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Part of  the evening’s  entertainment for the DRFI Dance Conference held at The Firkin Crane.

Celebrating the professional associations that The Firkin Crane continues to support. “The Best of” was produced  and hosted by The Firkin Crane, showcased by CruX Dance Theatre, Cork City Ballet & Croi Glan Dance Company.

CruX Dance Theatre with support from Sponsorship created ‘CruX In Motion’ choreographed by Jane Kellaghan.

The piece includes elements from a diverse body of work using extracts of various repertoire creating a medley of choreographic encounters and using elements of multimedia.

Dancers included:  Mark Carberry, Samon Presland, Amy Lawson, Ursula Chapman and Lorcan O’Neil.

A dance performance created by three contemporary professional Irish Choreographers Jane Kellaghan, Fearghus O’Conchuir and Mairead Vaughan with an International cast. Stage of My Mind examines the idea of “Self-estrangement”  in our hectic modern lifestyle and how we react to the common advice of “Pull yourself together”. The piece has three interperatations of this theme based on each choreographer.

Tour dates

Friday 12th September – Firkin Crane Centre Cork – 8pm – Box Office 021 450 7487
Sat 13th September – Excel, Tipperary Town – 8pm – Box Office 062 80520
Sun 14th September – St. Mary’s Secondary School, Mallow, – 8pm – Box Office
Wed 17th September – Youghal Town Hall – 8pm – Box Office – Walk up
Thurs 18th September – Bandon Town Hall – 8pm – Box Office – Walk up
Sat 20th September – The Boys Club, Bantry, Co. Cork – 8pm – Box Office – 027 50047

Seats: €12 & €10 (Consessions)

Choreography: Jane Kellaghan, Mairead Vaughan & Fearghus O’Conchuir.

Dancers: Jane Kellaghan, Ursula Chapman, Myong Hee Yamamoto, Diego Cosignani, Samon Presland, Micheal Johnson & Matthew Morris.

Lighting: Paul McCarthy, Text: Breda Dooley,
Video: Paul McDonald

With Electroacoustic & Electronic music: Composed & Produced by Berkus

This is an annual event and has been going since 2004. It showcases the work that has been done during the year with this particular aspect of cruX Dance Theatre. Past events have been enormously successful and very well received. Details are as follows.

Annual Gala performance.

At the Firkin Crane Centre, Shandon Cork.
25th May – 2 Performances – 3pm & 7pm

Tickets available on the day at the door.
Adults €15 – Children €10

This event is supported with appreciation by The Firkin Crane

This is our 8th year in existence. Having developed many exciting innovative projects over the years, the Arts Council of Ireland continues to support our work. This year we have invited Irish choreographer’s Mairead Vaughan & Fearghus O’ Conchuir to create repertoire work 2008, including a work from choreographer Jane Kellaghan.

Arrangements are being made to tour ‘A Triple Bill’ in September 2008, including a county tour of Cork, supported by Cork County Council. We are delighted to announce we open our tour at The Firkin Crane Theatre on Friday September 12th 2008, further details of tour to follow later.

We successfully toured to locations including Cork City, Galway, Dublin, Macroom, Crosshaven & Carrigaline.

The tour was A Double Bill: Hermaphrodite & Individual Myth.

Choreography: Jane Kellaghan & Sharon WatsonDancers: Inma Moya, Ursula Chapman, Mark Carberry, Eloy Casanova Garcia, Amy Lawson, John Hurley, Lorcan O Neill & Stephen Moynihan.

DATE – VENUE

Aug 31st – 8pm Crosshaven, Arthaven Gallery – Booking walk up box office

Sept 6th – 8pm Galway – Town Hall Theatre – Booking (091) 569777

Sept 8th – 8pm Dublin Fringe Festival – DanceHouse
Sept 9th – 8pm Dublin Fringe Festival – DanceHouse – Booking 1850 374 643

Sept 14th – 8pm Cork, Firkin Crane Theatre
Sept 15th – 8pm Cork, Firkin Crane Theatre – Booking (021) 4507487

Sept 16th – 4pm Carrigaline, Carrig Court Hotel – Booking walk up box office

Sept 21st – 8pm Macroom, Briery Gap Theatre
Sept 22nd – 3pm Macroom, Briery Gap Theatre – Booking (026) 41793

This Year CruX Dance Theatre Offers a very exciting not to be missed programme. A double Bill … presenting:

“Hermaphrodite” & “Individual Myth”