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New Creations & Performances 2008

Dance Theatre of Ireland (IRL) & NOW Dance Company (KOREA)
Parallel Horizon / Under one Roof (2008)
Ch. Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick; Ch. In Young Sohn

Premiere Korea SEPTEMBER 20
Ansan Cultural & Arts Centre

Premiere Ireland NOVEMBER 12
Pavilion Theatre

Dance Theatre of Ireland and the NOW Dance Company Korea are delighted to join their Companies - Dancers and Musicians - in this very special co-production that will premiere in Seoul and tour in
Ireland & Korea in Autumn 2008. The 2 Companies will be in residencies (in Ireland and in Korea) creating two new works throughout Spring & Summer 2008.
Bringing together dancers (4 from each Company) and Musicians (2 from each  Company), the programme will be performed by a cast of 12 members -- 8 Dancers
and 4 Musicians/drummers, with the music performed live. Two cultures, two traditions, two unique music and dance histories, traditional and contemporary.

The production will premiere at the Seoul International Dance Festival and tour in Korea in September & October 2008, followed by a the Irish Premiere at the Pavilion Theatre November 12-15, 2008 and nationwide tour in Ireland

Watch out for
BLOCK PARTY!
at the Dublin Dance Festival, April 25 & 26
Performances at Noon & 1 pm, Friday & Saturday
Grand Canal Square, Dublin 4

View BLOCK PARTY trailer

Block Party! a playful performance for Public Spaces Touring  in 2009

Choreographed by DTI Artistic Directors Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick and premiered in 2007, Block Party! It is a portable performance installation for public places, including indoors and outdoors, in parks, plazas and foyers. With a cast of six dazzling dancers and three musicians constructing & performing with giant-sized children’s blocks, this performance is a movable feast for the eyes and the senses, for the adult and the child (in you). Merging the worlds of dance, music and architecture, this Outdoor Spectacle will immerse you in a vibrant world of colour and play. 
Set to explosive percussion & music played live by Robbie Harris and Friends, Dance Theatre of Ireland ‘s BLOCK PARTY takes place with Gigantic coloured Blocks creating designs more clever than a Rubik’s cube on pointe. 
Innovative sculptor Andrew Clancy created the Blocks and dancers include include:  Rob Dias, Alex Iseli, Jon Morley, Chris Owen, Kathleen Doherty, Jasmine Chiodi. 

   
“...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 in collaboration with the Dancers: Rob Dias, Alex Iseli, Kat Doherty, Jon Morley, Chris Ownens, Jasmin Chiodi; Composer:  Robbie Harris 

Dance Theatre of Ireland presents
SLOW DOWN
Ch. Martine Pisani (FR)

With jubilant detachment, Dance Theatre of Ireland bring alive a very beautiful work called (appropriately) "Slow Down", choreographed by the Paris-based choreographer Martine Pisani. In this playground for six dancers, Slow Down explores the insignificant troubles, the practical jokes, the awkwardness, and the barricades that make human relationships come alive. Other worlds come to mind: Charlie Chaplin's or Jaques Tati's. Six characters reveal secrets and obstacles of a public performance during a stage séance, outlining what it means, "to be on the stage". Their hesitation, lost orientation, inarticulate declarations, and even sophisticated movement sequences in a "non-dance" style, discretely find irony in the everyday demands of discipline, creativity, concentration and ardour. Don't miss it! Deliciously fun.

Premiere, Wed 7 Nov- Sat 10th November 2007
Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Booking 231 2929

Slow Down: Ch. Martine Pisani (France) Dancers:  Robert Connor, Lee Davern, Eneko Balerdi Eizmendi, Alex Iseli, Karl Pacquemar, Tania Pieri; Costumes: Nicola McCutcheon;  Lighting : Ludovic Riviere/Paddy McLoughlin

Research partner in the Arts Council Touring Experiment

DANCE THEATRE OF IRELAND present
premiere Exodus/Grand Junction
Ch. Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick (Irl) / Charles Linehan (UK)

8th - 11th November
Pavilion Theatre, Booking (01) 231 2929

Dance Theatre of Ireland present a double bill featuring two beautiful new works: Exodus, is a new creation by Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick with stunning World music. In a context where “immigration” has come to mean “border control”, people are moving (legally or illicitly) all over the world. What do we bring with us? What do we leave behind? How do we encounter another? Featuring an international cast of 6 dancers, digital scenography by Suzanne Mooney and original music by Rory Pierce. GRAND JUNCTION is a signature work by eminent UK choreographer Charles Linehan acclaimed for its eloquence and masterfaul attention to detail.

About Dance Theatre of Ireland
"…incredibly inventive…astonishing ….extraordinary...beautiful...” The View

About Charles Linehan
“atmospheric dances that thrive on the emotional undercurrents of human interaction” Time Out (London) “pure magic… deeply sensuous” Dance Now

DANCE THEATRE OF IRELAND Present

"WaterMark"

A new work inspired by associations of this elemental liquid. Informed by the many ways that water moves… toward, through, around and away…from land, our bodies, our lives; deluge, drought, power, beauty, sacred, desecrated…the stain left behind

"scintillating performances ….beautiful" Brennan, Irish Examiner

“Nothing less than stunning” RTE Entertainment

“Outstanding…amazing performances..” Breandan de Gallai, (Riverdance) The View RTE One

“artistic energy to spectacular effect” Madden, Irish Times

"Connor & Yurick's work is a constant reflection on our human states of frailty and strength… a prime force in Irish dance." The Sunday Times

Premiered Pavilion Theatre, 9-12 November 2005 and toured Ireland November 2005

Spring Performances 2006

WaterMark opens the Internationale Tanzwoche Dresden April 28th & April 29th, 2006

Choreography: Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick (Ireland)

With Dancers: Robert Connor, Stephane Hissler, Styliani Lamprinou, Melanie Nezereau, Karl Paquemar and Hildur Ottarsdottir
Original Sound Sculpture: Linda O’Keeffe
Original Music: Rory Pierce, Additional Music: David Yoken, Video: Suzanne Mooneyl, Lighting: Mark Galione, Costumes: Veerle Dehaene

"BETWEEN YOU & ME"

What is it that makes the duet so compelling? When it gets down to two, what is revealed? Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick, Artistic Directors of Dance Theatre of Ireland, one of Ireland's most esteemed companies, bring to the stage a scintillating showcase of four duets. Well known for their fast paced and intricate partnering, they present a new duo, together with three other duets created by renowned international choreographers & performers. These include Austria's leading choreographer Willi Dorner's 'Intertwining', a seamless dance thriller for two men of action/reaction and virtuosic density. Willie's work is gutsy, dynamic and full of contrasts. In his innermost personality he is a choreographer working at the interface where contradictions collide…smart, sensual and witty.

Award-winning Swiss Choreographer Philippe Saire's new work reveals bodies in perpetual discussion and examines the many intimate layers of separation and fusion. His vocabulary mixes order & disorder, falls & jumps, flow & precision with absolute finesse.

And a new duet is premiered by Alex Iseli (Switzerland) and Marie-Françoise Garcia (France), former dancers and outstanding performers with the Company who bring a movement language rich in intelligence and ease. Each in their own way, disclose what is possible in the physical discourse of two.

"Connor & Yurick's work continues to innovate, inspire and provoke…Their work is a constant reflection on our human states of frailty and strength…a willingness to take risks has turned the company into a prime force in Irish dance." THE SUNDAY TIMES

Between You & Me
Ch: Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick (Ireland), Willi Dorner (Austria), Philippe Saire (Switzerland); Alex Iseli & Marie-Françoise Garcia (Switzerland/France)
Dancers: Robert Connor, Karl Paquemar, Melanie Nezereau, Alex Iseli, Marie-Françoise Garcia, Mike Winter
Lighting : Mark Galione/ Krisha Piplits
Costumes : Suzanne Cave

Dance Theatre of Ireland performing Lausanne, Switzerland

AS A MATTER OF FACT…
Ch. Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick

PREMIERE Nov 5th - 8th, Pavilion Theatre

Nov 5 - 8 The Pavilion Theatre Dun Laoghaire,
               nightly 8 pm, matinee Thurs. Nov 6th@ 1:30 01 231 2929
Nov 13 The Watergate Theatre Kilkenny 056 61 674
Nov 20 The Mermaid Theatre Bray 272 4030
Nov 25 Draoicht Blanchardstown 01 885 2522
Dec 01 The Townhall Theatre Galway 091 569 777

"I'm older, I'm wiser, I know what's coming. Me. You? You what? You're gonna make it happen?? I could happen to you. Think so? Trust me.…me who?"

Time management, mismanagement, cost of living, products of more than one country. Meanderings of the modern day mind. From the annals of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, to the latest Quality of Life reports comes a new production by Dance Theatre of Ireland, cross pollinations of word and image …contradictions, communications, secrets, astonishing fluidity, clinical precision… and the best dancing in Ireland. Think physical, think fast.

With live music and an impressive list of Irish & international collaborators. Set in a 3-dimensional world by Swiss artists, Tenteki.

Choreography, Concept & Design: Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick; Original Music, played live: Dara O'Brien; Additional original music: Fran Hegarty & Eugene Murphy; Text: Joe O'Byrne, Loretta Yurick: Video & graphic imagery: Tenteki (Switzerland); Dancers: Gillian Beauchamp, Emma O'Kane, Vanessa Spinassa, Carl Paquemar, Astero Styliani Lamprinou, Angel Zotes Ramos

RTE 'The View' page and photos on As A Matter of Fact