Productions
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Dragons & Tonics - 1997
"Original and inventive, every movement creating its own mood of romance or ritual, fantasy or drama" The Irish Times
"A measured and physically diverse piece, it gave great room for the dancers to express individual styles and for the company to display a range of technique that was controlled but very fluent" The Tribune Magazine
- Choreographer:
- Liz Roche
- Composer:
- Denis Roche
- Lighting Designer:
- Paul Keogan, Mark Waldron
- Sound Designer:
- Denis Roche
- Costume Designer:
- Helen McCusker
- Original Cast:
- David Bolger, James Hosty, Simone Litchfield, Liz Roche
- Subsequent Cast Member:
- Ella Clarke
- Premiere Date:
- 18 November 1996
- Premiere Venue:
- Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast Festival at Queens
- Other Perfs:
- Firkin Crane, Cork (27 Nov '96)
- Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford (28 Nov '96)
- Project Arts Centre, Dublin (29/30 Nov '96)
- Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin (9-14 Jun 97)
- Backstage Theatre, Longford (19 Jun '97)
- Danlann an Clair, Ennis (22 Jun ' 97)
- Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford (3 Jul ' 97)
- Scottish Youth Dance Festival, Renfrew (10 Jul ' 97)
- No of Perfs:
- 23
- Synopsis:
- DRAGONS AND TONICS is a conceptual dance which deals with duality, internal conversations, games, physicality, fluidity and time creating its own model of romance, ritual, fantasy and dreams.