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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…
DANCE! THE NELKEN-LINE | 2017
An invitation from Dublin Dance Festival saw two BROADREACH groups take part in filming THE NELKEN-LINE. The first group from our Wednesday class for people aged 50+, filmed their sequence in the light-filled gym at the Carmelite Centre, Dublin where our weekly dance class takes place. The second group, involving our Creative Steps youth group and women from the wider dance community, ...more
COISCÉIM BROADREACH & DUBLIN’S CULTURE CONNECTS| 2016 – 2017
DIRECTED BY MUIRNE BLOOMER ALIGHT! OCTOBER 2016 - MARCH 2017 A storytelling, dance, performance and art project, ALIGHT was directed by choreographer Muirne Bloomer with actor/writer Hugh Brown and visual artist Vanessa Daws. ALIGHT! was led by CoisCéim BROADREACH and coordinated by Dublin's Culture Connects in partnership with the National Gallery of Ireland and the Hugh Lane Gallery. ALIGHT! was about ACCESS – ...more
THE WOLF AND PETER | TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT 2016/17
CoisCéim Dance Theatre announce Irish & international tour of their hit show The Wolf and Peter, while bringing Irish contemporary dance to the Sydney Opera House for the very first time Following a sell out run of the site-specific co-production, These Rooms at Dublin Theatre Festival 2016, Ireland’s multi award-winning CoisCéim Dance Theatre are thrilled to announce a UK, Australian and 9 week Irish tour (2017) of yet another one of their hit ...more
THESE ROOMS | Critics Reaction | 2016
Following a sell out run at Dublin Theatre Festival, THESE ROOMS will be back for a three week extension running from Tuesday 25 October until Sunday 13 November. You can book online through www.theserooms.ie, by phone on 01 881 9613 or in person at Project Arts Centre in Temple Bar. The performance venue is 85/86 Upper Dorset Street. We have been delighted by the ...more
Invitation to a Journey | 2016
WORLD PREMIERE Inspired by Eileen Gray A co-production between CoisCéim Dance Theatre, Crash Ensemble, Fishamble: The New Play Company and Galway International Arts Festival We must ask nothing of artists but to be of their own time – Eileen Gray She crafted and she made. She flew a plane. She gave her lovers gifts. She let her heart be broken. She was ...more
CREATIVE EXCHANGES | 2016
DANCE WORKSHOP LED BY PHILIPPA DONNELLAN AN AGE & OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVE FOR PEOPLE WORKING IN CARE SETTINGS APRIL Age & Opportunity’s Creative Exchanges course offers high-quality training that leads to a QQI Level 6 Component Award (6N3585). You will develop the skills that you need to plan and facilitate arts activities for older people in residential and day care settings. For ...more
38 Women | 2016
LED BY PHILIPPA DONNELLAN CREATIVE ASSISTANT AOIFE MOORE A CLASS AND PERFORMANCE PROJECT FOR WOMEN AGED 18+ 19 SEPTEMBER - 4 DECEMBER We live by the stories we have about our lives; they shape our lives. (Bearing Witness; Katherine Ley, 2010) Your turn, your move – your word. What experiences have shaped your life? How have they changed you? 38 WOMEN ...more
WHERE ARE WE NOW? | 2016
LED BY DANCE MENTOR PHILIPPA DONNELLAN and FILM MENTOR PETER KELLY A DANCE FILM PROJECT WITH CREATIVE STEPS Youth Dance Group for AGES 15 - 25 TALK ABOUT YOUTH for AGES 13 - 18 | St Andrews resource Centre, Dublin SUPPORTED BY DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL ARTS OFFICE AS PART OF YOUNG DUBLIN CENTENARY PROGRAMME 1916 – 2016 JANUARY - JUNE In ...more
News | May 2016
Collaboration is at the heart of our 2016 programme as we announce two major projects with three of Ireland's most original performance makers and two of the nations leading festivals. First up and on sale from today is the Eileen Gray inspired INVITATION TO A JOURNEY, where CoisCéim, contemporary music group Crash Ensemble and Olivier award winning Fishamble come together with Galway International Arts ...more
Announcing the new Chairperson of CoisCéim’s Board | 2016
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Cian O'Brien as the new Chair of CoisCéim Dance Theatre. In a statement following his appointment Cian said "I am truly honoured and proud to take on the role of Chairperson of CoisCéim Dance Theatre. I believe passionately in the power of Dance as an art-form and in David Bolger as one of our country's ...more
Spring into Summer Social Event | 2016
A #BELONGING 16 COMMUNITY PARTY HOSTED BY COISCÉIM BROADREACH JULY An informal and joyous occasion, SPRING INTO SUMMER invited people aged 50+ to dance together, listen to some inspiring music, practise a few novel routines – and meet friends old and new over a cuppa tea and a piece of cake. Over seventy people attended the party from dance groups in ...more
Moveable Feast | 2016
LED BY EMMA O'KANE DUBLIN DANCE FESTIVAL MAY As part of Dublin Dance Festival’s MOVEABLE FEAST, the Dance Ensemble – a performance group for people aged 50+ was invited to host a special tea dance tent in Merrion Square Park, Dublin. The event, led by dancer Emma O’Kane, was an open invitation to the public to come and join the Dance ...more
Pádraig Heneghan joins the Board of CoisCéim | 2016
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Pádraig Heneghan to the Board of CoisCéim Dance Theatre. We believe that his experience and financial acumen will be a significant asset to the company in the coming years. BIOGRAPHY: Pádraig Heneghan is a freelance General Manager and Producer. He is currently working with Landmark Productions, Riverdream Productions and Tyrone Productions on various projects. He has ...more
Resource Sharing with Dublin Dance Festival | EMBODIED | 2016
We are delighted to be able to support choreographers from EMBODIED with studio time to develop their “physical proclamations” for this GPO: Witness History winning project. Produced by Dublin Dance Festival, EMBODIED will be directed by Liz Roche and comprises a series of six new dance solos by female choreographers Jazmín Chiodi, Sibéal Davitt, junk ensemble (Jessica Kennedy & Megan Kennedy), Liv O’Donoghue, ...more
These Rooms at the Bodies Politic Symposium | 2016
The liminal space between disciplines is where THESE ROOMS sits – the words of ANU’s Owen Boss at the Bodies Politic symposium at Maynooth College today. Together with academic Karen Till, the core ideas behind the work were discussed. This seminar as part of Fearghus Ó Conchúir’s THE CASEMENT PROJECT, brought together artists and academics to discuss the bodies of individuals and the ...more
Work With Us | 2016
Administrator | Maternity Cover Are you a people person and looking to broaden your experience in the performing arts? If so, here’s a great opportunity to work in a busy contemporary dance theatre company in central Dublin. We are looking for an experienced administrator to work together as part of small team over 6-9 months, during which time we will present two professional productions that ...more
Here’s Looking at You Kid | 2016
LED BY PHILIPPA DONNELLAN A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT BETWEEN COISCÉIM BROADREACH AND DANCE LIMERICK MARCH - MAY HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU KID was a dance performance project for people aged 50+ which took place at Dance Limerick. It was inspired by the magical world of film, and by some of the most famous films, classic scenes and iconic film stars of all ...more
THE CHOREOGRAPHY PROJECT 12 | 2016
LED BY MARIA NILSSON WALLER INTO THE DEEP 27 JANUARY – 5 MARCH ‘We know more about the surface of the moon and Mars than we know about the bottom of the deep ocean.’ MARIA NILSSON WALLER. The twelfth Choreography Project INTO THE DEEP was led by Swedish contemporary choreographer Maria Nilsson Waller, and was inspired by her work FOUNDER, concerning ...more
Agnes
Directed and Choreographed by David Bolger Who was Agnes Bernelle? A secret agent at the age of 20, a cabaret legend, a mother, an influential Dublin theatre scenester and Ireland's oldest punk… She was also a singer - a singer of songs about life and the human condition. AGNES is a dance work choreographed by David Bolger, who as a child was introduced to the theatre by ...more