This National Dance Platform Ireland event showcases works in progress by acclaimed choreographer Liz Roche (IRL) and by Jill Crovisier (LUX), artist in residence at Tipperary Dance in partnership with TROIS C-L - Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois.
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Work-in-progress
Jill Crovisier began research on her new project THE GAME RESEARCH at the beginning of 2022. Since then, it has become a highly inclusive project which - through the lens of choreography, movement and sound design - explores the theme of games in different cultures, within different social groups and between individuals. In 2022-23, Jill has conducted THE GAME RESEARCH in Madrid, Luxembourg, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and now in Tipperary. During this period, the artist has worked with groups of professional and non-professional dancers and individuals. This resulted in short live performances, short dance films, experimental sound scores and community building events. The culminating chapter will be THE GAME – GRAND FINALE which will premier in February 2025.
This showcase of THE GAME RESEARCH was supported by two weeks of research and creation at Tipperary Dance as part of Tipperary Dance’s International Exchange Programme, in this case in collaboration with TROIS C-L Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois.
Choreographer & Artistic Director: Jill Crovisier
Performers and collaborators: Matt (Mateusz) Szczerek, Dmitry Vinokurov, Jill Crovisier
Music: Jill Crovisier
Production: JC movement production
Photography: Marco Pavone / Jill Crovisier
Support: Fondation EME / Philharmonie Luxembourg (LU), Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg (LU), Mukogawa Women's University Japan (JP), Tipperary Dance Ireland (IRL), Elephant in the Black Box Company (ES), FANGLAO Dance Company (LAO), Tjimur Dance Theater Taiwan (TW), TROIS C-L Choreographic Center Luxembourg (LU), CITOFONARE PimOff Milan (IT), KulturLX Art Council Luxembourg (LU), Fondation Indépendance by BIL (LU), Ministry of Culture Luxembourg (LU)
Work-in-progress
Sentient by Liz Roche is a collaboration with the composer/saxophonist Nick Roth working with renowned ondes Martenot player, Nathalie Forget. This work explores a comment in Samuel Beckett's Molloy, where he admits his wonder, and also his ‘unknowing’, at the dancing communication of bees.
In a space somewhere between social urgency and the wonder of nature, Sentient offers a new interpretation of what it is as a human being to be only one part of our natural world in its vast communicative complexities. The work travels through three atmospheres; exploring vibration, language, and group communication, with the performers adapting collectively to these changing environments.
Choreographer: Liz Roche
Dancers: Sarah Cerneaux, Grace Cuny, Emily Terndrup, Mufutau Yusuf
Composition collaboration: Nick Roth and Nathalie Forget
Photographer: Luca Truffarelli
Commissioned by Unreal Cities for Beckett: Unbound, Liverpool/Paris 2024, in association with the Institute of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool and the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris.
Liz Roche Company is strategically funded by the Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon and supported by Culture Ireland and Dublin City Council. Sentient is further supported through partnerships with The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick and TROIS C-L - Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois.
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