The Creative Process

Jessie Keenan notes, 4

In this extract from Jessie Keenan’s project notes, Jessie prepares for rehearsals with dancers Marion Cronin, Lucia Kickham, and Sarah Ryan in which they explore the idea of the body as an archive.

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The body and the archive

Friel scholar Zosia Kuczyńska explores some of performance scholar Diana Taylor’s ideas around the body and the archive and their relevance to the project.

The Creative Process

Jessie Keenan notes, 3

In this extract from Jessie Keenan’s project notes, Jessie considers the pros and cons of setting the improvised material that grew into the three dance solos that appear in the first part of her film ‘So what is surfacing’.

Portrait: Sarah Ryan

Sarah Ryan is a dance artist based in Dublin.

“Now is it coming together?” – Brian Friel

Portrait: Lucia Kickham

Lucia Kickham is a Dublin-based dance artist performing and collaborating internationally since 2011.