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Coiscéim To Tie Venice In Knots
CoisCéim Dance Theatre take Knots to Venice this June as part of the 5th International Festival of Contemporary Dance at the Venice Biennale.
In 2005 Knots won Best Production at the Dublin Fringe Festival before embarking on a national tour. It then won a Fringe First in Edinburgh in 2006 and, after Venice, will embark on a nationwide tour of the UK as part of the highly acclaimed Aurora Nova On Tour.
Directed by virtuoso choreographer Liam Steel of Stan Won't Dance, this text-meets-movement dance theatre show unapologetically untangles the complexity of human relationships by juxtaposing brutal and high-octane choreography with the insightful text of Scottish psychoanalyst R.D. Laing.
Knots is a 90-minute series of vignettes with dancers Muirne Bloomer, David Bolger (Artistic Director of CoisCéim), Robert Jackson, Eddie Kay, Emma O'Kane and Diane O'Keeffe taking audiences on a head trip through the minefield of relationships. Through a series of passionate physical and verbal confrontations the dancers work to unravel the twists, turns and convolutions inherent when we entangle our life and body with someone else's.and the sad, insidious patterns our minds and hearts are compelled to repeat forever.
- Teatro Piccolo Arsenale
- 29 June at 22.00
- 30 June at 19.00
- Direction:
- Liam Steel
- Lighting Design
- Ian Scott
- Stage & Costume Design:
- Ferdia Murphy
- Devised by
- CoisC&eactute; im Dance Theatre
- Sound Design:
- Alexis Nealon
About The Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has defined the avant-garde and promoted new artistic trends by organizing international events in the contemporary arts, across all art forms. As part of the Biennale, the 5th International Festival of Contemporary Dance will take place June 14 to 30, 2007, directed by Ismael Ivo.
...Dynamic, daring and provocative...
Knots - 2006
tHREE WEEKS, aUGUST 2006
