Dance in Progress Dance Double Bill: ‘This Is’ and ‘A Study in Absence/ A Study in Presence’
21 - 24 September
DanceHouse @ 3.30pm

‘This is’ in the making. ‘This is’ where we find meaning. ‘This is’ what it is. ‘This is’ the story of how we came to be in this space together now … with you. ‘This is’ here. ‘This is’ what we make of it.

Ireland’s leading integrated dance company Croí Glan are excited to have the opportunity to work with renowned award winning choreographer Adam Benjamin (co-founder of CanDoCo) and super virtuosic disabled dancer James O’ Shea (recent winner of BBC3’s Dancing on Wheels) for this twenty minute piece. These shows are work in progress studio showings

Two unique performers from Ireland, Nick Bryson and Eimhin Shortt take a refreshing look at our perception of dance and juggling. With unquenchable determination to compare the corresponding appeals of each artform, they give a check-up to a patient in need of assessment, a last-ditch treatment and psychological counselling. Along the way there are some rather surprising exhibitions of skill and lyrical beauty. From a young company described by The Irish Times as ‘Simple, clever and hilarious’, this new performance is a highly original contemporary dance work that questions its own accessibility to the audience as it takes place.