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Find out what’s coming up – how you can dance with us – and what’s happening in and around our studio in Dublin 3…
Open House Dublin 2023
42 Fairview Strand, Fairview, Dublin 3 For one day only - come and explore CoisCéim’s new home at 42 Fairview Strand. In August 2021, CoisCéim moved into a former Victorian Postal Sorting Office - transforming the landmark building into a hub for creative experimentation with the generous support of the Arts Council of Ireland and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, ...more
Six in the Attic Alumni Off-Site
Since 2015, Irish Theatre Institute has worked with CoisCéim in providing residency space for Six in the Attic ALUMNI requiring dedicated desk and/or studio space. Designed to support and facilitate creative development opportunities for independent artists in Ireland, Six in the Attic Alumni Off-Site facilitates residencies throughout the year. These short-term residencies are a resource sharing initiative to allow theatre makers, in ...more
A Place To Dream
From an An Post sorting office to The Bridal Boutique – the landmark building at 42 Fairview Strand has come a long way since 1883. On 17 July 2020 we signed the lease and started a year-long makeover to shape a destination to dance - a place where history intertwines with imagination. A very deep bow to Mags Mulvey for capturing the ...more
BENCH
curated by David Bolger in collaboration with Waterways Ireland A new collection of dances inspired by Dublin’s canals and surroundings A bench by water. A place to rest... a spot on the way to work... a point to meet... a space to dream? This summer - catch two new vibrant choreographic commissions by distinctive Dublin based dance artists. This new pilot project ...more
Suppose A Stone
Sensory Walk with architect Jenny O’Leary, choreographer Aoife McAtamney, artist Jackson Byrne, and curator Kate Strain. 22 JULY 2023 CoisCéim Broadreach was delighted to support the SUPPOSE A STONE Sensory Walk in Aughrim, County Wicklow. This 2-hour-long walk was designed to connect participants with the ‘Granite City’ through the sounds, smells, tastes and sensations of Aughrim. A series of exercises explored ...more
FRANCIS FOOTWORK | 180° VR
BY DAVID BOLGER “Joyful, clever, entertaining, intricate, technically superb and with a heart of goodness, Francis Footwork is a pure and simple delight. – The Irish Times “If it all sounds a little magical and wondrous, that’s because it is. As well as being one of the most exquisitely choreographed and beautifully produced pieces of dance theatre to be had anywhere…Joyous, uplifting, ...more
Go To Blazes
BY DAVID BOLGER In collaboration with Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) WINNER Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for Best Movement NOMINATED Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for Best Costume, Best Video Design and Audience-Choice. “O, Rocks!” In a meaty delicacy that ignites the senses, David Bolger’s evocative response to Ulysses Episode 4 probes dual realities to create a highly original ...more
The Choreography Project 20 | 2023
LED BY JUSTINE DOSWELL 4 SEPTEMBER - 15 OCTOBER 2023 BE TRULY CREATIVE. TRY SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. MEET LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE PASSIONATE ABOUT DANCE AND THEATRE. THE CHOREOGRAPHY PROJECT is an opportunity to work with professional choreographers in the exploration of contemporary performance. Each project is hugely diverse, providing a lively, unique experience of the creative process and the varied practices of ...more
Port of Dance | Croatia 2023
FRANCIS FOOTWORK VR + CREATIVE DANCE TALES GO INTERNATIONAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HKD, RIJEKA Announcing an exciting new partnership with HKD that will see FRANCIS FOOTWORK VR & CREATIVE DANCE TALES premiere at the Port of Dance Festival before going on a tour of schools later this year. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Media of The Republic of ...more
Award Winner
Best Movement - David Bolger FOR GO TO BLAZES and ORFEO ED EURIDICE Huge congratulations to all the winners of the 2022 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards. After receiving 6 nominations we were delighted for David Bolger's win for Best Movement for GO TO BLAZES, part of Ulysses2.2 and Blackwater Valley Opera Festival's ORFEO ED EURIDICE, a partnership with the Irish ...more
WHEN THE BLEEDING STOPS
Spring Forward Festival 2023 Produced by AEROWAVES Icelandic dancer and choreographer Lovísa Ósk Gunnarsdóttir, an Aerowaves Twenty23 artist, brought her powerful piece WHEN THE BLEEDING STOPS to Dublin in April 2023. Working with a group of women living in Dublin, Lovísa hosted preliminary workshops remotely before arriving in the city and leading an onsite workshop with BROADREACH participants Remi Ajike, Majella Biernat, Kate ...more
ART:2023
We're proud to be part of ART:2023 MORE DETAILS COMING SOON. Find out more about the ART:2023 projects at artscouncil.ie.
COISCÉIM IN THE MIX
Nominated for 6 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards 2022! We were thrilled to wake up to multiple Irish Times Irish Theatre Award nominations last weekend with David Bolger, Arran Murphy, Neil O’Driscoll for GO TO BLAZES, part of Ulysses2.2 and Maree Kearns and David for Blackwater Valley Opera Festival's ORFEO ED EURIDICE, a partnership with the Irish Baroque Orchestra – a very ...more
THE PIECE WITH THE DRUMS
BY DAVID BOLGER WORLD PREMIERE | 24-28 JANUARY 2023 "immediate, endearing and subtle...excellently cast...a rich and constantly morphing interaction between movement and sound" - The Irish Times "flair and humour [in] this impressive production that will knock you out of the January blues." - No More Workhorse We vibe, we vibrate, hearts pumping, rhythm jumping, Drumming up ...more
Choreography Connects
Funded by an Arts Council of Ireland IRIS Award From July 2022 CHOREOGRAPHY CONNECTS is an important new venture that unites CoisCéim with two European dance trailblazers – OperaEstate/CSC, (Comune di Bassano, Italy) and Le Gymnase CDCN (France) – in a project that explores the strategic alliance between choreography, nature and care. An artist-led, residency initiative funded by Arts Council Ireland, it brings together ...more
Culture Night Dublin | 2022
FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER A glimpse inside CoisCéim’s new studio at the landmark building - 42 Fairview Strand - with a family-friendly programme of dance gems by David Bolger, including cinema-style screenings of the international hit THE WOLF AND PETER and 3D screenings of his latest work FRANCIS FOOTWORK, which was filmed live earlier this year in 180° Virtual Reality at The Ark ...more
WISE OAKS | 2022
LED BY AOIFE MCATAMNEY & POLLY ROWLEY-SAMS AN OUTDOOR WORKSHOP SERIES IN THE HEART OF DUBLIN CITY 31 AUGUST - 21 SEPTEMBER A very special workshop series where we took things outside and into nature in the city centre hub of St Stephen's Green. Meeting under the bandstand, Aoife McAtamney and Polly Rowley-Sams injected some creativity and movement into our Wednesday lunchtimes ...more
Strategic Plan 2022-2027
In 2019, ahead of its 25-year anniversary, CoisCéim started to lay the foundations for a new five-year strategic plan. We looked optimistically forward to 2020... and then the world changed... provoking us to reflect and think in new ways about what a model for the future might look like. We started with our VISION and VALUES, the marks we make, and the ...more
The Choreography Project 19 | 2022
LED BY JUSTINE COOPER SUNDAY 12 June - SUNDAY 17 July 2022 A walk in nature A written reflection A poem A dance score This interdisciplinary creative dance and writing project with the exquisite Justine Cooper aimed to create a circular gift of choreography inspired by and returned to Nature, in an informal, outdoor sharing on 17 July 2022. Justine’s ...more