The Creative Process

Now is it coming together?

This is Jessie Keenan’s original dance improvisation to audio she recorded in response to the question ‘Now is it coming together?’, written by Brian Friel during the composition process for Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). When visiting the archive in February 2019, Jessie was inspired by Friel’s habit of asking himself questions during the composition process, and the feeling of presentness this evoked whilst reading his notes. This initial development phase was conducted at Dance House, Dublin in May 2019. This was one of several question-based improvisations, all of which were performed live during illustrated talks at the Belfast Book Festival in June 2019 and the UCD Humanities Institute in February 2020. One of these questioning phrases, ‘So what is surfacing’, forms the basis of Jessie’s film of the same name.

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Don't anticipate the ending Teagmháil Chruthaitheach le Páipéir Brian Friel

Is cartlann de chartlann é an taispeántas seo; agus dála gach cartlann mhaith, níl aon bhealach ceart chun é a léamh. Lean ort ag cliceáil ar na rudaí a gcuireann tú spéis iontu, agus ná bíodh imní ort má théann tú amú rud beag ar an mbealach. Más mian leat do bhealach ar ais a aimsiú, seiceáil an t-innéacs sa roghchlár. 

Arna chur i láthair i gcomhpháirtíocht le Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann

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