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This event was part of our 2023 Edition

Originate – Performance Showcase Magdalena Hylak | Mufatau Yusuf | Jessie Thompson

Presented by Dublin Dance Festival, Dance Ireland and Culture Ireland

Ireland


A mixed bill of new and recent works by artists based in Ireland

Originate – Performance Showcase
© Davide Belotti

Fri 19 May—Sat 20 May

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Fri 19—Sat 20 May 2023

DDF is delighted to present the Originate programme as part of the 2023 Edition. With extracts from recent choreographies and new works-in-development, the Originate – Performance Showcase is a valuable platform for artists, and an exciting opportunity for audiences and programmers to experience works that are ready to be toured or pieces in their early stages of development.

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Price

€12

Where?

DanceHouse

How long?

60 mins (no interval)

Note: A DANCE contains loud audio

When?

Fri 19 May

Sat 20 May

From the show

IMPASSE-Mufutau Yusuf © Davide Belotti
IMPASSE-Mufutau Yusuf © Davide Belotti
IMPASSE-Mufutau Yusuf © Davide Belotti
IMPASSE-Mufutau Yusuf © Davide Belotti
A DANCE-Magdalena Hylak © Avi Ratnayake
A DANCE-Magdalena Hylak © Avi Ratnayake
A DANCE-Magdalena Hylak © Avi Ratnayake
A DANCE-Magdalena Hylak © Avi Ratnayake
CRAWLER-Jessie Thompson © Cathy Coughlan
CRAWLER-Jessie Thompson © Cathy Coughlan
CRAWLER-Jessie Thompson © Cathy Coughlan
CRAWLER-Jessie Thompson © Cathy Coughlan

This year’s showcase will include:

Magdalena Hylak
A DANCE

This site-specific, non-narrative and improvised performance invites the audience to a new form of ritual made from repetition, high physicality, loudness, sound glitches and noises. Conceived as a short and powerful proposal preferably for an unconventional space, A DANCE explores the relationships and tensions between public-personal, inside-outside and visible-invisible.

Mufatau Yusuf
Impasse (working title)

Impasse explores the diasporic experience, particularly the black African diaspora. It questions what it means to be a diasporic entity, how one inhabits spaces in which their existence is not clearly marked, and how memory becomes critical to identity. It’s also an attempt to understand the nuances and complexities around the autonomy of black bodies.

Jessie Thompson
CRAWLER

This solo dance work by Jessie Thompson is a collaboration with musician Jason McNamara. Their wavering connection narrates the performance - marrying Jessie’s experimental movement style, which draws from contemporary, hip hop and house dance, with Jason’s drumkit, synthesiser and unique selection of instruments. A journey of the opposing forces of chaos, calm and adrenaline, with improvisation at its core.

Credits

  • A DANCE
  • Choreography/movement Magdalena Hylak
  • Live Sound Lionel Kasparian
  • Artistic Direction Magdalena Hylak & Lionel Kasparian
  • Supported by Galway Dance Project
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  • Impasse
  • Choreographer & Dancer Mufutau Yusuf
  • Collaborator & Dancer Tomas Ntamashimikiro
  • Composer Tom Lane
  • Commissioned by Liz Roche Company
  • Supported by Solstice Arts Centre and Ultima Vez
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  • CRAWLER
  • Choreographer and Performer Jessie Thompson
  • Composer and Performer Jason McNamara
  • Supported by Dublin Dance Festival, Top 8 street dance festival, The Arts Council of Ireland, Dance Ireland
  • Dance Ireland
  • Culture-Ireland

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