ALL PERFORMANCES

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Friday 29th March 2019 7.30pm

Tickets: €15

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

The TY students of St. Angela’s College, Cork invite you to their production of ‘All That Jazz’

Set in the legendary city of Chicago during the roaring “jazz hot” 20s, All that Jazz  tells the story of two rival vaudevillian murderesses locked up in Cook County Jail. Nightclub star Velma, is serving time for killing her husband and sister after finding them having an affair. Driven chorus girl Roxie, has been tossed in the joint for bumping off the man she’s been cheating on her husband with.  The scheming Velma enlists the help of prison matron, Mama Morton and slick lawyer, Billy Flynn, who turn Velma’s incarceration into a murder-of-the-week media frenzy, thus preparing the world for a splashy showbiz comeback. But Roxie’s got some tricks of her own up her sleeve.

Self Esteem and Letting Go
Saturday 30th March 2019 1pm – 5pm 
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Upcoming dates:

Saturday 20th April 2019 1pm – 5pm (French)
Saturday 11th May 2019 1pm – 5pm (English)
Saturday 22nd June 2019 1pm – 5pm (English)

 “Art therapy is self development through arts. It releases people’s expression and artistic creativity, freed from the usual patterns. In this workshop, our “right brain” will be the guest star! By the way, our left brain is not “wrong”, it is overstimulated and very talkative. Within the group, we will prioritise creation, expression and intuition. Control and judgement will be turned away at the door !  We will use photolanguage, arts and crafts, voice, creative writing and telling. This workshop is not about performing, it is about being YOU. So, come as you are. To all this, add interaction, listening and caring in the company of a safe and energising group.
Note: A minimum of 5 participants is required for  the workshop to go ahead.

This event will be run by Yasmine Krid, bilingual psychotherapist (english and french). Due to subtitles and expressiveness of one’s native language, there will be 2 versions of the workshop (french and english).

« Creativity is intelligence having fun », welcome and please share!

www.yasminekrid.com

ONLINE BOOKING

Saturday 30th March 2019 8pm

Tickets: €21

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

On Saturday the 30^th of March 2019, Graham Mc Cormack will take to the stage of the Firkin Crane Theatre in his first solo show. Titled, ‘Hell & Back’ this show is sure to send chills down your spine. Graham has lived in Cork all his life and has battled with his mental health since he was seven years old. He has come from the darkest place to tell the brightest of stories. And what better place to tell that story, than right on his door step, in Cork City centre.

Graham isn’t new to the stage as he has travelled the country, sharing his story and teaching people how to deal with their mental health struggles. The Late Late Show and TEDx have also been in touch to get this man in front of larger audiences to spread his message.

This show will be intimate, personal and most of all incredible, mark my words.

ONLINE BOOKING

Tuesday 2nd April 2019 11am

Tickets: €7
Special Discounted Rate of €5 each for groups of 20 or more (contact Box Office)
(For school booking teachers are FREE – please mention this at the time of booking)

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Energetic, fresh and enjoyable Princesses can be Pirates, playfully questions what is “normal” behaviour for girls and for boys. We follow the hilarious escapades of two extraordinary performers as they journey into the unknown, swapping toys and activities in their quest to defy stereotypes and break the norm. Dynamic and fun – a dance piece created for children but inspiring for young and old alike.

Mónica Muñoz Marín is a dance artist based in Dublin. She graduated from the Folwang University of the Arts in Essen and completed her MA in Contemporary Dance Education at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. She was a long-standing member of Stadtstheater Heidelberg and the Tanztheater Freiburg in Germany. As a freelance performer she has worked extensively throughout Europe for over 20 years. She was a recipient of the mentored Resicency Award (2016) from Dance Ireland and the Docklands Arts Fund from Business to Arts (2018). Her work has been presented at the Dublin Dance Festival, Dance Limerick, Firkin Crane, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Werkraum Theater Heidelberg and has toured nationally. Along with her choreographic practice Monica teaches dance in community and education settings.

Princesses can be Pirates is supported by a Tour and Dissemination Grant from the Arts Council. It will tour nationally to 11 venues across the country.

Saturday 6th April 2019 3pm – 6pm

Price:
€55 / €45 students / OAP, please use discount code STUDENT

max 10 participants

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Somatic Solutions for your neck, jaw and shoulders
Walk with ease and comfort

A two part workshop for all levels

• Releasing tension around the neck, shoulders and jaw

We will work with movements that help us connect the neck to the centre of the body to regain freedom and clarity of movement. Better breathing and easier head movements resurface using rib-freeing pandiculations. Jaw movements will give you a sense of control over tension creeping in with stress

• Walk with ease and comfort

Exploration of hip and spinal movements that make us feel grounded and light on our feet at the same time. Easier rotation, smoother gait and movements simple enough to practice on your own.

You will receive recordings for your home practice.

One scholarship place available – email Katrin at katrin@somadublin.com.

ONLINE BOOKING

Saturday 6th April 2019 8pm

Tickets:
€14 / €12 concession
€10 early bird (for bookings before 23rd March)

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Supported by an original soundtrack, striking costumes and an outstanding international cast, MERLIN is a dark tale instilled by the protean spirit of the eponym character.

Merlin is a dance-theatre quintet with a cast of five outstanding international performers. An emotional, engaging and physical dance work. Jazmin Chiodi and Alexandre Iseli, in collaboration with a group of artists, present a rigorously structured group piece, chiselled choreography colliding with intuitive impulse: a mix of individual urge, group synchronicity, chaos and order. MERLIN aims to merge animalism and finesse, in the choreography as much as in the movement vocabulary.

Jostling with rational narrative and swimming in the substance of myth, MERLIN dives into body textures to invoke tales, pagan carnivals, dark waters, Orphic themes, monsters, wild animals, a battered queen, a shamanic devil, a strong-headed child-woman, countless images that resonate in our hearts, the fading of time, and of course, Merlin himself, and his mischievous grin.

Credits:
Concept and artistic direction: Alexandre Iseli & Jazmin Chiodi
Choreography: Alexandre Iseli & Jazmin Chiodi, with the dancers
Contribution to the choreographic research: Lorenzo Dallai
Dancers: Jazmin Chiodi, Clara Protar, Kiko López, Sarah Ryan, Alexandre Iseli
Creatives: Oscar Mascareñas (Music), Pierre Canitrot (Costumes), Kevin Smith (Lighting Design)

Warnings:
The piece contains partial nudity.

Funded by:
Merlin was funded by the Arts Council under the Project Awards scheme and co-produced by Tipperary Dance Platform and commissioned by Dance East. Creation and production supported by residences at Tipperary Excel Arts Centre, EiMA Creation Centre, Compagnie Marie Lenfant, Project Arts Centre, Tig Roy. Early developments of the project were supported by Hélène Cathala, Le Grand Studio, Dublin Dance Festival, Fringe LAB, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Lorenzo Dallai and Oran Leong.

Jazmín Chiodi and Alexandre Iseli are resident artists at Tipperary Dance Platform, with the support of Tipperary County Council, Tipperary Excel Arts Centre and the Arts Council under the Dance Artist in Residency Award and have been touring internationally with the support of Culture Ireland.

ONLINE BOOKING

Sunday 7th April 7.30pm

Price:
€12

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

UCC Dance Club are delighted to announce our annual End of Year Showcase.

This is a show not to be missed with styles varying from Irish, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop and Ballet.
The show is full of talent, including our advanced dance squads who recently just placed 1st (contemporary), 2nd (jazz), 2nd (mixed piece dance) and 3rd (Irish) at the Irish Intervarsity Competition.
The show will also see performances from special guests.

The event is suitable for all ages and with over 100 dancers taking to the stage, it is guaranteed to be a dance-filled night of fun entertainment not to be missed.
We hope to have every seat in the house full, as any profit made from the show will be donated to The Cork University Hospital Children’s Ward Charity!

We can’t wait to end the year on a high with this event which never disappoints.

BOOKING (FREE)

Monday 8th April 10am – 1pm

This event is an open discussion with survivors of childhood trauma and professionals working in the Early Years sector, education, health, addiction and criminal justice about the desirability of raising public and political awareness of the prevalence and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ireland and the need for a collaborative cross sector trauma-responsive approach for better individual and societal outcomes.

There will be contributions on attachment and Infant Mental Health, supporting parents with experience of interpersonal trauma, manifestations of trauma in the school setting, the health impacts of childhood adversity, being a child of the care system, trauma and prisoners, ACEs and the Travelling Community, the adverse experience of living in a Direct Provision centre.

Irish ACEs And Trauma Informed Forum
Organiser of Towards an ACE-Aware, trauma-responsive Ireland
This group has been created to share ACE related and trauma informed knowledge, practice and initiatives in the Irish context. This group is for everyone – parents, carers, professionals from health, social care, police and education, and anyone else who is interested in working in partnership for a better tomorrow for our children.

ONLINE BOOKING

Friday 12th April 2019 7.30pm

Saturday 13th April 2019 7.30pm

Tickets:
€18 (4 for €68)

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Directed by School Principal and Artistic Director, Sinead Murphy, DECADANCE , celebrates the tenth anniversary of the school. Featuring many favourites from the school’s extensive repertoire, the production will showcase the talents of the school’s very dedicated students.

The stage at Firkin Crane will be lit and transformed by Tim Feehily, whose credits include all of Cork School of Dance Productions including Rapunzel, The Snow Queen ,The Little Mermaid and most recently the sold out production of Beauty and the Beast in Firkin Crane as well as Get Ur Ballet On and Ballet and Beyond. Tim is also the resident lighting designer for Cork Youth Ballet Company and has lit many productions for Cork City Ballet including Giselle, Swan Lake and Nutcracker in Cork Opera House.

Cork School of Dance was founded by Sinead Murphy in 2009 and offers a range of classes in ballet, modern, jazz and contemporary dance. Sinead trained with the late Joan Denise Moriarty and taught in her school for many years until she opened up Cork School of Dance. Sinead is also an international ballet examiner for the ISTD and has taught at the prestigious Imperial Ballet Awards in the UK where several of her students have been past award winners. Sinead is also Artistic Director of Cork Youth Ballet Company. 

ONLINE BOOKING

Wednesday 17th April 2019 7pm

Thursday 18th April. 2019 7pm

Tickets:
€18 ( 4 for €68)

ONLINE BOOKING

Friday 26th April 2019 8pm

Saturday 27th April 2019 8pm

Tickets:
€14 / €12 concession
€10 (for bookings before 19th April)

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

Cork Youth Ballet  in Association with Firkin Crane Proudly Presents Hanging On.

Directed by Sinead Murphy, Hanging On will feature 40 dancers who will showcase their versatility and creativity by performing specially choreographed pieces in neo classical, contemporary and jazz dance styles.

The programme will feature new and reworked choreography by Andrew Wilson, Head of Ballet and Contemporary Dance at Bird College UK and former soloist at Birmingham Royal Ballet, Alan Foley, Artistic Director Cork City Balllet, Jane Kellaghan, Course Director of CSN and Artistic Director of CRUX Dance Company, Patricia Crosbie, Ballet Mistress with Cork City Ballet and lecturer of dance in University of Limerick and Robert Foley of IAB.

Choreography of the title piece Hanging On will be by Sinead Murphy, Artistic Director of the company and Principal of Cork School of Dance. Patricia Crosbie has reproduced the piece “Cry Me a River” for the company and Robert Foley has choreographed a piece called “MOVE DANCE BE BORN”. The stage will be lit by renowned Lighting Designer Tim Feehily.

Sinead Murphy says “Cork Youth Ballet gives dancers the chance to work with new teachers and choreographers. It provides a great opportunity for the dancers to broaden their horizons and to work and train in a dance style that might be outside their original form of dance training.”

Founded by Sinead Murphy in 2015, the company provides opportunities for young Cork dancers to train as a company and produce dynamic new works. Cork Youth Ballet Company is made up of dancers from various dance schools in Cork including Coláiste Stiofán Naofa, Cork School of Dance, Lucy French  School of Dance, Montfort College of Performing Arts, Wolfe Stage School, Starstruck Studios and Maeve Kelleher.

ONLINE BOOKING

Wednesday 22nd May 2019 7pm
(Doors open 6pm)

Tickets:
€12

Booking fee: online €1.50 per ticket / telephone €2 per ticket
Booking (021) 4507487 (Opening hours 1pm – 4pm Tuesday to Friday)

EM Fitness & Nutrition Pole Classes present EM Fitness & Nutrition Pole Showcase 2019!

Jenny from EM Fitness & Nutrition Pole Fitness is proud to announce the second showcase since opening the studio.

This is a time for the students to show off their pole skills to friends, family and anyone else who are interested in seeing the amazingly talented ladies and gent perform.

Guest Performer on the night will be the amazing Leah Aftab.

Refreshments served on the night.

Check EM Fitness & Nutrition Pole Classes’ Facebook Event for more details.

ONLINE BOOKING

Sunday 26th May 2019 12pm – 4pm

Price: €15

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

Natural Body Movement and Trained Body Movement

Natural Body Movement may incorporate some of the very early infant movements in the womb and later on as we learn to work with gravity and come to standing. Whatever we may call it; there are natural and spontaneous movements that we all know from very early in our lives. As we grow and learn, these early movements get overlaid or enhanced by the many movement techniques available to us now. This workshop will explore seeing where the natural and more learned dance or movement techniques meet, partially meet or even conflict with each other.

Joan Davis has been exploring the nature of creativity, particularly from a body based perspective, for over 40 years. She pioneered contemporary dance in Ireland in the 70s & 80s and has experimented with collaborative art as a professional artist and therapist.

From 1996, when she moved to Wicklow, she developed the arts practice and performance offerings of Maya Lila which was based on bringing Authentic Movement into performance. She published two books on this process in 2007.

Joan is a Body-Mind Centering® Practitioner, has studied Authentic Movement with Janet Adler, and Voice Work with Chloe Goodchild and Rajeswar Bhattacharya. She is a Hakomi Sensorimotor Trauma Psychotherapist.

She continues to study developmental processes as well as embryology and early infant trauma. Joan has undertaken trainings in Dynamic Attachment Repair Experiences (DARE) with Dr. Diane Poole Heller in Europe. She continues her studies with trainings in HANDLE an holistic approach to neuro developmental healing and repatterning.

In 2012 Joan offered a four year somatic training called ORIGINS which covered the journey from preconception to standing.

In 2013 Mary Wycherley, a dance filmmaker based in Limerick, Ireland, was funded to make a film of the work of Maya Lila. This film, called ‘In the Bell’s Shadow’ has been screened nationally and internationally since it premiered in 2015.

Joan offers ongoing one to one somatic therapy sessions as well as her group work and solo retreats. Her most recent publication (2018) is the journey of ORIGINS, a journey from preconception to standing. www.gorsehill.net