A short dance film written and choreographed by CoisCéim Artistic Director David Bolger.
One of four dance films chosen for production for the Arts Council / RTÉ DANCE ON THE BOX 2010 scheme, DEEP END DANCE premiered on RTÉ 2 in May 2010.
Performers Madge Bolger and David Bolger
Director of Photography Richard Kendrick
Composer Michael Fleming
Editor Roisín O’Donnell
Writer/Choreographer David Bolger
Producer Martha O’Neill, Wildfire Films
Director Conor Horgan
Awards
Winner: Best Short Film: Irish Film Festival, Boston 2011
Special Jury Prize: IDILL, 2011
Winner: Best Short Film, Celtic Media Festival, 2011
Winner: Best Short Film, FastNet Film Festival, 2011
Audience Award: Best Short, Capital Irish Film Festival 2011
Nomination: Best Short Film, Irish Film & Television Awards 2011
Short List: Prix Italia, 2011
Reviews
“It is the light that attracts us in the mellifluous film Deep End Dance, captured in the camera eye of director Conor Horgan. The incongruous becomes surprisingly normal as a suited but goggled dance-maker/swimmer/dancer David Bolger dives into the pool. The dappled turquoise and pale green surface riven only by the gravitational pull of his dance, he turns and nonchalantly rests his elbow on his chin as he floats. When he is joined by his mother, Madge Bolger, their ensuing duet of somersaults and pirouettes, plunging and soaring by turn, create a joyful mood. It’s a reflection on beauty too, the difference of their bodies leveled by this aquamarine universe. Michael Fleming’s playful score for clarinet and piano at times invokes a merry-go-round, perfect for these magical, life-affirming six minutes.” -Seona Mac Réamoinn, Irish Theatre Magazine
Gallery
video
Screenings
IRISH FILM INSTITUTE
Part of Archive at Lunchtime: Shall We Dance?
Dublin | June 2023 | 1.10pm
UILLÍNN: WEST CORK ARTS CENTRE | SKIBBEREEN
Part of ‘Moving Sensor’ – Dance on Film
Friday 22 November | 7pm
CINÉ BORÉAL | COURTS MÉTRAGES À LA PISCINE
Piscine de la Butte-aux-Cailles | 5, place Paul Verlaine | 75013 Paris | 3 February 2018
23rd QUINZENA DE DANÇA DE ALMADA
International Dance Festival | 10 October 2015
SHORTSPACE
Filmbase | Dublin 2 | Thursday 12th September 2013
MADE IN DUBLIN: DANCE FILMS
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar | 30 January 2013 | 18:00 – 22:00 | Free
ASSOCIATION CLAVIM
Issy-les-Moulineaux | 16th February 2013
LE JOUR LE PLUS COURT
Marseille | December 21 2012
Ô ! LES GRANDES LESSIVES DU XXI° CYCLE
Paris | November 2012
‘MOTIONCAPTURE’ at Cork Film Festival
15 November 2012
BOLD TENDENCIES, DANCE FOR FILM SERIES
Peckham Multi-Storey Car Park | London | September 6, 2012
On tour with SWIMMING WITH MY MOTHER at KILKENNY ARTS FESTIVAL 2012 and THE WATERGATE THEATRE
11 & 12 August 2012
THE IRISH FESTIVAL OF OULU
Oulu,Finland
28 September & 6 October 2012
LAGO FILM FEST
International Festival of Short Films, Documentaries and Screenplays
20-28 July 2012 | Revine Lago,Italy
FILMS THAT MOVE AT THE WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER
Deep End Dance was screened outdoors in New York City for the full month of July at 4pm Wednesday & Friday afternoons downtown at the World Financial Centre’s Winter Garden Big TV.
July 2012
FESTIVAL LA PIATTAFORMA
La Danza in 1 Minuto | Part of Cinedans Tour 2012
10 July 2012 | Torino,Italy
On tour with SWIMMING WITH MY MOTHER at
BRIGHTON FESTIVAL 2012 and THE GUTHRIE THEATRE, MINNEAPOLIS
May to July 2012
DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL AND THE IRISH FILM INSTITUTE PRESENT DANCE ON FILM
Irish Film Institute, Temple Bar | Sunday May 13 | 4pm
BCN SPORTS FILM FESTIVAL
Barcelona,Spain | Friday 11 May 2012
WHYNOT #3 DANCE, PERFORMANCE, MUSIC AND ART, Part of Cinedans Tour 2012
W139 – Warmoesstraat 139,Amsterdam | 23-25 March 2012
FESTIVAL CINÉ’MOMES
Cinema Max Linder | Paris,France | Sunday, 18 March 2012
CHICAGO IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
The Beverly Arts Centre | Chicago,Illinois | 2-7 March 2012
**Honorable Mention – Audience Awards
SOTTODICIOTTO FILM FESTIVAL – TORINO SCHERMI GIOVANI
Turin,Italy | Cinema Massimo | Thursday 15 December 2011
CAPITAL IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
*Winner, Audience award for Best Short shared with Mo Mhórchoir Féin
Part of the Shorts: Dirty Dancing programme | 7 December 2011
Goethe Institut,812 7th Street NW,WashingtonDC20001
FESTIVAL TOUS COURTS
Aix-en-Provence,France | 28 November – 2 December 2011
INTERFILM 27TH INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2011
Berlin | November 2011
DINGLE FILM FESTIVAL
Shorts Programme Presented by Maurice Galway
Franciscan Friary, 4 Merchants’ Quay,Dublin 8 | Phone 01 6771128
Wednesday 30 November 2011
THE COCA-COLA CINEMAGIC INTERNATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Part of the Secondary Schools : Jury’s Out! programme | Belfast
Wednesday 30th November
IDILL 2011 an international competition for short films of movement and dance
*winner, Special Jury Prize
DINGLE FILM FESTIVAL
Shorts Programme Presented by Maurice Galway
Franciscan Friary, 4 Merchants’ Quay,Dublin 8 | Phone 01 6771128
Wednesday 26 October 2011 | 7pm Tea & Coffee
PHILADELPHIA DANCE PROJECTS: MOTION PICTURES DANCE ON FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
6 October 2011 | Part of the ShortsFest Program
The Performance Garage,1515 Brandywine Street, Phila PA 19130
16TH OURENSE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
October 2011 | Ourense,Spain | www.ouff.org
DANCE HOUSE, SHORTDANCEFILMS
Saturday 24 September | DanceHouse,Foley Street | Dublin
CULTURE NIGHT
Friday 23 September | 8.00pm | Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray | Dublin
part of an evening of performances from Fishamble, CoisCéim Dance Theatre and The Crash Ensemble
SILHOUETTE FILM FESTIVAL
27th August- 4th September 2011 | Aubervilliers,France
EAT MY SHORTS at Castlepalooza
Saturday, 30th July | Tullamore,Ireland
SUMMERDANCE
27 July | Palamós Girona,Spain
BIG SUR INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM SCREENING SERIES
Thursday 21 July | Henry Miller Library | Big Sur,California,USA
SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
6 July 2011 | Part of the Clermont Ferrand Short Films International screening | Long Island City,NY
MONTONE UMBRIA FILM FESTIVAL ‘ALTERNATIVE VOICES IN EUROPEAN CINEMA”
Childrens Competition
5-10 July 2011 | Umbria,Italy
9TH IN THE PALACE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
June 2011 | Balchik,Bulgaria
Short Films Screenings – Filmbase 25th Anniversary
24/25 June 2011 | Filmbase,Temple Bar,Dublin
CORONA FASTNET SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Schull,Cork
*Winner, Best Dance Film
Friday 27th May 2011 | Part of Junior Programme 4
@ Your Leisure, Main Street Schull and in the Car Park Venues: All day during the festival
THE 2011 ACCESS>CINEMA / IFI BEALTAINE FILM TOUR
May 2011, Nationwide
Central Library, Ilac Centre, Henry St , Dublin | 4 May @ 1.00pm
Cloughjordan Cine Club, Co.Tipperary | 7 May @ 3.00pm
Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda | 10 May @ 1.30pm
First Friday Film Club Rathmines | 13 May @ 10.30am
Irish Film Institute, Dublin | 13 May- @ 11.00am
Linnehall Arts Centre, Co.Mayo | 16 May @ 1.10pm
Cabra Library, Dublin | 18 May @ 3.00pm
Charleville Mall Library | 25 May @ 2.30pm
ANY DANCE, ANY SCREEN
8 May 2011 | Victoria,Australia
NOISEMOVES YOUTH DANCE FESTIVAL: DANCE FILM SCREENINGS
RUA RED Arts Centre, Tallaght | Saturday 16th April
THE CELTIC MEDIA FESTIVAL
13-15 April 2011 | Western Isles,Scotland
*Winner, Best Short Film
SHEBEEN FLICK: LOVED AND UNSEEN IRISH FILMS
Shebeen Chic | Georges Street, Dublin 2, Ireland | 5th April 2011
Double Bill with Conor Horgan’s The Beholder
IRISH FILM FESTIVAL, BOSTON
Stuart Screen Playhouse,Boston | 24th March 2011 | 7pm
*Winner of Stella Artois Best Short
DINGLE FILM FESTIVAL
Phoenix Cinema, Dingle | 18th March 2011 | 1pm
GO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, NIJMEGEN
16 March 2011 | Nijmegen, The Netherlands
33RD INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL – CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE
February 2011 part of the ‘Enfants’ programme
DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL – DANCE ON FILM
Light House Cinema,Smithfield | Sunday 30 January 2011 | 3pm
THE IRISH FILM INSTITUTE – DUBLIN
26 and 28 January 2011 as part of the Wild Strawberries Film Club
DANCE CAMERA FESTIVAL, ISTANBUL
November 2010
SAN FRANCISCO IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
24 September 2010 | 7pm
Part of Magners n’ Shorts night and followed by a Q & A with Director Conor Horgan.
CANADIAN PREMIERE – 3 OCTOBER 2010
At the 13th ROMP! FESTIVAL at Independent Dance in Victoria,Canada as part of the FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH – which features dance on film mixed with live performance.
GALWAY FILM FLEADH
New Irish Shorts: Programme One | GalwayTown Hall | Friday 9 July 2010
KINSALE ARTS WEEK 2010
Municipal Hall | Tuesday 13 July 2010 | 4:00 PM
as part of Screen Dance Double Bill
Panel Discussion with David Bolger – Moving Forward: British Screen Dance and the Future of Dance on Film in Ireland
Municipal Hall | Tuesday 13 July 2010 | 7:30 PM
DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL, 2010
Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin
Friday, 21 May & Saturday, 22 May 2010
