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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…
The Choreography Project 15 | 2019
LED BY CATHY COUGHLAN IF WALLS COULD TALK 25 SEPTEMBER - 19 OCTOBER Presented in association with 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin. Led by cutting-edge choreographer and visual artist Cathy Coughlan, IF WALLS COULD TALK explored the themes of home and homelessness – past, present and future. Involving eighteen participants in an insightful creative process, the project included a specially arranged tour ...more
Lost, Found & Discovered | 2019
LED BY PHILIPPA DONNELLAN A FREE CREATIVE DANCE WORKSHOP OPEN TO PEOPLE AGES 18+ CULTURE NIGHT 2019 Physical, fun and dynamic, tap into your memory and unlock your imagination to explore what you have in LOST, FOUND & DISCOVERED. Using these recollections as a starting point, come and discover new ways to create contemporary choreography and find out how to devise ...more
Body Language
BY DAVID BOLGER & CHRISTOPHER ASH “Strictly meets poststructuralist linguistics…” We were delighted to return to Dance Base for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2019 with a new evolution of this multi-layered exploration of non-verbal communication. Each day saw a spontaneous performance created in real-time from live interviews, photography, video projection, music and choreography. REVIEWS "... It shifts in ...more
The Door | 2020
LED BY PHILIPPA DONNELLAN A COISCÉIM BROADREACH PROJECT COMMISSIONED BY AGE & OPPORTUNITY / BEALTAINE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL AND FATIMA GROUPS UNITED. MARCH - MAY 2020 Please note – this project has been postponed until Spring 2021. If you would like to receive updates, you can join our mailing list HERE or contact Caoimhe at broadreach@coisceim.com. In the ...more
Playing With Figures | 2020 – 21
LED BY COISCÉIM BROADREACH DANCE ARTISTS A NEW CREATIVE DANCE PROJECT FOR AGES 6 - 10 COMING SOON… PLAYING WITH FIGURES introduces primary school children to the arts and sciences in a practical, imaginative, fun, and physical manner. PLAYING WITH FIGURES has been developed in response to demand from teachers and educators for dance activities that combine the arts and sciences. ...more
Facilitating Creative Development
SUPPORTING ARTISTS In 2018 CoisCéim supported 4 Six in the Attic Irish Theatre Institute Alumni Off-Site Residencies for artists Shane O'Reilly and Paul Curley, Zoe Ní Ríordáin, Caitríona Ní Mhurchú, Martin Sharry and their collaborators. We are happy to announce that we will continue the partnership with ITI into 2019. In addition, over the last year we have supported over 30 independent ...more
Shoreline | 2018
LED BY DENIS CLOHESSY and PHILIPPA DONNELLAN A CHORAL SONG & CONTEMPORARY DANCE PROJECT FOR PEOPLE AGES 8 TO 80+ SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER Supported by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Arts Grants in association with dlr LexIcon and Pavilion Theatre. “a truly inspired model of public performance… at once ambitiously conceived and delightfully woven together…an inspirational moment of beauty and deep feeling ...more
The Wolf and Peter
by David Bolger - Winner - Best Children's Dance Show - BTA Awards 2016 Prokofiev’s PETER AND THE WOLF is one of the most famous pieces of music ever written. The classic story has been interpreted by many artists from Disney to the Marx Brothers and won a Grammy award for Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachov and Sofia Loren. CoisCéim Dance Theatre ...more
Dance Latitudes | 2018
LED BY PHILIPPA DONNELLAN EXPLORING DUBLIN CITY THROUGH DANCE AND PERFORMANCE CULTURE NIGHT 2018 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER Where have you danced in Dublin? Where do you dream of dancing in the city? Inspired by unusual buildings, hidden spaces and places out of the ordinary, DANCE LATITUDES was a creative project for people aged 50+ interested in dance, performance, architecture and the City of Dublin. ...more
A Life of Play | 2018
LED BY EMMA O’KANE COMMISSIONED BY AGE & OPPORTUNITY / BEALTAINE FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL Presented as part of Bealtaine @ Temple Bar APRIL - MAY Grandchildren bring your Grandparents! Come and take part in A LIFE OF PLAY where everyone can create, anyone can dance and all can play. Use your body, move to music, dress up and explore in a playground of the imagination - a place of mischievous, magical invention where ...more
COUNTER CULTURE | 2018
LED BY SIBÉAL DAVITT AND OLWYN LYONS CREATIVE STEPS Youth Dance Group for AGES 15 - 25 JANUARY - APRIL COUNTER|CULTURE draws inspiration from Olwyn and Sibéal’s professional training and experience in Contemporary, Hip Hop and Irish Traditional sean-nós and their desire to scratch beneath the surface to discover other forms of dance with Creative Steps dancers. Do you have another style ...more
Young Creators | 2018
AN INFORMAL OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW, ENGAGE AND DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF DANCE CREATORS! HOSTED BY COISCÉIM BROADREACH SUNDAY 23 APRIL CREATIVE STEPS Youth Dance Group: COUNTER | CULTURE A dialogue between young dancers, this hypnotic piece explores the individual voice versus the power of the collective. As dancers collide, individual actions begin to unravel, making way for new ...more
New Year, New Moves | 2018
New Term of Evening Classes starts 16 January 2018 Where can I go to learn the basics of contemporary dance technique? I’m curious about creating choreography – can anyone do this, how do I get involved? I performed when I was very young and would love to give it another go – do you run any performance projects for adults? Hello! Each ...more
FALLING OUT OF STANDING at Light Moves: Festival of Screen Dance | 2017
ANU & CoisCéim | Films by David Bolger, Owen Boss, Louise Lowe At Light Moves Festival of Screen Dance, the three films that make up FALLING OUT OF STANDING will be presented on screen. The films premiered in Dublin in April 2017 as part of a physical installation by Owen Boss and are an individual response by the three lead artists' to ...more
Creative Dance Tales Digital Resource
CoisCéim BROADREACH & School of Arts Education and Movement, Institute of Education, St. Patrick’s Campus, Dublin City University In May 2017 CoisCéim BROADREACH and the Physical Education Unit School of Arts Education and Movement at DCU launched the Creative Dance Tales Digital Resource, a dance resource for primary school teachers. This resource is also a legacy element of the company’s three year Arts ...more
Emily | 2017
LED BY NOELLE BROWN and PHILIPPA DONNELLAN A DANCE, POETRY AND PERFORMANCE PROJECT FOR AGES 50+ CULTURE NIGHT 2017 28 AUGUST - 22 SEPTEMBER This is my letter to the world, That never wrote to me,-- The simple news that Nature told, With tender majesty. Her message is committed To hands I cannot see; For love of her, sweet countrymen, Judge ...more
Falling Out of Standing | Press Release
For immediate release: ANU and CoisCéim Dance Theatre FALLING OUT OF STANDING by David Bolger, Owen Boss, Louise Lowe World Premiere/ Private View: 03 April 2017, 6:30pm Ground Floor, Festival House, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, D2 // Open to the Public Tuesday 04 April - Sunday 23rd April // installation open 12-8pm // www.theserooms.ie FALLING OUT OF STANDING is the ...more
WALK, RUN, DANCE | 2017
LED BY SIBÉAL DAVITT AND OLWYN LYONS CREATIVE STEPS Youth Dance Group for AGES 15 - 25 JANUARY - APRIL To celebrate 10 years of BROADREACH, professional dance artists and former members of Creative Steps Sibéal Davitt and Olwyn Lyons were commissioned to create a new dance piece for Creative Steps. Entitled WALK, RUN, DANCE, it fused both artists’ passion and ...more
March | 2017
With the daffodils out and in bloom... we announce our plans for 2017. This year we aim to build on our “boundary busting” in 2016 to bring you a diverse dance theatre programme that stretches the artform in both content and presentation.In 2017 you’ll find us in theatres and galleries, on film, in the park and on the street with a performance ...more