Joanna Banks’s distinguished career in dance wasn’t all plain sailing. Now, still razor-sharp at 85, she’s about to perform with Luail in Trojans
Amid an ‘extremely challenging arts funding climate’ in the North, the inclusive, international event aims to bring hope and joy to young audiences
Lindy Hop lovers gather in Mind the Step’s studios every Thursday night for a free social dance where they swing until the walls sweat
At a Galway event hosted by dance company Luail, people from the west and northwest share memories of ladies’ choice, chicken in a basket, and Bovril
It wasn’t easy for Manchán Magan’s friend to get up, deep in his grief, to lead us in dance but it was healing and it seemed to shift something in all of us
Sara Veale’s portrayal of nine dancers who rebelled against the constraints of classical ballet is so broadly glowing that nuance is lost
Viní Martins Araújo came from Brazil to Dublin in late 2023, to further his dance career
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Collaborative venture to be led by Liz Roche Company will involve Belfast-based Maiden Voyage Dance and the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick
Themes of retrieval and transformation abound in What We Hold, which premiered at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 2022
Malachy Duggan’s play about a rave is a call to action to rehabilitate Ireland’s night-time culture
Dublin Fringe Festival 2023: In Resonance, Chloe Commins fuses aerial arts with her experience of growing up as a child of deaf adults
Old dancers used to be lionised for their steps, because their exuberance contrasted with their seniority, evoking both awe and pity in the tragic ritual
Helen Lewis: Shadows Behind the Dance celebrates a woman who refused to be defined by the wartime horrors she endured and instead became a major figure in the cultural life of Belfast
As a country of less than 1.5 million people located close to two warring nations, Estonia is proudly sending its close-knit company of dancers out on tour
Gemma Tipton offers a beginner’s guide to taking up a new cultural pursuit
Dublin Theatre Festival 2022: The dance star’s fine intergenerational ensemble delivers a visual, aural archive of Irish step dance
Watching this year’s programme online was frustrating but also brought new intimacies
Broadcaster stuck to protocols that harked back to pre-Netflix levels of influence
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