008. Of Bombshells, she says “Where once women went mad suppressing their ambitions or dreams, they now drive themselves mad trying to fulfill them all simultaneously…humour, in the end, is our saviour.”

In keeping with Jasango’s commitment to collaboration, this production showcases smart, haunting music by the Go Away Birds, and the evocative artwork of painter Sueanne O’Halloran

Jasango Theatre was founded by Galway theatre artists Angela Ryan and Jasmin Finn this past spring as a collaborative, multi-disciplinary company, bringing together musicians, visual artists and theatre practitioners to create fresh, multi-dimensional theatrical events.

“Everyone can identify with these characters”, says actor/producer Angela Ryan “– anyone who has been or knows a mother, a bride, a teenager or a widow can connect on an emotional level with these stories. The situations they find themselves are hugely comedic and both women and men have had tears rolling down their faces in recognition of events and attitudes that they know only too well!”

To hear more about Jasango Theatre ( an amalgamation of founders Jasmin and Angela’s names and also standing for Juicy, Artful, Sensual, Alive, Nimble, Genuine, Original Theatre) or Bombshells, contact the company at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or at 086 3638758 or see http://www.jasangotheatre.com. You can also follow Jasango at http://www.facebook.com/jasangotheatre

COMPANY & COLLABORATORS BIOS

Angela Ryan (Producer/Actress) is a well-known Galway actress, trained at NUI Galway. Selected roles include Nicky in Shakers (Blue Pig Theatre); Bianca in Desdemona-A Play About a Handkerchief, Sarah in Goodwill, and Juror 6 in The Tinker’s Blade (Selkie Theatre), Bridget in Bridget Jones Diary (Lily Hill Productions), Everywoman/Naarrator in Maiden Voyages (Liberty Hall, Dublin) Bernie/Bridog/Liz in Invisible Women (Dha Ein Theatre, Dublin Fringe,Galway Arts Festival); and more. Films include Ann+Barry Today, Red-Haired Mary, The Yanks Are Here, Twice, Against The Grain, and Waiting For Dublin. Angela made her playwriting debut in 2008 when Selkie Theatre produced her play Til Kingdom Come in cooperation with Age Action Ireland.

Jasmin Finn (Producer/Actress) has trained with Galway Youth Theatre, performing in several GYT productions at both the Cuirt Festival and the Galway Arts Festival. Productions include: Under Milkwood, Autobahn, Lysistrata, Chatroom, and This Means War. Jasmin worked with Druid Theatre on Patrick McCabe’s The Revenant for the Galway Arts Festival, and recently toured Ireland in Bernard Field’s Last Train To Hollyhead, and Blue Pig Theatre’s Shakers.

George B. Miller (Director) is the Artistic Director of Galway’s Selkie Theatre, and Community Drama Facilitator for ALâ. A graduate of Rutgers and Princeton universities, George was Artistic Director of the award-winning Theatre Outlet (outside Philadelphia) for 16 years. He served on the Pennsylvania Council On the Arts and as a Resident Artist with Lehigh University, the National Parks Service, and the Playwrights Center of Minneapolis. He has worked in professional theater and film for 40 years as an actor, director, playwright, designer, and educator. In Galway, George has directed several premieres, including The Tinker’s Blade at An Taibhdhearc, Kerric Harvey’s Broken Moon At Midnight at St. Nicholas Church, Til Kingdom Come by Angela Ryan at Bank Of Ireland Theatre, NUIG; and Pat Collins’ Goodwill for the Galway Theatre Festival. He most recently directed Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel’s Desdemona…A Play About A Handkerchief for Selkie’s new WomensWork Project, and Honor Molloy & Bronagh Murphy’s Maiden Voyages at Liberty Hall in Dublin.

Patrick O’Reilly (Lighting Design) is a Galway-based lighting designer whose recent designs include: The Midnight Court, Under Milkwood, Country Music, King Lear, A Midsummer Night Dream (Galway Youth Theatre); The Tinkers Blade, Mark Twain – On Tour!, Goodwill, Til Kingdom Come and Desdemona – A Play About A Handkerchief (Selkie Theatre); The Fairgreen Slaughterhouse (Poe Productions); Give Up Those Auld Comedians (Blue Teapot), Opportunity Knocks (Flock Dance Company). He was Production manager for Decadent Theatre’s productions of The Lieutenant Of Inishmore and Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, and toured nationally with Little John Nee’s Rural Electric

Go Away Birds (Production Music) are a part side project, part ongoing concern of Catherine Ireton and Michael John McCarthy. You may already know this pair from their other exploits - Catherine as the main voice of Stuart Murdoch’s God Help The Girl project. Michael as one of three people in Zoey Van Goey, and helping out on various Glasgow-based musical happenings including the Lord Cut-Glass album. Whatever their other concerns, with Go Away Birds, they’re keeping things as simple as possible, mainly just Michael’s acoustic guitar and Catherine’s beautiful, pure and clear voice. Go Away Birds have put out two four-track EPs, drawing from a deep well of songs recorded last year in Michael’s Glasgow living room.

Sueanne O’Halloran (Visual Artist) is a wholly self-taught artist, based in Milltown, Dublin, but originally hailing from North Kerry. Sueanne works in watercolours, and is currently exhibiting at The Blue Loft in Ranelagh. She has created images of the actresses for the production, and her work will be on exhibit in the lobby during the show.

Hope for Haiti

Tickets: € Cork musicians and dancers have come together for a novel fundraising event - an evening of song and dance.

MEP Brian Crowley will host the event, in what promises to be an entertaining evening to suit all tastes. Artists include students from Colaiste Stiofain Naofa and the Cork School of Dance. Carrigaline based barber shop group 'The Polyphonics'. St. John’s Gospel Choir and folk singer Gavin Moore (Christy Moore’s nephew).

Tickets for the event cost €20 and are available at the Firkin Crane box office by calling 021-4507487. They are also available at Pro Musica, Oliver Plunkett St, Cork 021-4271659.

The event is proudly supported by the Cork Independent, B2B Print and the Firkin Crane.

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Cork School of Dance

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Back to School

Tickets: €16 or 4 for €60 THE PERFORMERS ACADEMY PROUDLY PRESENTS A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO TWO OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR MUSICALS

"GREASE" and "HIGHSCHOOL MUSICAL"

featuring young stars from the various Performers Academy Studios across Cork

FRIDAY 12TH MARCH @ 7.30PM
SATURDAY 13TH MARCH @ 7.30PM
SUNDAY 14TH MARCH @ 2.30PM

BOX OFFICE: THE FIRKIN CRANE, SHANDON, (021) 4507487

Donal Ring and his Band

Tickets: €18
DONAL RING & HIS BAND WITH TERRY MC CARTHY & DONAL RING (JNR)

M.C. BOB JENNINGS (comedian/compere 103fm)

ST. PATRICKS NIGHT, 17TH MARCH 2010

DOORS OPEN 7.30PM

BOOKINGS: THE FIRKIN CRANE BOX OFFICE (021) 4507487 or contact DONAL RING (021) 4302900

Easter Ballet Intensive School

Tickets: € Prima Ballerina Chika Temma, Bolshoi-trained Principal Dancer Yuri Demakov and international ballet star Guzel Atymtayeva make up the distinguished teaching faculty, providing classes in a variety of dance styles including classical ballet, pointe work, pas de deux and character dancing under the guidance of Cork City Ballet's Artistic Director, Alan Foley.



Ages: 10-12, 13-15, 16 +
Fee: €200

Places are limited so early booking is advisable: Application form available from .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Open Niche

Tickets: €12/8
Choroeographer Fearghus Ó Conchúir made Niche, at the tail-end of Ireland’s economic boom, when cranes still dominated Dublin’s skyline. This exciting dance piece was made possible by the support all those optimists who donated €100, then was conceived, rehearsed and performed on the building sites of the Dublin Docklands during Ó Conchúir’s residency with Dublin City Council.
Now Fearghus is bringing Niche around Ireland, opening the piece up to the challenges the country faces in the wake of economic collapse. In the face of such gloom, Niche celebrates resilience, resourcefulness and the satisfaction of building connections with others.

Niche features a cast of four experienced performers, who between them, have danced with renowned companies such as DV8, Pina Bausch, and Sasha Walz. What distinguishes Open Niche is that for each performance the cast will be joined by local performers who bring a new flavour to the work giving each audience a unique experience. Those performers include the Siamsa Tíre professional company, Dublin Youth Dance Company, students of University of Limerick’s MA in Dance, participants in Daghdha Dance Company’s Mentoring Programme and participants in the Chance to Dance programme at the Firkin Crane, Shandon, Cork

Ó Conchúir has made a reputation for himself bringing dance to unusual locations. His RTÉ Dance on the Box film, Match, directed by Dearbhla Walsh, provoked radio talk-show interest for its use of Croke Park for the muscular male duet. He has danced on the building site of the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing, made a public art commission for Fingal County Council set in the area’s Martello Towers and organised a day of dance in an empty Woolworths in East London.

Open Niche is produced by Richard Wakely in association with the Project Arts Centre with project funding from the Arts Council of Ireland. Niche was originally produced by Fearghus Ó Conchúir in association with Project Arts Centre and with the support of the optimists who each donated 100 euro.

Choreographer Fearghus O'Conchuir, in association with the Firkin Crane's Chance to Dance programme, is offering young people in Cork the chance to be part of his contemporary dance performance.
The piece, called Niche, is about finding your own place in a group or in a city that's changing around you all the time. The piece was performed in Dublin and Liverpool last year.
In March/April 2010, Fearghus is bringing the piece to the Firkin Crane in Cork and he's looking for a group of talented and committed young people to join the professional dancers on stage for part of the performance. Imagination and commitment is more important than previous dance experience.
Fearghus visited Cork in December to start the process of finding this group of young people. In early Spring 2010, he will work intensively with the group to prepare them for the performance that will take place in the Firkin Crane on 1 April 2010.

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Integrated Dance Workshop

Tickets: €60/40 concession Croi Glan Integrated Dance Company are holding a one day workshop for people with and without disabilities who would like to experience dancing in an integrated group. This workshop is suitable for people with disabilities who like moving and who may have had some experience of sports or athletics. However, no previous dance experience is needed.

It is also suitable for people who work with people with disabilities as trainers, support workers etc who would like to learn more skills about facilitating integrated dance sessions.

There will be a follow-up session (4.30pm - 6pm on the same day) for those people who would like to learn the theory and techniques of facilitating integrated dance.

Cost: €60/€40 concession
For bookings or further information please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or alternatively you can phone +353 87 9042753

This is a wheelchair accessible venue

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World Dance Day

Tickets: €Free Dance Day has been established with the aim of attracting attention to the art of dance annually. On that day, dance companies, dance schools, organizations and individuals, professionals as well as amateurs, address an audience larger than their usual one.
The Firkin Crane, home of dance in Cork, celebrates Dance Day with many of the dance artists, practitioners and companies that use this unique building as their base

They will share snippets of their work with the public of Cork and will present information about their work, as well as dance-on-film screenings and even some impromptu perfomances!

9am - 11am Students from Colaiste Stiofain Naofa
11am – 12pm Marius Griffin, Bellydance
12pm - 1.15pm Melissa Baker, choreography and composition techniques
1.15pm - 3pm Aerial Dance film screening by Chloe De Buyl Pisco
Croi Glan Integrated Dance Company screening "Off the Wall"
Lords of Strut
Accro dance with drum and bass performance, also featuring Lady Grew
Aerial Dance Film screening by Natasha Burke
3pm - 4pm Croi Glan integrated Dance workshop, Mary Nugent and Chloe De Buyl Pisco
4pm - 5pm Partnering and Choreography by Chloe De Buyl Pisco

Whatever your age, agility or interest, join us in this celebration!



Prof. Alkis Raftis, President of the International Dance Council, UNESCO, Paris.

The future of dance lies where there are persons who do not dance.
These belong to two categories: those who simply did not learn, and those who think that they are not able to dance. They represent the greatest challenge for the dance teacher's profession.
In line with UNESCO's struggle against prejudice and discrimination, we are trying to expand the boundaries of dance and to change the current perception of what a dancer is.
Dance performances are not necessarily exhibitions of extreme physicality, accurate precision, or bursting emotion - they can be celebrations of interaction between performers. We can enrich dance concerts with dancers, singers, actors, narrators, mimes, acrobats etc., of all ages and all degrees of ability.
Bringing the 'excluded' into dance is a moral duty, but also opens a great door in times of economic crisis and unemployment. In every country there are millions of persons with physical or mental disabilities. We believe they are ready to dance.
They will create jobs to thousands of dance teachers. They can be assisted by the Ministry of Health, whose budget is many times bigger than that of the Ministry of Culture.
Integrating marginalized persons into the practice of dance is as important as integrating them into the workforce.
CID holds to the philosophy that everyone can dance. Let us include all members of society into our classes and our performances.

Body Weather Workshop

Tickets: €90 - €80 concession Body Weather is a comprehensive training and performance practice that investigates intersections of bodies and their environments. Bodies are not conceived as fixed and separate entities but are - just like the weather - constantly changing through an infinite and complex system of processes occurring in and outside of these bodies. This sharp focus on the constant state of flux aims for a certain transparency of the body in movement that can take various forms.


Information and reservations: Séamus Dunbar 087 785 0650 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Pilates

Tickets: € Develop core and back muscles strength
Improve posture and flexibility
Learn to move your body with control, precision and fluidity.
Help relieve stress

Beginners 7-8 p.m.
Intermediate 8-9 p.m.
6 weeks course. Starting 07 of September 2010
Cost: €60
Bring a mat, towel and water.

For more information please contact Fabiola Reyes at 085-2052449

Dance Research Forum Ireland’s 3rd International Conference

Tickets: € The conference, in keeping with the aims and objectives of Dance Research Forum Ireland, provides a platform for both dance academics and dance artists in Ireland and abroad. Included in its programme are academic-based paper presentations, practice-based research presentations, lecture demonstrations, dance workshops, a student poster exhibition, and dance performance contributions.

The conference explores improvisation in dance research and practice. What is improvisation and how relevant is it to dance research and practice? Is improvisation a subjective experience; a creative tool; a mode of performance - or all or none of the above? How is improvisation transmitted? What methodologies or techniques are used or are being developed; and how is improvisation documented? What or who are the primary and secondary sources?

Broadly defined as 'spontaneous composition', improvisation has always been an integral part of dance practice. The aim of this conference is to identify and document how and where improvisation has been, and is being, used in dance practice; and its relevance and importance in dance research and dance practice as research.

Jean Cocteau: The Human Voice

Tickets: €12.50 /10 A powerful, exciting contemplation of the virtues of interpersonal communication – and the dramatic consequences of broken intimacy. George Hanover rises to the challenge of Jean Cocteau’s ‘training-play for one actress’. Emotionally charged, sensual, dramatic – one woman and a telephone turn a stage into all the world.

Passion might have been the buzz-word of the first decade of the 21st century. We were passionate about business, passionate about handbags, passionate about cars. Business seminars were full of passion, and our leaders passionate about what they are doing, to motivate and influence us, their followers. But passion for a partner, for a romantic relationship, seems to have moved into the realm of mental illness, into obsession. Treatable with anti-psychotic drugs, maybe seen as an anxiety disorder, romantic passion has become a case for the pharmaceutical companies.

Jean Cocteau’s The Human Voice leads us into the 1930’s, a time were arts were bursting with possibility, Edith Piaf enthralled the world with her dynamic voice, and phone conversations were a novelty, hazardous and unreliable as a means of human conversation.
George Hanover as performer and Stella Majewsky as director question the notion of a dispassionate approach to life. During rehearsal, the constant question was whether we, from today’s point of view, can be on the passionate woman’s side, or do we see her as ridiculous, obsessed and mentally ill?
"Women oppose change, receive passively, and add nothing of their own," Sigmund Freud wrote in 1925.

Tornado Theatre Company is a Multicultural Theatre Company, currently based in The Firkin Crane. It consists of actors from Ireland, Poland, Germany and Brazil. Partly recruited from the Gaiety School of Acting Adult Theatre Company, it aims to be a true ensemble company. Stella Majewsky, Artistic Director of Tornado, passionately and obsessively believes in theatre.

Tickets: 086 - 3215236

Maeve Higgins : Blabbing Away

Tickets: €18 SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR MAEVE BLAB THAT FRIDAY'S SHOW IS SOLD OUT!
SO WE HAVE ADDED AN EXTRA SHOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT ... BOOK NOW!

Maeve loves to blab and is pleased to have lots of new things to blab about to you!

It’s hard to think of examples but she will definitely try to
1. present you with an evening of glowing fun, and
2. not bore you, and
3. include at least one catchphrase in each show, eg: ‘What’s good for the goose is good for the gander’ (and her sister has given her a great recipe)

Since beginning stand up five years ago, Maeve Higgins has performed in comedy festivals around the world, including Edinburgh, Melbourne, Adelaide and Kilkenny. She rapidly rose to an uncomfortable level of notoriety on Irish television in the past few years, on the most watched comedy show in the country, RTE's Naked Camera. She is also a regular contributor to the Ray D'arcy Show on Today FM.

"Higgins is rarer than a blessing of unicorns…she is original and relatively calm, her observations are pithy, her wit delicate, her persona oddly alluring and deftly honest." The Irish Times, September 2009
“Throughout the whole hour the room is filled with laughter at Maeve’s risqué and highly intelligent act." The Irish Independent,
‘Charming and iconoclastic Irish stand-up’ The Age, Melbourne 2008
"Higgins is a great relief from the big loud boys and will win many people over with her quietly charming quality of comedy." The Skinny, 2007
"Maeve Higgins is here to demonstrate how to do Irish charm. She’s not daft, she doesn’t lay it on with a trowel, dimpling and twinkling away, hers is probably the most natural and uncontrived performance you could wish for." Chortle, 2007

Tickets will be on sale before Christmas and would make a very nice Christmas present. Please book early as it was a sell out last year. Tickets from the Firkin Crane (021) 4507487 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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Phase 5 Sharing

Tickets: €Free The BLANK CANVAS residents for the month of November were Phluxus Dance Collective, from Brisbane, Australia.

During that time, Nerida Matthaei, Chafia Brookes and Skye Sewell - independent dance artists but devising and creating collaboratively since 2006 - were working on a visceral dance work exploring the concept of Boiling Point: “A function of transformation, high-impact, transcendence, a moment in time, containment on the edge of explosion, agitation, at the point of panic, your blood is boiling and the situation becomes critical, pushed to 100 degrees…” writes Nerida Matthaei.

It had been intended to present their newly created work, together with excerpts from their acclaimed dance theatre piece The Machine That Carries The Soul, as part of the mini-festival of international dance, along with Deseo by Nemian Danza from Mexico City. However, due to the emergency closure, this performance has been postponed.

Instead, everyone is welcome to share a lunchtime presentation of Phluxus' work to date.

Phluxus Dance Collective’s sharing will be a highlight of BLANK CANVAS 2009.

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Santa’s Magical Christmas

Tickets: €13.50/12.50 - School/Group rate: €10.00 - One teacher free with every 10-child tickets Join us for a musical fantasy full of fun, singing and dancing.

Santa’s Magical Christmas takes it’s audience into the home of Polly Greenjeans on the night before Christmas. Polly, who is getting her magic house ready for Santa, has asked for a hippopotamus for Christmas!
When Santa arrives the fun and magic really begin. Will Santa get down the chimney with a hippopotamus or does he get stuck? Will Polly and all the good boys and girls around the world get their Christmas presents in time?

The music from the show is delightful and features great toe- tapping Christmas classics including “Must Be Santa” and of course the smash hit “ I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas”.
Show running time 60 minutes approximately.
Age Recommendation: Ideal for Ages 3+
Early booking is suggested for this popular show!

As a kiddie kick-off to Christmas, this show is as bright as Rudolf’s nose - RTE Guide

Nemian Danza Workshop

Tickets: €10 The members of Nemian Danza use a solid academic dance basis combined with personal movement experimentation, and sometimes include non dance techniques such as stilts, yoga, singing.


This fun, tactile workshop will also be facilitated by an experienced Mexican folklore dancer who will demonstrate traditional percussive techniques, and the use of props such as fans and fabrics.




Booking recommended: 021 450 7487

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Boiling Point / The Machine that Carries the Soul

Tickets: €12/8 The BLANK CANVAS residents this month are Phluxus Dance Collective, from Brisbane, Australia.
Nerida Matthaei, Chafia Brookes and Skye Sewell - independent dance artists but devising and creating collaboratively since 2006 - are currently working on creating a visceral dance work exploring the concept of Boiling Point: “A function of transformation, high-impact, transcendence, a moment in time, containment on the edge of explosion, agitation, at the point of panic, your blood is boiling and the situation becomes critical, pushed to 100 degrees…” writes Nerida Matthaei.

Phluxus will present their newly created work together with excerpts from their acclaimed dance theatre piece The Machine That Carries The Soul. Described as “beautiful in its simplicity and intensity” and “wonderfully imaginative” this work delves into the subconscious as three women encounter their bodies' physical manifestations of emotional experience.

Phluxus Dance Collective’s performance will be a highlight of BLANK CANVAS 2009.

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Christmas Cracker

Tickets: €15 - Family €50 The Cork School of Dance, in association with the Firkin Crane, present


This magical, sparkling dance extravaganza will be a treat for everyone.
The show opens in true Hollywood Glamour style with a brand new showstopping number Winter Wonderland followed by a wide variety of Christmas favourites. Another highlight of the show will be narrated excerpts from The Nutcracker featuring Cork’s own Ciaran Bermingham, famous for his roles in I Keano, Singing in the Rain and RTE’s Kilinascully.
The show will also feature a mystical Celtic piece incorporating Irish, classical and jazz dance styles plus many more modern musical and dance surprises.

Friday 11th 7.30
Saturday 12th 7.30
Sunday 13th 2.30 (matinée)
Friday 18th 7.30
Saturday 19th 7.30
Sunday 20th 2.30 (matinée) + 7.30

School shows commence Monday 14th 11.00 am
Special rate of 10 euro per child, 1 teacher free with every 20 pupils.


Information and bookings at the Firkin Crane: 021 450 7487

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Deseo

Tickets: €12/8 As part of the Firkin Crane's support for strengthening ties among Irish and international artists, and creating exciting opportunities for the dance community in Ireland, Nemian Danza, from Mexico City, will present an exhilarating programme of dance.

The word "Nemian" is from the Nahuatl language and means "the duration of life".
For Nemian Danza, dance is, in essence, a song to life. This song can manifest itself in a thousand ways and in the most diverse themes, provided that there is honesty in the feelings, clarity in the intention, and a clean execution. The evening includes two visually stunning dances for six dancers, including the very successful Deseo.

In addition, don’t miss the chance to work with Nemian in a pre-show workshop. Contact the Firkin Crane for details - 021 450 7487

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Psycho Spaghetti

Tickets: €10 per student - class teachers free of charge. Ger Carey’s brilliant comedy was written specifically for young people aged between 15 and 18.

This hilarious one-man show attempts to answer the age-old question: Just what is going on inside the teenage brain? The show aims to get teenagers to laugh at themselves and view themselves as part of a bigger picture. Book now to guarantee your students a fantastic theatrical experience. The show is perfect for Transition Year students, LCA, Youth Reach and even grown-ups! This is all achieved through Ger's unique blend of comedy and experience.

The show is 90 minutes long. It begins at 11.30am with a lunch time finish at 1pm. there second performance time is 2pm to 3.30pm. There are no intervals.

Tickets 10, teachers free, contact Ger Carey for tickets - 087 2794057

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The Dragon of Shandon

Tickets: €Free Cork Community Art Link presents the Fourth Dragon of Shandon Halloween Lantern Parade, with an evening featuring a vibrant mix of community outreach , artist-led and voluntary participation projects, with a special sound environment by Cork based Electro Acoustic Composer Giordai Ua Laoghaire and building illuminations and projections by Artists in Residence Fernando Tunon and Francois LeClerc that are set to create a unique ambience in the Shandon area for the parade departure and closing sequence.

In four short years the parade has established itself as an innovative platform for communities and artists to join together to celebrate the age old tradition of Samhain and this year promises a luminous evening of collective celebration in the historic heart of Shandon.

The 2009 parade sees over 150 participants take to the streets including local youth group Cairde Cathedral who are working with dancer/choreographer Chloe Pisco, Blarney St Youth Project and students from North Presentation Primary School with an array of spectacular lanterns, parents and children from the TVG Blackpool Traveller Men's Group with a giant sized horse lantern symbolising the special significance of the horse in the Irish Traveller community. The 2009 Parade also includes lanterns from Cope Foundation as well as Cork Music Works, who are set to join festivities on the night with live percussion as well as some specially created Halloween characters from Cork-based contemporary circus troupe Passe Partout.

One of the highlights on the night will be the 12 meter Dragon articulated by 16 puppeteers which has undergone an extensive revamp and now made entirely from tape we think he looks very special indeed!. It will be joined on the night by an assortment of skeleton props, scary characters, fabulous illuminated lanterns, musicians, performers from Art Link’s community theatre group and volunteers, tutored by Judie Chalmers.

The 2009 Parade has an earlier starting time of 7pm outside the old Butter Exchange Building and follows a route down Mulgrave Road, along Popes Quay and up Shandon Street ending with a performance outside the Butter Exchange Building. The Dragon of Shandon promises to be a great family night out in the heart of the vibrant and historic Shandon community and and we look forward to you joining us and celebrating the age old tradition of Halloween. Don't forget to dress up!

Special Thanks to the 2009 parade sponsors Southern Tapes and Packaging and Cathedral Credit Union , Shandon Street Traders and the Firkin Crane for their support in making this event happen.

Cork City Ballet Associate Programme

Tickets: € Advanced level ballet training associate programme
Juniors 05.00 - 06.30
Seniors 06.30 - 08.00

Class open to all advanced students, with Alan Foley and Patricia Crosbie.
Contact Cork City Ballet for details: 087 296 7180

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Phase 4 Sharing

Tickets: €Free Fidget Feet are in residence with BLANK CANVAS this month, working on their trio Madam Silk, which integrates filmed and live performance.
Choreographer Fred Deb (Drapés Aériens) is working with Chantal McCormick (Fidget Feet, Donegal), Lindsay Butcher (Gravity and Levity, Brighton) and Jennifer Paterson (All or Nothing, Scotland) to develop this aerial dance piece; manifesting on stage visions of movement through a sensual maze of fabric, film and animation.

They will reveal work in progress in an informal sharing

Open to all

Fidget Feet

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Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

Tickets: €Free Great tips on the art of singing from Ireland's top Jazz Singer recording artist and educator
Open to all comers. Admission free, get there early!

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

Tickets: €Free Ireland's guitar maestro delivers another top notch session to show why he is rated a jazz genius.
Open to all, Admission free , Get there early!

Guinness Jazz Festival

Tickets: €Free Put a swing in your step and take to the floor at this free beginners swing dance class, directed by Jessica Peel Yates. Always a festival hit. Find out more from Jessica at (086 8185537) or visit http://www.dublindy.com

SOMETHING (like) SHAKESPEARE THIS WAY COMES…

16 Oct 2009 -

08.00 pm

Tickets: €15/12 The Cork Shakespearean Company return once more to their Shandon-side neighbours, the Firkin Crane, for a night of comical, tragical and historical theatre, with a bouquet of scenes from a selection of plays penned by the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare, including Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew and, their most recent production, The Merchant of Venice.

The Cork Shakespearean Company acknowledges the financial support of the City Council.

Contemporary Dance

30 Sep 2009 -

07.00 pm

Tickets: € Contemporary Dance Classes for beginners or those with some movement knowledge - a relaxed Dance Class to release tension in the body and ground the mind, while building strength and flexibility.
We will work at the pace of the individuals and their needs ,
A set class which will begin to vary from week to week as we progress!

(Cost €70 euro for 6 weeks/ €12 per class )
for more information please contact me on 086-0773400

Ursula Chapman

Ursula is interested in combining her knowledge of movement and spiritual work.
During her residency on Blank Canvas at the Firkin Crane she was using the opportunity to investigate the ‘subtle energies and awareness’ as one moves, releasing tensions and stress in the body while grounding the mind.

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Professional Dance - in association with Dance Ireland

30 Sep 2009 -

11.00 am

Tickets: € The Firkin Crane, in association with Dance Ireland, presents a contemporary dance class open to all experienced and professional dancers and advanced students, led by Jane Kelleghan
Contact: 086 814 7837

CruX Dance Theatre

Founded in 2000 by Jane Kellaghan, CruX is Cork’s leading contemporary dance group. It is the first such company in Cork to receive Arts Council funding for its artistic programme and a national tour.

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Aerial Dance Workshop

22 Nov 2009 -

10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Tickets: €60 Suspension, Irelands newest aerial dance company, in partnership with the Firkin Crane, is offering workshops taught by Sarah Smith who, after ten years of performing and teaching for the internationally acclaimed circus theatre company No Fit State Circus, has moved to the Cork area.

What you will learn
* Harness work, counter weighting.
* Aerial dance / circus skills including: silks, rope (corde lisse), hoop and static trapeze.
* Choreography techniques, acrobalance and performance development.

Prices – One Day fee €60
15% reduction for students or unwaged (proof required)

This workshop will provide an introduction to the ongoing aerial the skills classes at the Firkin Crane. The course is being operated on an open access basis: Everyone is welcome, regardless of their current level of skill. The course will be tailored to the individual needs of the students, ranging from the development of professional acts to those who simply want to have a go at flying around artistically! We will provide a fun, non competitive and creative environment.

For more information please contact : Sarah Smith 087 760 9209 or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Harlem Night 1930

25 Oct 2009 -

07.30pm - midnight

Tickets: €22 - complimentary dance lesson Calling all gangsters and gals to1930s New York.

The City is awash with corruption. Organized crime is rife. The politicians are crooked. Gangsters rule and corruption is currency. All is not what it seems …. The city streets are ruled by Italian, Jewish and Irish gangsters peddling gambling, prostitution and drugs.

Men are pristine in tailored suits with slicked back hair. Glamorous ladies are more naughty than nice …. Smoke fills the air and the glasses are clinking … the mobster attitude is palpable.

Come if you dare to experience New York’s darkest and most flamboyant period. Expect the unexpected.

08.00 - 08.30 pm - Swing dance lesson with swingdancecork

08.30 pm - 16 piece local Big Band Tuxedo Junction play great tunes from the 1930s and 40s, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra.

Elaine Peace

Dance to music from the 20’s through the 50’s to modern day Swing

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Drama

08 Oct 2009 -

various

Tickets: €200
Drama - an introduction
This ten week course takes place one evening a week and offers participants a practical opportunity to explore the craft of acting. The course is open to everyone and is also designed for those who wish to expand their general communication skills.

Every Wednesday 08.00 - 10.00 pm
TERM 1: 7th Oct – 9th Dec
TERM 2: 20th Jan – 31st Mar
TERM 3: 21st Apr – 23rd June (No class 17th Mar)


Page to Stage
This 10 week course is open to those who have completed our Introduction to Drama or Adult Summer Drama courses, or for those with sufficient drama experience/training. Page to Stage covers the study of text and character development, devising, and scene work for performance.

Every Thursday: 8pm – 10pm
TERM 1: 8th Oct – 10th Dec
TERM 2: 21st Jan – 25th Mar
TERM 3: 22nd Apr – 24th June


Advanced Page to Stage
This is a follow-on course for those who have completed the Page to Stage programme and who wish to take the next step. Students will work with more challenging text and learn the basic principles of directing. It is designed to give participants an opportunity to explore more serious aspects of drama training without having to make a full commitment.

Every Tuesday 08.00 - 10.00 pm
TERM 2: 19th Jan – 23rd Mar
TERM 3: 20th Apr – 22nd June


The Adult Theatre Company
Over the course of three terms, the group will work with a professional theatre practitioner on a chosen text or will devise a play. The result will be performed in a Cork theatre or a site-specific venue.
The Company is designed for those advanced students who would like to further explore their potential in a concentrated rehearsal atmosphere. Students will take charge of fundraising, advertising and promoting the play, thereby learning the essentials of independent theatre work.

Every Thursday 08.00 - 10.00 pm
TERM 1: 8th Oct – 10th Dec
TERM 2: 21st Jan - 25th Mar
TERM 3: 22nd Apr– 24th June


Stella Majewski, Artistic Director of the Gaiety School of Acting, Cork, was trained at the acclaimed Institute for Acting in Bochum, Germany and has worked as an actor, director and teacher across Europe. Since arriving in Ireland she has specialised in theatre directing, completing a Masters in UCD.

Gaiety School of Acting

Founded in 1986 by internationally-renowned Theatre Director Joe Dowling, The Gaiety School of Acting is now widely regarded as the country’s premier training facility for actors.

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Cork School of Dance

26 Sep 2009 -

various

Tickets: € Classical Ballet
Modern & Jazz Dance
National & Character Dance
RAD & ISTD Syllabi are taught at all levels

All enquiries to:
Sinead Murphy @ 086 - 8459252
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Cork School of Dance

Cork's newest school of dance, launched at the Firkin Crane, home of dance in Cork

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The Ghost Festival 2009

27 Oct 2009 - 30 Oct 2009

08.00 pm

Tickets: €15/12 concession Jack the Ripper - Voices of the Victims

That got your attention, didn't it?

No matter how long ago it happened, we still have a morbid fascination with the ultimate ‘who dunnit’ of the infamous Jack.

This is an original play, based on the deeds of Jack the Ripper, performed on Hallowe’en by the Luvius Theatre Group.
But, rather than being all about the infamous Jack, the story concentrates on the murdered prostitutes - the ‘Unfortunates’ as they were called back then; who they were and why they were there…. Too often, with all the salacious tales and gory details, the victims themselves are forgotten and become merely statistics in the background. This play will give the ladies their voices, their stories and their chance to become three-dimensional.

Come on, come see us …. You know you want to, don’t you …….

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

24 Oct 2009 -

08.00 pm

Tickets: €20
Claudio Roditi Trio
This international partnership is one of the finest in jazz today – three musicians renowned for their powerful playing and immense virtuosity. Brazil’s Claudio Roditi is famous for his trumpet work with McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Herbie Mann, Chick Corea and Dizzy Gillespie for starters. The brilliant German pianist Klaus Ignatzek has made over 50 albums as leader and has performed with Bobby Watson, Joe Henderson and many more. Jean-Louis Rassinfosse is Belgium’s most sought after bassist, with a reputation forged from a 10 year stint with Chet Baker and tours with Michel Petrucciani, George Coleman, Toots Thielemans and more. Superb jazz ahead.


Nikki Iles & Cherchez La Femme Quintet
When five of the best female jazz musicians on the planet get together to play great music, it’s time to sit back and let the jazz vibes flow!. This very special all-star group, with players from the US, Europe and Japan, will astound and astonish the audience. Led by the marvellous UK pianist Nikki Iles, get ready for a session to remember.

Line up: Nikki Iles (piano), Lauren Sevian (baritone sax), Ellister van der Molen (trumpet), Noriko Ueda (double bass) and Martina Almgren (drums)

Culture Night 2009

25 Sep 2009 -

05.00 - 10.00 pm

Tickets: €Free Once again, the Firkin Crane, the home of dance in Cork, will open its door on Culture Night

Dancers, choreographers, anyone involved with or interested in dance, is invited to join in. We aim to fill the many spaces within this unique building, demonstrating the variety, imagination and vibrancy of dance in Cork, and proving that, no matter what a visitor's age, experience, or level of agility, there will be something to try, as participant or audience.

The evening's programme will include performances by the newly founded Cork School of Dance, the Gaiety School of Performance and a Movement Offering by Claire Osbourne and Laura O'Brien.
For a real thrill, watch Suspension, Ireland's newest aerial dance company, in rehearsal.
Or try your foot at Salsa, Tango or Hip-Hop!

Just come along on the night and join in!

Phase 3 Sharing

04 Sep 2009 -

01.00 pm

Tickets: €Free Nick Bryson and Damian Punch of Legitimate Bodies Dance Company, Dara O'Brien and Mairead Vaughan of Shakram Dance company spent the month of August under the aegis of the BLANK CANVAS residency. Both companies were given the freedom to explore, research, develop individual work processes. At the end of this residency they reveal some of their experiences, investigations and creations in a short informal sharing open to all

Legitimate Bodies Dance Company

Legitimate Bodies Dance Company, is one of the most thrilling new dance initiatives in Ireland.

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Mairead Vaughan

Mairead Vaughan is a choreographer, dancer and dance/yoga teacher and is artistic director of Shakram Dance Company.

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RAW

01 Aug 2009 -

1.00 pm

Tickets: €Free Fidget Feet will be in Firkin Crane, Cork from Sat 25 July to 1 August 2009 re-working RAW with David Bolger.  

Breathtaking circus and gravity-defying aerial dance work combine with risqué pole-dancing in a theatrical experience that is unforgettably RAW. Sensual, fragile and fierce, RAW is an electrifying and dreamlike evocation of nightlife culture. As the story unfolds, it explores the razor’s edge between strength and vulnerability, violence and harmony, laughter and tears.

RAW  premiered at the Clonmel Junction Festival, Ireland in July 2008 and is directed by the award winning David Bolger from CoisCeim Dance Theatre Company. The Firkin Crane has supported the creation of RAW since 2007. Culture Ireland and Donegal County Council has funded RAW in The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009 and it is programmed by DanceBAse@Out of the Blue Drill Hall

"The piece captured the attention of the audience from the start and offered an exciting fusion of circus and movement. The company is considered by the Irish Arts Council to be the leading contemporary circus company in this country."

Verena Cornwall, Circus Adviser – Arts Council of Ireland



Fidget Feet is Ireland’s foremost Aerial Dance Company creating innovative indoor and outdoor work, in both site-specific and conventional theatre spaces., making contemporary circus and aerial dance accessible to a non-theatre going audience.

Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Company is funded by the Irish Arts Council.

Fidget Feet

Fidget Feet is a pioneering performance company that leaps over the boundaries between a number of different artforms, combining aerial skills, theatre, dance, music and video art.

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Blank Canvas Sharing

24 Jul 2009 -

1.00 pm

Tickets: €Free International dance artists Carlos Cortes, Liz Lea and Matthew Morris will finish their residencies this week and will be revealing parts of their work in progress in a short informal sharing open to all this Friday.

Liz Lea was working on a new solo piece inspired by the Ajanta Caves in India and her research into the early dance pioneers Anna Pavlova and Ruth St Denis. Specializing in the field of contemporary and classical Indian dance Liz is currently an associate director at QL2 Centre for Youth Dance in Canberra, Australia.

Matthew Morris who continues to work with Feargus O’Conchur and Mikel Aristegui in Dublin, Spain and Berlin has just finished touring Switzerland with “Hollwood Angst” directed by Kylie Walters. In residence under Blank Canvas 2009 he began developing his own working project and held two fantastic professional dance classes.

Carlos Cortes engaged with local dancers and musicians as part of his continuous investigation into how movement can be a liberating force, and can help to engage with their physical environment, and how audience and performers can become equally involved in dynamics that change the way space is perceived and or inhabited.

Carlos Cortes

Carlos Cortes engaged with local dancers and musicians as part of his continuous investigation into how movement can be a liberating force, and can help artists to engage with their physical environment, and how audience and performers can become equally involved in dynamics that change the way space is perceived and or inhabited.

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Songs from the Beautiful City

21 Jul 2010 - 26 Aug 2010

08.00 pm

Tickets: €15 - Family/Group discounts available Jimmy Crowley is a living legend in Irish music, a central figure in the worldwide folk scene since his debut album The Boys of Fairhill. No-one sounds like him, and few can match him for sheer joy, humour and the storytelling craft which he brings to his repertoire of songs.

Jimmy draws on many traditions to fashion his unique performance style and repertoire, with funny, touching and beautiful songs, essential affidavits of Cork Culture, where the musical richness mirrors the city's cultural diversity - a great trad heritage as well as a legacy of both music-hall vaudeville and high art song.

Many old street names like Cat Lane, Phair’s Cross and Connor’s Glen are almost gone from living memory, as are the colourful individuals who inhabited them. Jimmy gives them life again in our imagination, weaving stories about the characters, maritime exploits and daily life in between the ballads and ditties.

This updated version of last year's hugely successful show will include:
Salonica
The Coast of Malibar
The Armoured Car
The Ballad of Christy Ring
Cork is the Eden
Queen of The White Star Line

Opening night: 21 July, then every Wednesday and Thursday during the summer

Jimmy Crowley

No-one sounds like Jimmy, and few can match him for sheer joy, humour and the storytelling craft which he brings to his repertoire of songs. He draws on many traditions to fashion his unique performance style and repertoire, with funny, touching and raucous tales, presenting them as essential affirmations of Cork Culture.

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SoundEye Reading

12 Jul 2009 - 12 Jul 2009

11.00 am

Tickets: €tba SoundEye A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS OF THE WORD   http://www.soundeye.org
 
The biggest poetry event in Ireland? Well, we think so, but it's a hell of a lot more than that . . .
"Without question it is the most innovative and most important literary gathering to take place in Ireland – or just about anywhere else – over the last decade." – Charles Bernstein (2005)
"One of the most important ongoing poetry festivals in the Anglophone poetry world. . . . This is the festival poetry scholars of the future will be writing about." – Marjorie Perloff
"Our affiliation has provided UbuWeb with new content focused on the rich terrain of Irish and British poetry and poetics. The partnership works both ways: for our audience, SoundEye is Ireland''s most important literary festival." – Kenneth Goldsmith
 
the Avant
This year the SoundEye Festival is just one element in a larger, meta-festival . . . 
• • • The Avant: Ten Days of the Progressive Arts in Cork • • •
For details, check out the Avant blog

Summer at the Gaiety School of Acting

07 Jul 2009 - 26 Aug 2009

07.00 - 10.00 pm

Tickets: €220 Adult Theatre Company for experienced students, rehearsing “The Cherry Orchard”.
The Company is perfect for those who have acting skills and would like to explore further potential in a concentrated training and rehearsal atmosphere.

Stella Majewski, Artistic Director of the Gaiety School of Acting, Cork, was trained at the acclaimed Institute for Acting in Bochum, Germany and has worked as an actor, director and teacher across Europe. Since arriving in Ireland she has specialised in theatre directing, completing a Masters in UCD.

Contact Stella at 087 – 2772029

Gaiety School of Acting

Founded in 1986 by internationally-renowned Theatre Director Joe Dowling, The Gaiety School of Acting is now widely regarded as the country’s premier training facility for actors.

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Summer at the Gaiety School of Acting

04 Jul 2009 - 05 Jul 2009

10.00 am - 05.00 pm

Tickets: €200 The Gaiety School of Acting presents Adult Summer Drama Class, an introduction to acting and improvisation.

Stella Majewski, Artistic Director of the Gaiety School of Acting, Cork, was trained at the acclaimed Institute for Acting in Bochum, Germany and has worked as an actor, director and teacher across Europe. Since arriving in Ireland she has specialised in theatre directing, completing a Masters in UCD.

Contact Stella at 087 – 2772029

Gaiety School of Acting

Founded in 1986 by internationally-renowned Theatre Director Joe Dowling, The Gaiety School of Acting is now widely regarded as the country’s premier training facility for actors.

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Theatrix Musical Theatre Summer School

30 Jun 2009 - 11 Jul 2009

10.00am to 4.00pm

Tickets: €tba Theatrix Musical Theatre Summer School directed by Irene Warren and Bryan Flynn

Contact Irene Warren on 087-6309804

Performers' Academy

Irene Warren

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Stepping Into Your Shoes

20 Jul 2009 - 24 Jul 2009

10.00 am, 2.00 pm

Tickets: €90 - discount for siblings Boomerang Youth Theatre Summer Workshop:
Five fun-filled days, focused on creating and developing theatrical characters - Improvisation, theatre games, arts and crafts

10am – 1pm for 6 to 12 years of age

2pm - 5pm for 13 to 18 years of age.

Price €90 with a discount for siblings

Places are limited, closing date for registration 1st July.

For more information please contact : Avril 087 925 9006

Boomerang Productions

Boomerang Production Company works with international, national and local artists to produce projects that stimulate creative conversation between artists in diverse communities all over the world.

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‘Talent for Change’ Variety Show

04 Jul 2009 -

08.00 pm

Tickets: €15 Adult & €10 for children The show will be a fun filled night with entertainment such as dancing, singing, drama, comedy and a raffle also. It will have many talented performers including some students from CSN Dance Course, Take 5 Studios, a comedy club performer, and many local teenagers with amazing talent.

If anyone has an act they'd like featured in the show contact Jessica on 085-1614900 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). So come along and join in the fun while making a difference!

Organized by Jessica Boyle, this show is in aide of Console, a registered charity supporting and helping people bereaved through Suicide and promotes positive mental health in an effort to reduce the number of attempted Suicides and death through Suicide. Console was set up in 2002 by families that had experienced the grief of losing someone through Suicide. Console provides a free national helpline, individual and family counselling, and much much more, which is why they need help to continue the amazing work they are doing.

Console Helpline 1800 201 890

Contact Jessica for tickets on 085-1614900

Shandon - the clean festival!

20 Jun 2009 -

All day

Tickets: €Free The Shandon Street Festival will take place, in one of the most historic areas of Cork city, on Saturday June 27 2009.

A week prior to the festival, a clean up campaign is being organised by the Shandon Area Renewal Association (SARA), of which the Firkin Crane is a member, with the support of An Taisce and Cork City Council. Residents and businesses are asked to take part by cleaning up within their own areas, with the aim of improving the locality and presenting a welcome face to the expected visitors and locals alike.

Anyone interested in the clean up are asked to meet on the steps of Shandon Church at 11.00 am.

For info on Clean-up Campaign: Diarmuid Mulcahy 086 2046357, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Cork School of Dance Registration Day

11 Jun 2009 -

03.00 - 0.600 pm

Tickets: € Principal: Sinead Murphy, FISTD. Examiner, RADTC, ALCM.
International ballet examiner and choreographer, with over 20 years teaching experience..
Classical ballet, modern and jazz dance, national and charcter dance. RAD and ISTD syllabi are taught at all levels.

Enquiries to: Cork School of Dance, Firkin Crane, Shandon, Cork. Tel: 021 4507487 / 086 8459252. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

ELJ Academy of Dance

13 Jun 2009 - 15 Jun 2009

Fri 7.30 SatSun 2.30

Tickets: €15

Honk The Musical

07 Jun 2009 - 08 Jun 2009

2.30 and 7.00 pm

Tickets: €tba Spring has sprung in the farmyard… IDA and DRAKE, the mallards, await the arrival of their new brood….but the clutch seems to contain one mysterious egg. When it hatches its occupant’s ‘quack’ sounds more like a ‘honk’! Although taken aback, Ida quickly warms to the new arrival's gentleness and lovely qualities. But her sisters mock her mercilessly, calling her ’UGLY’ and the only friend she makes in the farmyard is the suspiciously friendly CAT, who invites her to ‘dinner’. Feeling completely alone and outcast, ugly flees the farmyard. Ida, devastated, launches a search party. Somehow she survives the bleak winter, and in spring the returning swans guide IDA to her long-lost daughter for a reunion and triumphant return to the farmyard.

This heartwarming re-telling of a traditional tale is a feel-good story for the start of the summer holidays.

Director: Irene Warren

For tickets, contact: 087 630 9804

Performers' Academy

Irene Warren

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On the Wall + Fall

21 Jun 2009 - 22 Jun 2009

08.00 pm

Tickets: €12/8 On the Wall is a humorous and poignant dance quartet that looks at the feelings we have about our place in the world - choreographer: David Bolger of Cois Céim.

Fall, both tender and playful, looks at the ups and downs, soaring and scrabbling, heights an depths of the human condition - choreographer: Tara Brandel of Croí Glan

Performers: William O'Donovan, Mary Nugent, dawn Mulloy, Miriam Engels, Rhona Coughlan, Tara Brandell

Croí Glan Integrated Dance Company

In the integrated dance form, dancers with physical disabilities and able-bodied dancers work together in a contemporary dance style.

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Romeo and Juliet/Ronnie & Jules

30 May 2009 - 31 May 2009

05.00 pm

Tickets: €12/8 The Young Gaiety Theatre Company presents Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare's classic version intermixed with a newly devised modern, comic approach to the issues of love and relationships.

Directed by Stella Majewsky/George Hanover.

This performance is suitable for people from 13 years of age.

For tickets please call 086-3215 236.

Macbeth – nobody gets away with murder

30 May 2009 -

08.00 pm

Tickets: €12/8 The Adult Theatre Company present Macbeth, using the classic text. This a physical version explores what happens when humans cross the line to do the ultimate dark deed: murder. Ex-prisoners where interviewed to understand the impact of Macbeth's deed and his quest for absolution.

Directed by Stella Majewsky.

The performance is suitable for people from 16 years of age.

For tickets please call 086-3215 236.

Fly on the Wall

02 Jun 2009 -

12.00 - 03.00 pm

Tickets: €Free On Monday 2 February, the first four independent dance artists commenced their individual Blank Canvas residencies.

Now, these four, Ursula Chapman, Inma Moya Pavon, Laura Murphy and Catherine Young, will host a series of drop-in sessions which will provide informal access to interested members of the public who will witness the creative processes in the making of contemporary dance.

Then, on Friday 5 June, all four will come together to present Fly on the Wall, off the Wall, and perhaps reveal some surprises from their four-month residencies at the Firkin Crane.

Pictured below are Catherine Young, Inma Moya Pavon, Laura Murphy and Ursula Chapman. Photos: Stas Bernasinski

Fly On the Wall, Off the Wall

05 Jun 2009 -

1.00 pm

Tickets: €Free Come and celebrate ‘FLY ON THE WALL, OFF THE WALL’, an event where the first four Blank Canvas artists will come together to present, share and perhaps reveal some surprises from their four month residencies at the Firkin Crane.

This event will begin at 1.00pm sharp, commencing with a reception, including a light lunch in the Musgrave Theatre, followed by a presentation of the artists' journey in the Smurfit Theatre until 3.00pm.


Photo: Stas Bernasinski

Pip’s Cookie Cabin

24 May 2009 -

07.00 pm

Tickets: €15/10 (6 tickets €50) For their end-of-year performance, Boomerang Youth Theatre presents this action packed show, devised by the students themselves.

Boomerang Youth Theatre was founded in 1995 and now has a membership of over 80 young people living in Cork city and county. The production company was established in autumn 1999 to make performances for young people that explore all the humanities.

Theatre Skills/Acting for young people classes are held each week in the Firkin Crane.

To book, tel: 087 925 9006 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Avril Ryan

Sinead Shepherd School of Dance

29 May 2009 -

08.00 pm

Tickets: €15 "We dance for laughter,
we dance for tears,
we dance for madness,
we dance for fears,
we dance for hopes,
we dance for screams,
we are the dancers,
we create the dreams."

To book, tel 087-2602091

New Moon Youth Dance Company

22 May 2009 - 23 May 2009

08.00 pm

Tickets: €15/ 12 Uniquely Me: Annual Performance

Over the last few years New Moon have been experimenting with some different forms of artistic expression with the help of professionals in the fields of Cinema, photography and Visual Art.

To book, tel: 086 810 1860 Tina Horan

Joan Denise Moriarty School of Dance

15 May 2009 - 17 May 2009

07.30pm

Tickets: €tba details from 021 450 7487

Ultraflex School of Dance

09 May 2009 - 11 May 2009

08.00pm Sun 02.00pm

Tickets: €tba details from Kim Lawlor

CruX Youth Dance Gala Performance

17 May 2009 -

05.00 pm

Tickets: €15/10 CruX Youth Dance Gala Performance - Modern and Creative Dance using popular music

Sun 17th May / 5pm Tickets: € 15/ 10
To book, tel: 086 814 7837 Jane Kellaghan.

CruX Dance Theatre

Founded in 2000 by Jane Kellaghan, CruX is Cork’s leading contemporary dance group. It is the first such company in Cork to receive Arts Council funding for its artistic programme and a national tour.

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CSN Diploma In Dance Graduation Performance

12 May 2010 - 13 May 2010

Wed 11.00. Thu 08.00

Tickets: €20/15 - €5 morning show The Diploma in Dance Course from the Department of Performing Arts at Colaiste Stiofain Naofa, Tramore Road, Cork is proud to present its Graduation Performance.

Directed and produced by course director Alan Foley, this production will showcase the varied talents of the students – ranging from classical ballet to energetic hip-hop and jazz dance, and a touch of oriental. Dance teachers, Jane Kellaghan and Patricia Crosbie, have also produced original contemporary and modern choreography with the students.

Leigh Alderson, who trained at London’s Royal Ballet School is the principal guest artist this year and will perform a new neo-classical ballet Enigma, choreographed by Alan Foley with the students.

The programme will also premiere new choreography by some of the students from the college, including Gemma Geaney, Phillippa Davison and Helga Kutter. All of the students on the dance course performed with Cork City Ballet in the company’s production of The Nutcracker at the Cork Opera House in November 2009, and in April 2010 they perform in Music for the Ballet – a tribute performance for Aloys Fleischmann’s centenary celebrations.

Earlier in April they studied for a week with some of the most salubrious names in the dance world including Bolshoi trained Yuri Demakov, Prima Ballerina Chika Temma and Guzel Atymtayeva.

Former students of this course are currently dancing all over the world, and more have gone on to appear in West End productions such as Chicago, West Side Story, Mamma Mia and Wicked, as well as becoming teachers, choreographers, designers and dance directors.

Course director Alan Foley said “we at CSN Dance promise to deliver an action packed night of dance which will leave you thoroughly refreshed and wanting more”.

To book, tel: 021 4507487

CSN Performing Arts - Dance

The Colaiste Stiofain Naofa VEC course in Dance is the first step to a fascinating and rewarding career.

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Red Riding Hood

25 May 2009 -

10.00, 11.15, 12.30

Tickets: €13.50/12.50 - School/group: €10.00. Teacher free with 10 pupils. Talisman Theatre Company is back with a hungry wolf, a brave woodsman and a doting grandmother in Little Red Riding Hood.

Watch the wonder and magic of live theatre cast a spell on viewers as they journey into the imaginary world of Little Red Riding Hood, long a favourite of children everywhere. This original musical adaptation of the beloved Grimm Brothers’ tale about the little girl in the red cape is an absolute delight for children of all ages.

Show running time 60 minutes approximately.
Show Times: 10.00am, 11.15am & 12.30pm
Age Recommendation: Ideal for Ages 4+

Call the Booking Line now on 087-6363075 and ask for Olga.

The Farmer’s Daughter

01 May 2009 -

08.00 pm

Tickets: €10 Bailenagee is getting ready for the 'Farmer of the Year' competition... but is Bailenagee ready for the farmer's daughter? 

Love knows no boundaries in this tongue-in-cheek musical about a girl dressing up as a man and winning the cash-prize... and the girl! 
Recently written by Cork's own choir, Mná Mná, and directed by Evelyn Quinlan, The Farmer's Daughter; A Rockabilly Musical  is one of a kind and guarantees to get you swingin' and singin' Alleluia in the aisles.

A Show Of Patriotic Duty

18 Apr 2009 -

08.00 pm

Tickets: €20 On the night of April 2 last, a devastating fire broke out in a house on Cork's North Mall. Tragically, one man died of injuries sustained in the blaze. Joseph Kutubidze and Irina Kotrikadze were trapped on the top floor and had to jump 50 feet onto the pavement. Joseph jumped first and, though very seriously injured, managed to alert a neighbour, who put mattresses to break Irina's fall. They lost all their possessions and face a long period of rehabilitation.

This benefit night is being organised to raise funds to help Joseph and Irina.

Chrysalis Dance Workshop

11 Apr 2009 -

04.30 pm

Tickets: €8 Chrysalis Dance presents Ways You Wander: An exploration into the patterns and pathways we wander in search of love.

The company who created the sell-out success’s Strings, Wishes and Waves, Love and Other Disguises and Soul/S are back with Ways You Wander. Previously, Chrysalis have collaborated with Paddy Casey, Declan O’Rourke, Bellx1 and Mundy and have built a reputation for bringing accessible dance to a wide audience who are attracted to the companies skilful classicism, contemporary music and modern themes.

Choreographer Sibley’s unique style blends fluid classical ballet and intricate contemporary dance to create a vibrant and exhilarating dance form. Continuing the reputation that the company have established of making movement inspired by contemporary Irish singer-songwriters, John Spillane’s heartfelt lyrics and beautifully crafted songs have been remixed into an original theatrical score.

One Book, One Shandon

01 Apr 2009 -

09.30 am

Tickets: €Free One Book One Shandon is a family literacy initiative organised by Shandon/Cathdral Road/Blackpool Community Education Network in association with the staff of St Mary's Road Library.

Students in local schools began an exciting journey by reading Ice Man, written by Michael Smith. The book tells the story of Tom Crean, the famous Antarctic Explorer. Once Crean's acts of bravery have inspired them, the students continue with an adventure of their own, exploring the world of the Antarctic through books and the Internet.

Projects, art work and creative writing enable the students to develop and improve their literacy skills while expanding their knowledge of Crean and Ireland's other great Antarctic explorers.

The Firkin Crane hosts a presentation of the resulting performances by local schools, as part of the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival.

Come and see The Igloo Project, created in partnership with Cork Community Art Link, from over 2,000 milk containers.

Contact: John Daly 086 873 2941

Lifelong Learning Festival

01 Apr 2009 -

All day

Tickets: € Have a look at the unique Firkin Crane building and browse the menu of dance classes - whatever your age, agility or interest, there is a variety to choose, including classical and modern ballet, salsa or tango, bellydance, hip-hop, and many more dance styles. If you are interested in acting, musical theatre or African drumming, this is the place to come.

For this day only, local schools present workshops based on Ice Man, the story of Tom Crean, Antarctic Explorer.

This isn’t grease, it’s wax!

20 Mar 2009 -

08.00 pm

Tickets: €5 Performance by Transition Year students from the Gaelscoil, North Mon.

Contact for tickets: Tim Moynihan 086 - 4034447

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EVENTS

• Culture Night 2010 24 Sep 2010 - Tickets: € Free Explore this unique building in the heart of Shandon.
  Watch dance performances of all styles and levels.
  Join in a variety of classes and dance the night away or just observe.
  See a range of films on dance at special screenings.
  Browse a photographic exhibition on professional dance.
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• BLANK CANVAS 2010 Sharing 01 Oct 2010 - Tickets: € suggested donation €5 - an exciting look at work-in-progress, presented by some or all of the currently resident artists.
  
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• Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice Sessions 06 Oct 2010 - 15 Oct 2010 Tickets: € 16/14 students, group rates available Cyclone Repertory Company presents an entertaining and informative synthesis of analysis and performance that has the primary goal of helping students in their understanding of these two Shakespearean plays
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