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The Creative Process

Task Sheet, 14 April 2020

These task sheets were given to all participants in a series of Zoom workshops during April 2020. The three dance solos that form the first part of Jessie Keenan’s film ‘So what is surfacing’ were built on these tasks.

Portrait: Sarah Ryan

Sarah Ryan is a dance artist based in Dublin.

Video

Mixed interview, extract 4

Zosia Kuczyńska, Jessie Keenan, and Robbie Blake talk about the impact of the pandemic on the project.

The Creative Process

Dance solos, 31 August 2020

These are early versions of dance solos by Lucia Kickham, Marion Cronin, and Sarah Ryan. Each solo was created using some of the listening and responding techniques developed by Jessie Keenan and adapted for Zoom workshops held in April 2020.

Related Manuscript

So what is surfacing

This note towards Dancing at Lughnasa (1990) contains a phrase that directly inspired Jessie Keenan’s short dance film of the same name, ‘So what is surfacing’.

The Creative Process

Robbie Blake's blue notebook, 5

In this page from Robbie Blake’s project notebooks, Robbie makes a note of tasks for a Zoom workshop held in April that would ultimately generate the three dance solos that form part of Jessie Keenan’s film ‘So what is surfacing’.

Related Manuscript

Is the play about this?

This note towards Dancing at Lughnasa (1990) is an example of Brian Friel’s habit of asking himself questions as part of his composition process.