Dish of the Day
Dish of the Day is sexy, original, life-affirming, funny…
Choreographer David Bolger holds up a looking glass to reflect the myriad of images he can create, give form to, and re-shape to express the magical elasticity of movement. Through a process of honing, layering, adding and subtracting, he moulds his performers in and out of frames, with chameleon-like ease, to recreate the spirit of vaudeville, burlesque, clowning, technological inventions, the absurdities of human intelligence, the emotional impact of change, the psychology of colour, whilst the pendulum swings backwards and forwards through time. His mood is upbeat, quirky, comical and exuberant. DISH OF THE DAY gives a new interpretation to George Bernard Shaw’s famous quote on dancing being “a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire”.
The audience loved it and so did I
Partly theatrical, wholly physical and humourously inventive, Dish of the Day marks a departure for the choreographer as he creates an extravagant work, devoid of binding narrative but full of personality
David Bolger is on a winning streak. This new show shows this bright young choreographer in top form with an irresistible ensemble of dancers and a dance work that is a magical blend of dance and theatre
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Performed at
Irish Tour
Town Hall Theatre
Galway
28 October 1999
Irish Tour
Siamsa Tíre
Tralee
26 October 1999
Irish Tour
An Grianán Theatre
Letterkenny
23 October 1999
Irish Tour
Belltable Arts Centre
Limerick
19 - 20 October 1999
Irish Tour
Backstage Theatre
Longford
15 - 16 October 1999
Premiere
Samuel Beckett Theatre
Dublin
16 - 26 June 1999
Credits
Original Cast Ella Clarke, Justine Doswell, James Hosty, Eric Lacey, Liz Roche
Subsquent Cast Members Jenny Roche
Choreographer David Bolger
Composer Bell Helicopter
Lighting Lucy Carter
Sound Bell Helicopter
Costume Helen McCusker