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TABI- INTERCULTURAL DANCE PROJECT
Tabi is dance-research-project. The project is being designed by the participants Valentina Nicoli (IT) and Maria Kirchhoff (DE) and will be delivered in collaboration with Béla Bisom (DE). Under the artistic direction of choreographer Takao Baba, who is assisted by Rayboom and Kofie, the youth dance company of Tanzhaus nrw – Back to Basics (B2B) […]
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26 February – 01 March 2015 IDN Festival Mercat de les Flors, Barcelona An intervention in a space, in order to create new experiences for the body. How often do we notice the spaces we inhabit – the towns we live in; the shopping malls we browse? How do these structured spaces impact our activities, […]
Read moreTickets for MIND YOUR STEP on sale now!
With one-month to go tickets for MIND YOUR STEP are on sale now! BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW! In person at DanceHouse, Foley Street, Dublin 1 Over the phone on 01 855 8800 Or securely online using Evenbrite here TICKET PRICES Symposium only: €5 Performance trail only: €18 Dance Ireland members discount: €16 for performance trail ticket […]
Read moreLéim participants ask you to Mind Your Step
Artists and architects join forces for a two-day event to explore connections between dance, city life and urban planning. Symposium :: Saturday 07 March, 11am – 4pm :: DanceHouse, Foley Street Hidden Performance Trail :: Sunday 08 March, 12.30 & 3pm :: Dublin Docklands “There are invisible traces, left by the passage of people: traces that are […]
Read moreMIND YOUR STEP ARTISTS ANNOUNCED
Dance Ireland announces the four successful artists/companies who will participate in site specific performances as part of Mind your step in Dublin Docklands on Sunday 08 March 2015. Through an open call issued last October we received 16 proposals for consideration for Mind your step. The selected artists are junk ensemble, Jessie Keenan, Fearghus Ó’Conchúir […]
Read moreMaria Philippou: Module B Placement – Barcelona
Author: Maria Philippou My Léim experience was interrupted several times by personal health matters, but thanks to the flexibility of the programme I had the chance to combine my second work placement abroad with the first meeting for Module C. I arrived in Barcelona on Monday 01 December after a long and tiring trip and […]
Read moreThe fourth and final meeting of Module A
Author: Maria Philippou The fourth and final meeting of Module A took place from 31 October until 02 November in Barcelona. The schedule of this meeting was based on the points that participants made in their previous meeting in Düsseldorf, about what they need more to focus on. Monica Arus, the executive director of Mercat de […]
Read moreOpen Call: Mind your step – Léim Module C Project
Application deadline: 17 November 2014, 12noon Can dance get into a dialogue with urban planning? Mind your step is a weekend of events from 06 to 08 March 2015 which aims to explore the connection between choreography, live performance, walkscapes and urban planning. Endeavouring to enlarge the audience for dance and raise awareness about the […]
Read moreSheila Creevey: Module B placement – Dance in Düsseldorf
Author: Sheila Creevey My third and final Module B placement was at tanzhaus nrw, a large and extremely busy dance house based in Düsseldorf, Germany. Over two weeks in August, I spent time getting to know more about the organisation – it’s structures and infrastructure, programmes, artists and ambitions. My placement with tanzhaus nrw coincided […]
Read moreGiulia Galvan: Interview with Roula Kleovolou during Limassol Dance Festival 2014
Author: Giulia Galvan I attended the Limassol Dance Festival 2014, from 18 to 27 August, and interviewed the choreographers who were selected to present their works. Here is an interview with Roula Kleovolou speaking about Room 6.
Read moreMarcel Bassachs: Module C placement in Bassano del Grappa
Author: Marcel Bassachs My Module C session on the Léim project allowed me, as a participant from the Dance House Mercat de les Flors (Barcelona); to work together with Giulia Galvan to implement the cultural project she directed: Mind Your step. Mind your Step project was conceived and curated by Giulia Galvan within the framework […]
Read moreMarcel Bassachs: Module B placement in Bassano del Grappa
Author: Marcel Bassachs Stepping back on my research about education in a dance field I followed my last placement for Modul B at the Dance House Comune di Bassano del Grappa, Italy. I was hosted by Roberto Casarotto, director of International dance projects and Chief executive of BMotion Festival. BMotion festival is the project of […]
Read moreEleanor Creighton: Module B placement in Mercat de les Flors
I spent my first Module B placement in Umea, Sweden, for the Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival. It was a whirlwind of 25 shows in 3 days and a completely buzzing festival. Here, at the other end of Europe, I was looking at nine days in Barcelona, with plenty of time to get ‘inside’ the organisation […]
Read moreEleanor Creighton: Module B placement with Dance Ireland
I have been a regular visitor to DanceHouse, where Dance Ireland (DI) is based, since I moved back to Dublin in 2007. That’s nearly 7 years of regular dance class attendance, seeing performances and working with the team on events when I was part of Dublin Dance Festival. It’s funny how you can be so […]
Read moreMaria Kirchhoff: Module B placement at Mercat de Les Flors – educativos
Author: Maria Kirchhoff My first work placement in the frame of Léim was at Mercat de les flors in Barcelona. During two weeks I was able to gain a deep insight into the history, the everyday work and future plans of the youth department at Mercat de les flors. Under the supervision of Judit Bombardó, […]
Read moreValentina Nicoli: Module B Connecting Dance in Ireland
Author: Valentina Nicoli Photo / Credit: Dublin Youth Dance Company While in Dublin I had the opportunity to join a Dance Sector Meeting hosted by Dance Ireland, where artists and professionals in contemporary dance came together, shared their experiences and talked about solutions and opportunities to develop the dance sector in terms of ways of […]
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