Books & Writing

Deirdre is author of “Irish Moves – an illustrated history of Dance and Physical Theatre in Ireland”, and “Orientalism, Orientation. read more>

Curator

Deirdre has curated many events, exhibitions, and directed many theatre shows, including, most recently, “Mother Tongue” at Kilkee’s Culturlann Sweeney (Nov 23 – Dec 21st, 2018), and at Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin, for Culture Night, 2018. read more>

Film Documentaries  Deirdre’s new short dance film “Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity”, starring Evanna Lynch, choreographed by Megan Kennedy, with costume by Claire Garvey and original score by Conor Linehan made its world premiere at “Bloomsday Trieste”, in Museo Revotella, Trieste, city of Lucia’s birth on June 16th, 2019!  Well, that was an auspicious start.  It’s a companion piece to Deirdre’s BAI-funded feature radio documentary which broadcast on RTE Lyric FM in the week of what would have been Lucia’s 112th birthday – July 26th, 2019.  Listen back here.  Watch this space for more screenings to follow…  Deirdre’s moving documentary “True North” which brings us to Ogoki and Cat Lake, remote native reserves in North Ontario, Canada, where her parents ran the local schools in the 1970s & 1980s, as immortalised in Paud Mulrooney’s Super 8 films, premiered at the Belgrade-Irish Festival in 2018.  Her short film “Jerusalem”, about Colin Davidson’s eponymous exhibition premiered at www.92y.org in September 2017.  “Dance Emergency” (TG4 Splanc!), made its Dublin premiere on Culture Night 2017  at the Military Archive, Cathal Brugha Barracks, home to Erina Brady’s G2 File; and its CANADIAN PREMIERE at Irish Film Festival Ottawa, 2017.  It was selected in 2016 for “Dance on Camera” Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center, and “Irish-German Connections in Motion”, at UL’s Irish World Academy of Music & Dance . read more> 

Radio Documentaries

Deirdre’s latest BAI-funded feature radio documentary about Lucia Joyce broadcast on RTE Lyric FM during the week of her July 26th birthday.  She would have been turning 112 years old, high time to  reclaim the much-misunderstood dancer as an artist in her own right, “aligning Lucia Joyce’s modern dance career with WB Yeats’ and Ninette de Valois’ Abbey Theatre Ballets”.  Listen back here.  Cast includes Evanna Lynch, Olwen Fouéré, Bairbre Ni Chaoimh, Michael James Ford, and Elliot Moriarty.  Interviewees are Carol Loeb Shloss (Author: Lucia Joyce, To Dance in the Wake); Simon O’Connor (Composer and Director of MoLI); Olwen Fouéré (Creator of ‘Riverrun’, inspired by Lucia Joyce); Senator David Norris (Joycean), and Robert Nicholson (Curator & Founder of The James Joyce Tower).  Featuring an original score by Conor Linehan.

Deirdre’s previous BAI-funded radio documentary “Coosheen’s Forgotten Seanchai and Son”, about forgotten West Clare Seanchai Padraig “Croaker” O Briain (b.1873), and his English language vernacular poet son, Paddy O’Brien (1920 – 1977),  featuring an original score by Rossa O Snodaigh and performances by Pat Laffan and Aonghus Og McNally premiered on Newstalk on December 16th, 2018,  and the podcast is here.

As part of her RTE Lyric FM series of documentaries on unexplored aspects of WB Yeats, Deirdre made the first ever documentary about Mrs. WB Yeats, entitled “Georgie’s Vision”, the visual version of which recently featured at the National Library of Ireland on Yeats’s Birthday (June 13th), as well as on Valentine’s Day, 2019, after premiering at The New School as part of the International Yeats Society Conference, NYC in October, 2017.  Deirdre’s BAI-funded “Surrender on Grand Canal Street”, about De Valera’s overlooked 1916 surrender on her Dublin windowsill was broadcast on Newstalk on St. Patrick’s Day, 2017.   read more>

Deirdre’s Diary

Keep up to date with Deirdre’s Diary and the projects she is currently completing. read more>

Shop

Take a look at Deirdre’s latest work for sale. read more>

Dance Emergency/ Damhsa na hEigeandala Trailer

Take a look at the trailer for Dance Emergency.  North American Premiere at Lincoln Center NYC Dance on Camera Festival on February 12th, 2016 supported by Culture Ireland

The Archive – Looking Back

Take a look back at Deirdre’s previous work. read more>