FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES, MONTRÉAL
JUNE 9-11, 2010
Montréal is such a beautiful city, especially in late May/early June when the lilacs bloom throughout. It’s the perfect time for a festival and Festival Transamériques, now an annual event that incorporates both dance and theatre, is perfectly scheduled. Unfortunately, I only had two days there this year but [...]

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We’ve come to the end of another wonderful Dublin Dance Festival. Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca provided a truly electrifying end to a jam-packed two weeks of diverse, provocative and beauftiful contemporary dance. You can read Seona MacReamoinn’s wrap-up article about the Festival from Tuesday’s Irish Times here. Or you can start reminiscing already by [...]

Sometimes a night just ends on a weird note.
And no, I’m not talking about the ‘weird’ that was that night in college when friendship blurred into something..uhm…else. Or the ‘weird’ where an amazing date becomes - for no apparent reason whatsoever – the greatest bail-out since 2008.
No, when I say weird, I mean weird. Uncanny. [...]

But back on track.
The Many Bodies of Contemporary Dance symposium kicked my day off a little earlier than usual, as panel members Raimund Hoghe, Tere O’Connor, and Caroline Bowditch, along with John Scott and Cindy Cummings (a last minute stand-in for fellow Aosdana member David Bolger), undertook to stimulate new debate and offer fresh perspectives [...]

Here’s a very special offer from Dublin Dance Festival - book tickets to Caterina Sagna’s Basso Ostinato and to Carlotta Sagna’s AD VITAM and get 20% off full price tickets to both performances. Basso Ostinato runs on Monday May 17 and Tuesday May 18 and AD VITAM runs on Friday May 21 and Saturday May [...]

!EXTRA PERFROMANCE! We are delighted to announce that, due to exceptional demand, we have added a matinee performance of David Bolger and Silvia Gribaudi’s Double Bill: Swimming with my Mother & A CORPO LIBERO at 1pm on Thursday May 20 in Project Arts Centre. Tickets are now available here, priced €14 /€11 (Concession).
There will be [...]

If memory serves, it’s been a good two months since Ellie Creighton bought me coffee in Dunne & Crescenzi. Damn good coffee, too. To anyone who knows her, Creighton is the little marketing machine that could. She’s a workaholic with a heart of gold, butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth and nobody pulls off Jazz [...]

The Opening Weekend was wonderful - thanks to junk ensemble and all involved in Five Ways to Drown for kicking off the Festival with style and great energy. Bumper 2 Bumper saw nearly 500 people bopping, jiving and shaking a leg on Meeting House Square, Temple Bar.  Thanks to Phantom 105.2, Temple Bar Cultural Trust, [...]

In just a few hours Dublin Dance Festival will open with the world premiere of junk ensemble’s Five Ways to Drown at Project Arts Centre at 8pm. A limited number of tickets were released yesterday - only a handful remain.
You can purchase tickets here. Buy now before it’s too late!
Immediately following Five Ways to Drown [...]

It’s time for Festival fever to kick in!
We have just released a very limited number of tickets for the Opening Night performance of junk ensemble’s Five Ways to Drown at Project Arts Centre. You can purchase them online here.
In other ticketing news…Rex Levitates’s Secondary Sources is sold out on May 15, but there are still [...]

Dublin Dance Festival and Light House Cinema, in association with Irish Modern Dance Theatre present
Dance on Film

With Merce
A video tribute to Merce Cunningham by Charles Atlas

Venue: Light House Cinema, Smithfield
Date: Sunday, April 25
Time: 4pm
Tickets: €7.50 / €6 (Concession), available from www.lighthousecinema.ie | 01 879 7601
Mr. Atlas, who worked with Merce Cunningham from 1970, will [...]

Thanks for bearing with us while we solved a technical issue.  You can now book tickets for Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca at Vicar Street. Click here to book them right away. Apologies again for any inconvenience.

You can now purchase tickets for Dublin Dance Festival 2010.  Make sure you get the best deals - Early Bird tickets are available online only until March 31.
Browse the full programme here.
Or just jump right in and buy tickets here.
Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, tickets for Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca are currently [...]

Dublin Dance Festival and Light House Cinema, Smithfield present

a FREE Dance on Film event
A triple-bill of films featuring choreographer/dancer José Navas
Date: Sunday, March 7
Venue: Light House Cinema
Time: 4pm
Tickets: FREE tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Tickets will be available to collect from 3pm on the day of [...]

The centrepiece of Dublin Dance Festival 2010 will be the influential German choreographer, Raimund Hoghe, whose work Young People, Old Voices is the inspiration for the core theme of the programme. Hoghe’s Young People, Old Voices includes a cast of young people, 18-22 years old, four of whom will be chosen locally in an audition [...]

Dance Critic Michael Seaver has chosen Raimund Hoghe’s forthcoming performance at DDF 2010 as a Dance highlight of the year ahead in The Irish Times’ Critics’ Choice of cultural events in 2010.
Seaver notes: “The remarkable Raimund Hoghe will return to the Dublin Dance Festival, two years after his Swan Lake, 4 Acts became a word-of-mouth [...]

Following its success in 2006 and again in 2008, the Arts Council and RTÉ have announced a third round of RTÉ Dance on the Box.
The Arts Council and RTÉ are calling on artists in film and dance to combine their talents and collaborate on the creation of four short dance films, which will be premiered [...]

Here’s an early gift for you….DDF is thrilled to announce a few of the highlights of the 2010 Festival, which will take place from May 7-23.
The centrepiece of DDF 2010 will be the influential German choreographer, Raimund Hoghe, whose work Young People, Old Voices is the inspiration for the core theme of the [...]

Dublin Dance Festival, and particularly its presentation of José Navas’ Miniatures, was featured by critic Michael Seaver in The Irish Times’ Arts Highlights of 2009.
“Dublin Dance Festival featured some instant sugar-rush hits, but Jose Navas’s solo, Miniatures, was a slow-carb release of beautiful, eloquent movement that still satisfies and lingers in the memory.”
Read the [...]

Dublin Dance Festival and Light House Cinema, Smithfield present
A special FREE Dance on Film Event
Jérôme Bel’s Véronique Doisneau (2004)
Date: Sunday, January 31
Time: 4pm
Venue: Light House Cinema, Smithfield
Tickets: This event is FREE but ticketed. Tickets can be booked in advance or collected from the Light House Box Office.
Véronique Doisneau was a member of the [...]

Don’t forget! This Sunday, November 29, sees the last Dance on Film of 2009.
Join us at 4pm at Light House Cinema, Smithfield for a Festive Special screening of The Hard Nut with Mark Morris Dance Group.
For further details about this Dance on Film event, click here.
Click here to book your tickets now!

Dublin Dance Festival is delighted to announce that, for the third successive year, Dance Ireland, in association with the Dublin Dance Festival and Culture Ireland, invites proposals from choreographers (Dance Ireland professional category members only) and dance companies (Dance Ireland organisation category members only) to submit work for consideration for Re-Presenting Ireland.

What is Re-Presenting Ireland?
Re-Presenting [...]

Let us remind you of some the great moments of DDF 09….
Take a look at this film made during the Festival by Bibi Agosto.
Look back with fondness….but remember that there is much to look forward to during DDF 2010!
Stay tuned!

http://www.vimeo.com/7403455

Date: Sunday, November 29
Time: 4 pm
Venue: Light House Cinema, Smithfield
Tickets: €7.50 / €6
As a festive treat, before we all get overwhelmed by mince pies and shopping, join us for a special screening of Mark Morris Dance Group’s The Hard Nut (1991). Using Tchaikovsky’s full score, this is The Nutcracker à la Mark Morris! With [...]

Date: Sunday, October 18
Time: 4pm
Venue: Light House Cinema, Smithfield
Tickets: €7.50/€6 (conc.)

Dance on Film returns to Light House Cinema on Sunday, October 18.  This month we’ll be featuring three films by Thierry de Mey, whose work was celebrated during the 2004 Festival.  A renowned filmmaker, visual artist and composer, de Mey has shared in the Artistic [...]

Dublin Dance Festival notes with sadness the death of Merce Cunningham on July 26 2009.  The Merce Cunningham Dance Company opened the very first International Dance Festival Ireland (now DDF) with performances at the Abbey Theatre in 2002.  A genius and a legend, Merce (and everyone calls him just that) was also a warm and [...]

The summer is rolling by – we find ourselves here in July with plenty of sandal and ice-cream days already spent.  If you made a decision during the Festival to see more dance this summer, then now’s the time to act on it!  Dance on Film is coming round again on July 19. Join us [...]

Can it be that a month has passed since the last Dance on Film? While we’ve been busily counting things, including z-z-z-s (the sheep were all counted in March!), the time has come round for another Sunday afternoon film screening, in partnership with Light House Cinema, Smithfield.

Sunday, June 21
Time: 4pm
Light House Cinema, Smithfield
Tickets: €7.50 / [...]

In case you missed it yesterday, read Michael Seaver’s wrap-up article about DDF 09 here.
Our dancing feet may be weary  this week, but our sights are now set on 2010!

With just hours to go until the end of DDF 09, take some time to look back and catch up with Duncan’s thoughts on the performances and good times of the past two weeks.
Check him out here by clicking here.

In case you missed it, you can read Michael Seaver’s round up off the first week of DDF performances and events from yesterday’s Irish Times by clicking here.
Read Michael’s reviews of Daghdha Dance Company’s Standing in Ink and Wendy Houstoun’s Happy Hour from today’s Irish Times by clicking here.
Wendy Houstoun’s final performance of Happy Hour [...]

Wendy Houstoun’s Happy Hour is now SOLD OUT on Monday May 18.
José Navas’ Miniatures is SOLD OUT on Wednesday May 20.
There is limited availability for Happy Hour on Wednesday May 20 @ 10pm and for Miniatures on Thursday May 21 @ 7pm.
Book here now to avoid disappointment!

Irish Modern Dance Theatre’s Fall and Recover, choreographed by John Scott and especially revived for DDF 09, opens at Project Arts Centre on Thursday May 14 and runs until Saturday May 16.
Read Arminta Wallace’s interview with John Scott and Fall and Recover cast members, featured in today’s Irish Times.
Watch IMDT’s rehearsal slideshow on irishtimes.com.
Click [...]

Follow the goings ons, the happenings, and get a flavour of DDF 09 by following our blog. DDF provides the experience, Duncan Keegan provides the words.
Read his latest post here.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Apocrifu was received with thunderous applause and a standing ovation by the audience of
DDF 09’s Opening Performance at the Abbey Theatre last night.
There are still some tickets available for tonight’s performance at the Abbey Theatre at 7.30pm.
To purchase a ticket, please visit www.abbeytheatre.ie now, or phone the Box Office of the Abbey [...]

Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence is featured in today’s Irish Times.  Read the full article at http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0507/1224246040104.html. 
DDF 09 presents Evidence’s One Shot at the Abbey Theatre on Tuesday & Wednesday,  May 12 & 13.

The DDF Box Office is now open at Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar.
Opening Hours: Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm. We’re open Bank Holiday Monday, so do call in.
You can phone the Box Office on 01 672 8815 and you can still buy online by clicking here.

DDF is thrilled to announce that it has received a Challenge Grant from a member of its Board of Directors.  Called the Dublin Street Lane Challenge Grant, the funding of up to €15,000 over three years will match euro for euro new, individual support.  Hence, for every euro contributed by an individual to the Festival, [...]

The DDF phone lines are now open. You can speak to our lovely box office staff by calling 01 672 8815, Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm. You can still buy tickets online, if you prefer, by clicking here .
The Early Bird offers were a tremendous success. Thanks to all of you who bought tickets [...]

Our Early Bird deals are proving very popular indeed! Not only are we noticing this here in the office, but Deirdre Falvey of The Irish Times reported on our novel approach in Saturday’s Irish Times. Click here to read about DDF in Artscape.
You have until Tuesday, March 31 to make the most of our [...]

Tickets for Apocrifu and One Shot can now be purchased online. Thank you for your patience.

Due to technical problems, tickets for Apocrifu and One Shot at the Abbey Theatre are not yet on sale online. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. This problem will be resolved shortly. Tickets to all other DDF shows are available for purchase. If you have any queries, please call us on 01 679 0524.

Click here to view the full programme for Dublin Dance Festival 2009.
Tickets go on sale online on Monday March 9.
EARLY BIRD TICKET OFFERS AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY UNTIL MARCH 31!

Dublin Dance Festival 2009
May 8-23 2009 in venues across Dublin
Come dance with us!

Dublin Dance Festival is delighted to announce another world-class programme of contemporary dance in Ireland’s capital city in May 2009 with a host of diverse events in venues across Dublin. Director Laurie Uprichard urges audiences to “have fun, take a chance, be curious!”

Laurie [...]

Colin Dunne, who performed to capacity crowds at Project Arts Centre with his show Out of Time during DDF 08, was invited to join the Board of Dublin Dance Festival in January. We’d all like to welcome him and look forward to working with him.
Read his biography here

The IETM (Informal European Theater Meeting) convenes two plenary meetings each year. The fall 2008 meeting took place in Zurich, Switzerland from 6-9 November. The theme of this meeting was “Misunderstanding”, which was investigated from three perspectives: Art, Economy and Policy. For the next four-five years, IETM will focus on six [...]

Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Dance Company’s appearance at the 2009 Dublin Dance Festival has been selected as a highlight of the upcoming season by Michael Seaver in the Irish Times.  “…Brown just continues what he’s always done brilliantly: creating beautifully eloquent movement that constantly investigates spirituality, community and redemption in the African-American experience. In One Shot, [...]

The Forsythe Company’s Three Atmospheric Studies was featured by Michael Seaver in the Irish Times’ dance highlights of 2008.  “William Forsythe’s searing and personal Three Atmospheric Studies headlined the re-branded Dublin Dance Festival at the Abbey. A bold statement outside the choreographer’s normal territory, it’s also likely to become a seminal dance work for this [...]

 Dublin Dance Festival is delighted to announce it will again be presenting a world-class and diverse programme of contemporary dance in Ireland’s capital city in 2009. Artistic Director Laurie Uprichard says, “The Dublin Dance Festival 2008 created a buzz of contemporary dance activities – from performances to workshops to step classes and the headphone disco.  [...]