“Dance as memory – dance as dream-memory, dance as substitute for language, dance as worship.”

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this nagging idea of Dance

Among Friel’s preoccupations whilst writing Dancing at Lughnasa (1990) were what he called ‘this nagging idea of dance’ on the one hand and the extent to which the play’s form should be naturalistic on the other.

Portrait: Lucia Kickham

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

The Creative Process

Jessie Keenan notes, 6

In this extract from Jessie Keenan’s project notes, Jessie plans different intentions for the dancers to try.

“The phrase ‘don't anticipate the ending’ means ‘stay present’.” – Robbie Blake

The Creative Process

Dance House, 13 August 2020

This is a recording of dancers Marion Cronin, Lucia Kickham, and Sarah Ryan performing the second part of a dance phrase taught to them by Jessie Keenan.

“So what is surfacing: –” – Brian Friel