Daghdha residency: Roberta Lima
I flew directly from New York to Limerick to start a two-week residency at the Daghdha Dance Company. I applied for the residency so that I could work with the video artist Roberta Lima whom I met in...
View ArticlePick'n'Mix:The Dance Selection/Dominque Rivoal's film
It's nice to be reminded of what we achieved with Pick'n'Mix:The Dance Selection; and it's useful encouragement to get on with the next incarnation. Maybe it will be in a library on Walthamstow's High...
View ArticleOpen Niche
Until the end of April, my time and creative energy will mostly (though not exclusively, thanks to a successful Dance on the Box application of which more quite soon) be consumed by Open Niche. After I...
View ArticleOpen Niche: MA students and DMPs
I've spent the past week in the studios at the University of Limerick working with the MA students on a piece of material, some of which will be included in the Limerick performance of Open Niche. The...
View ArticleTalking Heads - thoughts on screens
Talking Heads is a an exhibition of work at the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art The information that they sent out to publicise the event connected to the thoughts that my residency with Roberta Lima...
View ArticleMo mhórchoir féin: London Buddhist Arts Centre
I've started rehearsing a solo for Mo mhórchoir féin, the film I'm making with Dearbhla Walsh for the Dance on the Box commission. The title is from the Confiteor, the part of the Catholic mass where...
View ArticleOpen Niche: rehearsals at Dancehouse
Matthew, Mikel, Stéphane and Bernadette have gathered again in the wonderful studio 4 in Dancehouse and Niche is being transformed in to Open Niche. We were joined this week by dancers from the core...
View ArticleOpen Niche: performance at Pavilion
We opened Niche at Pavilion with the dancers from Dublin Youth Dance Company crossing the space from auditorium to stage to join us during the performance. The ease with which they entered and left the...
View ArticleOpen Niche: performance at Daghdha Space
Arriving in the beautiful Daghdha space on Monday I was daunted by the amount and variety of participants that I needed to bring together to make the piece work. Six dancers from the MA programme in UL...
View ArticleOpen Niche: Siamsa and Cork, the end for now
We finished Open Niche in Cork just before Easter and since then I’ve had a chance to go on holiday and stand down my brain from the state of high alert it needed to be in through March with its tour,...
View ArticleSweet spot - The film
Saidhbh at Feenish has uploaded Sweetspot to Vimeo and though it may appear out of synch with my Open Niche, Mo mhórchoir féin and Shanghai EXPO preoccupations, there are lots of reasons why it's...
View ArticleLikely suspension of service
I'm hoping to leave for Shanghai today, volcano permitting. Problems with visas and flights made it seem as if I might not be able to go, but everything is back on track now. I'm performing during May,...
View ArticleEXPO visit: Arriving
After the visa and volcano induced panic that preceded my arrival to Shanghai, it was reassuring to realise that I don't feel as anxious about arriving in China as I have in the past. I know what to...
View ArticleEXPO visit: Rehearsals in Beijing
I've been in Beijing over a week now. I'm staying in Caochangdi, an artists' village beyond the famous 798 art district but not quite as far as Beigao where I stayed last year. I'm living in a studio...
View ArticleEXPO visit: Improvisation in the Beijing Traffic
Three weeks in Beijing have passed quickly and tomorrow I leave for Shanghai and the whole Expo experience. As always, being in China has taught me a lot about myself, my habits and preconceptions,...
View ArticleMo mhórchoir féin
Last night, RTÉ screened my second Dance on the Box commission called Mo mhórchoir féin. I made the film while we were rehearsing for the Open Niche project and that is one of the reasons that I...
View ArticleMo mhórchoir féin: the film
Until I upload my own copy to Youtube or Facebook here's a link to RTÉ's Dance on the Box website where all the dance films are available to view.http://www.rte.ie/danceonthebox/films.htmlIt is amusing...
View ArticleDialogue in Shanghai: Irish Pavilion in the World Expo
Performing at the Irish Pavilion in the Expo wasn’t easy. I think Xiao Ke, Feng Hao and He Long felt a little weird in the Expo environment as they felt it to be a manifestation of the Chinese...
View ArticleDialogue in Shanghai: Ke Arts Center
We were looking forward to performing in the Ke Arts Center as part of the Shanghai Repertory Theatre’s International Spring Festival. Our producer, Zhang Yuan, got us a slot in the festival and I was...
View ArticleDialogue in Shanghai: Downstream Garage
Downstream Garage is an important venue for what we would call fringe performance in Shanghai. It is a place where young artists can meet, rehearse and perform, all free of charge since no tickets can...
View ArticleEXPO visit: Match at the Irish Pavilion
It was sad to say goodbye to Xiao Ke, He Long and Feng Hao at the end of our series of Dialogue performances in Shanghai. The challenges we faced cemented our relationship and made the piece stronger....
View ArticleEXPO visit: Niche at the Irish Pavilion
Because Matthew was coming to do Match with me, and since Stéphane was already in Shanghai with his Australian partner, I offered Culture Ireland and the Pavilion that we could do some of the Niche...
View ArticleKings Cross Solos
I’ve just finished a project with five second year BA students at London Contemporary Dance School. I’ve been encouraging/facilitating/mentoring them to think about context when they are developing...
View ArticleNew website and blog
My new website has just gone live. You can find it at www.fearghus.netThis blog has been a important way for me to share my work with people and for that reason, the new website is still built around...
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