Shift Ticket packages

further on my previous colin dunne post, his performance is part of the Shift series. For our Early Bird special till 25 Sep, buy a package of 3, including a ticket to Out of Time, VOID and Transmission of the Invisible for $70. UP $90, thus making savings of more than 20%. not bad huh!

more on VOID and Transmission of the Invisible in posts to follow but as a brief intro

VOID - Jendela Peradaban (Window of Civilisation) marks renowned Indonesian choreographer Boi Sakti's return to the international dance scene. This is a da:ns 2009 commission that searches the soul and questions the meaning of 'Civilisation'. Performed by T.H.E Dance Company.

Transmission of the Invisible is a compelling tribute to the recovery and rebuilding of the arts in Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge regime. Performed by Tribal Crackling Wind, it tells, through dance, of the resilience of the human spirit.

da:ns 09 tickets go on sale next week!!!! Get excited. and keep checking back for up-to-the minute information and juicy tidbits.

love, the da:ns team

Shifting your notions of dance.. with Colin Dunne

This one's kind of fun.



I spoke to some friends, trying to cajole them into watching shows at dansfest. One of them looked at me and said flatly, "But I don't like dance." Maybe I need some new friends.



Anyway, I asked him what he liked. He said, "Humour. People poking fun at things. I relate to speech and talking more than i do dancing."


To which I laughed and said, "We actually have something like that."


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The purpose of our dansfest SHIFT programme is to showcase contemporary work that challenge the notions of what dance is and can be. One of our programmes this year is 'Out of Time' by acclaimed Irish dancer Colin Dunne.

Another first for dansfest! We've never showcased Irish dancing before. Colin Dunne is a highly acclaimed, former dancer from Riverdance - The Show, and his performance here includes a big multimedia screen where footage of traditional Irish Step Dance, including him as a child training to be a step dancer will be projected.

But riverdance this is not. Colin will interrogate the style, form and culture of Irish stepdancing in this personal and provocative solo work, peppered with trademark Irish humour where he talks to the screen, addressing his younger self and other dancers. All this while he is zipping across the stage in a blaze of percussive footwork which will then be digitally processed to form a soundscape in real time. Wow. That was a mouthful.

Wit, humour, virtuosic feet, multimedia, speed.. I think it'll be pretty cool.

Catch
Out of Time by Colin Dunne (Ireland)
27 & 28 Oct 09, Tue & Wed, 8pm
Esplanade Theatre Studio