December 2011
28 posts
“It’s music you can see, dance you can hear. It’s the oldest music on the...”
– - Keith Terry, body percussionist, Guggenheim-fellow, and founder and artistic director of the International Body Music Festival
www.internationalbodymusicfestival.com
www.crosspulse.com
http://www.rte.ie/podcasts/2011/pc/pod-v-28111107m0... →
Colin Dunne on RTÉ’s Lyric FM Culture File
www.colindunne.com
thinking I missed my calling as a stenographer…
National Geographic Review of the 2011...
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
The Body’s Irresistible Beat
Nat Geo Music Checks Out The 4th International Body Music Festival
by Catalina Maria Johnson
Turkey’s KeKeÇa Perform At the 4th International Body Music Festival
Photo Credits: Mike Melnyk
Backstage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, a richly textured tapestry of sounds emanates from the labyrinth of...
Breandán de Gallaí's NOĊTÚ reviewed in the NY...
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED HERE
DANCE REVIEW
Tradition, Stripped Down and Set to a New Tune
Photo Credit: Andrea Mohin for The New York Times
From left in foreground, Nick O’Connell, Peta Anderson and Callum Spencer, with their troupe in this show at the Irish Repertory Theater.
By BRIAN SEIBERT
Published: September 13, 2011
Pity the poor Irish dancer. Before “Riverdance” took the world by...
NY Times Review of 'Every Little Step... The...
Originally Published HERE
November 23, 2011
Rhythmic Traditions, Crossing Paths Again
By BRIAN SEIBERT
“Every Little Step … the Rhythm of Hope,” which just finished a run at the Joyce SoHo, is a collaboration between Dance Theater of Ireland and Soul Steps, a New York company specializing in the African-American body percussion known as stepping. It is far from the first time that...
Áilín Quinlan talks to the new generation of...
available here
Irish Independent Saturday October 29 2011 By Ailin Quinlan
Emma O’Sullivan is pretty blasé about what she does for a living, considering it involves dancing in frying pans and on the tops of barrels. Once considered the province of hoary oul’ fellas in hobnailed boots, sean-nós dancing might appear to be an unusual profession for a modern 24-year-old. However,...
“It adds other elements to the dance, such as sound design. The shoes are wired...”
– - Colin Dunne, as quoted in the Galway Independent, talking about his new show ‘Out of Time.’ Full review available here.
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