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Flint Hills International Children's Festival
May 29- June 3, 2012
Ordway Centre for the Performing Arts
St. Paul, Minnesota (USA)
Merging the worlds of dance, music and architecture, Dance Theatre of Ireland have toured Block Party! to rave receptions from Festivals and audiences all over Europe, Ireland and Korea. Roving dancers and musicians, flying blocks, vanishing structures, instant architecture - it’s a BLOCK PARTY! Five dazzling dancers, plus explosive percussion played live by Brian Fleming & friends, perform this movable feast for the eyes and the senses, for the adult and the child (in you). This Outdoor Spectacle will immerse you in a vibrant world of colour and play with giant-sized Toy Blocks, creating designs more clever than a Rubik’s Cube on pointe.
Choreographed by DTI Artistic Directors Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick. Innovative sculptor Andrew Clancy created the Blocks and dancers include: Adam Murphy, Khyle Eccles, Cosimo De Tommaso, Kathleen Doherty, Mirjam Gurtner, Jessica Rowell and Sandro Franchini.
“...dancers spilled in and out of structures...transformed into couches, houses… limitless possibilities…joyous leaps, sprints… and dance licks...such fun...real stars” M.Seaver, IRISH TIMES
BLOCK PARTY: Ch. Robert Connor/Loretta Yurick. Current Dancers: Adam Murphy, Khyle Eccles, Cosimo De Tommaso, Kathleen Doherty and Jessica Rowell; Design: Andrew Clancy Composed By: Robbie Harris touring with Brian Fleming and Hugh O'Byrne
IRELAND 2011 |
VENUE |
| 30 April & 1 May |
Feile na Bealtaine, Dingle, 4pm & 2pm |
| 6/7 May |
West Cork Arts Centre, Sat 7th - Performances 11.30am & 12.45pm. Fri 6th May- Workshop WCAC workspace 4.00 - 5.15pm |
| 12 June |
Eigse Carlow Arts Festival, 12.30 & 2.30pm |
| 26 June |
Dundrum Arts Festival, 2 & 4pm |
| 2 & 3 July |
Irish Youth Dance Festval, Pavilion Theatre Plaza, Dún Laoghaire, 7.15pm |
| 7 July |
The Sticky Fingers Festival, Newry, Co. Down. 12.45pm & 2pm |
| 8 July |
Ballina Arts Centre, 8pm |
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| EUROPEAN & KOREAN TOUR 2010 |
VENUE |
| 27 May |
The Beech Party Festival, Market Sq, Longford, Co Longford |
| 28 May |
Mermaid Arts Centre, Civic Plaza, Main Street Bray |
1 - 12 June |
Busan International Dance Festival, Busan, S. Korea |
| 11 & 12 Sept |
Fira Tarrega, Barcelona, Spain |
| 30 Sept |
Imagine Festival, Waterford, 4pm |
KOREAN TOUR 2009 |
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Venue |
| April 24-30 |
Seongnam International Dance Festival
http://www.sidf.co.kr/index_en.php |
| May 2-5 |
Ansan Street Arts Festival
http://www.ansanfest.com/ |
| IRISH & UK TOUR 2009 |
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| Sunday, June 14 |
Spreacha 2009, Draiocht Blanchardstown 2pm & 4.30pm |
| Sunday, June 21 |
Dundrum Arts & Cultural Festival 3pm |
| Saturday, June 27 |
London Greenwich Docklands Dancing Cities Festival |
| Thursday, July 9 |
Temple Bar Circus Festival |
| Saturday, July 11 & Sunday July 12 |
Kinsale Arts Week- July 11, 4pm,
July 12, 8pm |
| Friday, July 17 & Saturday, July 18 |
Feile Iorrais Festival, Geesala, Co Mayo July 17/18 |
| Saturday, July 25 |
Woking Dance Festival, UK |
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