Night Dances Emma Martin / United Fall
Presented by Dublin Dance Festival and the Abbey Theatre
Ireland
A ferociously exhilarating performance of pure dance and live music
Fri 24—Sat 25 May 2024
Acclaimed choreographer Emma Martin presents her work on the Abbey stage for the first time with Night Dances, an ode to the body and a visceral, sweaty love letter to dance in all its forms.
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€15 – €42 (concession rates available)
How long?
60 mins (no interval)
Contains loud music and strobe-like effects.
From the show
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★★★★ “[A] shared sense of joy and release after a thrilling hour of relentless dancing and music.”
The Irish Times
“Emma Martin’s Night Dances is about the ecstasy of moving on a dancefloor that time forgot.”
The Guardian
Presented in a series of four vignettes, Night Dances is a celebration of dance culture – from clubs to competitions to ceremonies. Performed to pounding beats by Daniel Fox and with atmospheric lighting by Stephen Dodd, it opens with a solo and accelerates as a young dance troupe launches into a ferocious routine of kicks, flips and cartwheels. A brief respite is offered up in a second solo that magnifies every movement, before surging to a close with unbridled fervour.
Through raucous choreography and rumbling bass that reverbs in your belly, Night Dances revels in fury, rebellion, hope and freedom. It unleashes the exhilaration of getting lost in your own rhythm where nothing else matters, just the sweat and the groove.
Credits
- Created by Emma Martin (in collaboration with the dancers)
- Music Daniel Fox (Gilla Band)
- Performers Robyn Byrne, Aoife McAtamney, Ryan O’Neill, Jessie Thompson, Dance Republic
- Designer Katie Davenport
- Lighting Designer Stephen Dodd
- Band Daniel Fox, Jamie Hyland, Brian Dillon
Co-produced by Dublin Theatre Festival.
