by build_1h7qoh | May 21, 2024 | Culture, Dance, Dance History, Documentaries, Photography, Projects, Publishing, Travel
I’ve been lucky enough lately to enjoy an inspiring artist residency at Centre Culturel, Irlandais, on Paris’ rue des Irlandais for the month of April; and a spookily magical week in the Ticino, following in the footsteps of 1940s Irish-German Modern Dance...
by build_1h7qoh | Mar 3, 2022 | Culture, Dance, Dance History, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Gaeilge, Irish Society, Television
The TG4 Finné episode I directed for TUA films about “Limerick’s own Billy Elliot” Roy Galvin will be broadcast on TG4 on Wednesday March 9th, at 9.30pm, and be available to view thereafter on TG4 Player. The programme charts Roy’s childhood in Limerick city centre...
by build_1h7qoh | Feb 14, 2022 | Dance History, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Gaeilge
I was delighted to get the opportunity to direct an episode of the great TG4 series “Finné”, exploring the seismic social change in Ireland over the last 50 years, as embodied in compelling Irish people. With the help of a great team at Tua Productions,...
by build_1h7qoh | Feb 24, 2021 | Culture, Documentaries, Documentary, Irish Society, Podcasts, Projects, Radio
Well it looks like we are destined to remain within our own 5km for quite a while longer. So keeping this in mind, I decided to celebrate my lovely neighbours and our little known local lore by sharing my BAI-funded documentary “Surrender on Grand Canal...
by build_1h7qoh | Sep 25, 2020 | Culture, Dance, Dance History, Documentaries, Film, Photography, Projects
It was an honour to be Paul Muldoon’s inaugural virtual guest with my talk “Sweet Dancers: An Illustrated History of Dance and Physical Theatre in Ireland” to kick off his 2020/ 2021 Princeton Fund for Irish Studies series over Zoom last Friday,...
by build_1h7qoh | Jun 17, 2020 | Culture, Dance, Dance History, Documentaries, Podcasts, Radio, Writing
It was such an honour to hear my “fabulous work” on Lucia Joyce mentioned in President Michael D Higgins’ wonderful Bloomsday Speech yesterday evening. I am still recovering! President Higgins’ speech was extraordinary, not only passionately...
