ALL PERFORMANCES

ONLINE BOOKING

Wednesday 3rd June 2020 11am – 12.30pm

Tickets: €5

(Available online only, a booking fee of €1.50 applies)
Places are limited so early booking is recommended.
Bookings can be taken up until 9am on Wednesday 3rd June

There are a certain number of complimentary places available. 
Please email Andrea at dance@firkincrane.ie if you wish to avail of one of these. 

Dancing Screens

Participate in an online Masterclass with dance artist Mary Wycherley as she shares insights from her wide-ranging experiences of making dance for screen in her live performance and cinematic works. Drawing from her interdisciplinary practice which bridges dance, film and visual arts this workshop focuses on essential considerations for making dance works for and with screen. It includes:

– Visual languages for screen or stage

– Improvised and choreographed performance for the screen

– Embracing the potential of different presentation contexts (esp. in the current Covid-19 context)

– Considering the value of connecting or disconnecting live dance to and from screen (esp. in the current Covid-19 context)

This Masterclass is an opportunity to hear from a leading figure in Screendance and to take the opportunity to reflect on ideas you may currently have germinating for presentation on screen. The workshop format invites discussion relevant to the participating group – so come to the Zoom with your questions, ideas or general curiosity! It is suitable for anyone working in dance or moving image and with an interest in the crossovers between these art forms.

ONLINE BOOKING

Wednesday 10th June 2020 11am – 12.30pm

Tickets: €5

(Available online only, a booking fee of €1.50 applies)
Bookings can be taken up until 9am on Wednesday 10th June

There are a certain number of complimentary places available. 
Please email Andrea at dance@firkincrane.ie if you wish to avail of one of these. 

Dance and handstands extravaganza class in a tiny space

Deirdre will lead a dynamic dance and hand balance class in a petite space that fits on your screen!

We will limber up the body with fluid movement and use strengthening and stabilizing exercises to prepare the body for balance and control. 

Working with different strategies to get in to a handstand we will move through different hand stand positions and play with finding new ones.

We will learn a routine that incorporates grooviness and hand-balance to find focus and flow. 

You will need a steady kitchen chair/stool, a strong wall and an even floor surface to work on. 

Please wear suitable, comfortable, ridiculous clothing for this class.

Deirdre Griffin is a Dublin based dance artist and choreographer working across contemporary dance, aerial and acrobatics. She established her performance company, Headonbody, to create works characterised by wild absurdity and high physicality.
Her recent show Soup, a collaboration with sound artist Craig Cox premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival 2019. Soup was nominated for Best Performer award Radical Spirit Award.

As a performer Deirdre has toured extensively with ponydance theatre throughout Ireland, UK and Internationally (Best Dance Award, Adelaide Fringe Festival 2012).
She has also performed with Junk Ensemble, Brokentalkers, Theatre Lovett and the international hit show RIOT by THISISPOPBABY (Australian Tour 2018). She regularly performs and choreographs for the award-winning modern circus company Loosysmokes; winner of Best Ensemble Award, Dublin Fringe Festival 2015 for Raven Eyed. On film & TV she has worked on Penny Dreadful, Republic of Telly and most recently in the film adaptation of Dublin Old School.

Deirdre trained at the Duncan Conservatory Prague and graduated from Fontys Dance Academy in Tilburg, Netherlands with a BA in Dance Theatre. She was awarded The Next Stage Dance Ireland Bursary for Dublin Theatre Festival 2017 and an Arts Council Bursary Award in 2019. Recently, she participated on the Delve Programme with Spraoi Street Arts Festival and National Circus Festival Ireland in association with ISACS Network Ireland. Deirdre was selected for a research project with In-Situ Europe and ISACS on depopulation in rural Catalonia, the research was published in April 2020.

ONLINE BOOKING

ONLINE BOOKING

Wednesday 24th June 2020 11am – 1pm

Tickets: €5

(Available online only, a booking fee of €1.50 applies)

Bookings can be taken up until 9am on Wednesday 3rd June

There are a certain number of complimentary places available. 
Please email Andrea at dance@firkincrane.ie if you wish to avail of one of these. 

A Dance Dissection – exploring the layers of our dancing selves 

This two-hour zoom workshop invites professional dancers to explore specific aspects of their movement patterning. We each have a personal style, honed over years of training and practice. This workshop asks dancers to take time to look at the layers of influence and training that created this personal movement fingerprint, and examine some of these layers one by one. By reviewing these influences on how we move, dancers can open up new choices and new pathways within their moving bodies.

We will use whatever space we have to do this, but ask that we have a yoga mat space as the minimum. Please have a notebook and pen handy.

Lisa McLoughlin trained at London’s Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, Lisa has performed extensively as a freelance dancer around the world. She is a choreographer and a passionate advocate and teacher of dance. Currently on the board of the Dublin Dance Festival and The Liz Roche Company. She is completing her Ph.D. arts practice in Autumn 2020 and is a recipient of the Irish Research Council postgraduate scholarship. Lisa is a tutor and researcher in dance at the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick. She holds a first-class honours MA in Dance, combining dance and psychology. For more information check out www.lisamcloughlin.ie

Ticket sales have been suspended due to Covid-19 pandemic

Sunday 6th September 2020 12 – 4pm

Price: €15

Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Programmed by Junk Ensemble, Cork City Dance Artists in Residence at Firkin Crane

Flying Low Workshop with Lucia Kickham

Flying Low is a dance technique developed by Venezuelan dance artist David Zambrano. It’s main focus is the dancer’s relationship with the floor. Passing Through is a complex system of spontaneous composition based on collective leadership, interconnection and infinite possible pathways in space. In this workshop Lucia will introduce the participants to the key elements of these movement approaches. The workshop builds up from gentle exercises which examine the natural spiral patterns within the body and develops into more energetic and expansive sequences.

Groundedness, efficiency of movement, practicality, open awareness and group dynamics are important elements at play in this movement training. This is an energetic workshop exploring the mechanics of the body, group consciousness and decision making.

Lucia is a Dublin-based dance artist performing and collaborating internationally since 2011. Trained in The Netherlands, she has worked with companies and artists which include TRASH, Company Philip Connaughton, Junk Ensemble, Liz Roche Company, Maria Nilsson Waller.
Lucia frequently performs at festivals in Ireland and has toured throughout the UK, Sweden and The Netherlands. She has trained intensively with David Zambrano in Flying Low & Passing Through techniques, developing her interest in group dynamics within composition and teaching environments. 

In recent years Lucia has received awards from the Arts Council of Ireland, Dance Ireland, Firkin Crane Cork and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre. INIT: The Warm Up Project, Kickham’s latest work, premiered at Dublin Fringe Festival in September 2019.