Writing, Film, Radio, Dance History, Curation, ACADEMIA, & More…
Deirdre Mulrooney
Dance & Joyce at ‘Ulysses in the World Symposium’, Georgetown University, Washington DC
It was an honour to participate in Global Irish Studies 'Ulysses in the World' Symposium at Georgetown University, Washington DC at the weekend. I was part of the opening 'Joyce and Dance' roundtable discussion on Saturday morning with Michelle Clayton of Brown...
Deirdre is author of Irish Moves, an illustrated history of dance and physical theatre in Ireland (The LIffey Press), and Orientalism, Orientation, and The Nomadic Work of Pina Bausch (Peter Lang Gmbh). Committed to re-inscribing the body into Irish cultural history, in addition to her BAI-funded feature radio documentary, and short dance film “Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity”, reclaiming Lucia Joyce’s modern dance career, Deirdre produced, directed, and edited “Calico” by Michael Hastings for Bloomsday Festival 2021. Her 78 page essay “Fail Better: Lucia Joyce and the Abbey Theatre Ballets” is in the current edition of Joyce Studies Annual. Part supported by an Arts Council Agility Award, Deirdre is planning a Saint Lucia’s Day event at Dublin’s James Joyce Centre with actor Kathleen Warner Yates and dancer Lucia Kickham. Deirdre presented “Sweet Dancers: An Illustrated Talk on Irish Dance” at Paul Muldoon’s Princeton University FÍS series, and hosted Dance Ireland’s 30th Anniversary podcasts. She is an occasional contributor to RTE Sunday Miscellany, and her Arts journalism has appeared in top publications over many years. Deirdre produces and directs theatre, and her own creative film documentaries including ‘Damhsa na hÉigeandála’ (TG4) ‘1943 – A Dance Odyssey’ (RTE), ‘TRUE NORTH’, and many more BAI-funded, commissioned, and Indie projects with her own production company ‘Out There Productions’. Deirdre has contributed several chapters to books on theatre and dance, as well as to Anthologies. On top of her original academic work, teaching, broadcasting, and original feature radio documentaries (RTE Lyric FM & Newstalk 106 – 108fm), Deirdre curates exhibitions too. Deirdre directed a TG4 “Finné” episode on ‘Limerick’s own Billy Elliot’, Roy Galvin, which was broadcast in March 2022. Lucia Joyce: FULL CAPACITY featured recently in Bloomsday Film Festival 2022 at the IFI, and Deirdre’s new experimental short Goodbye Marian Avenue was selected for Irish Artists Film Index. Deirdre enjoyed being on the steering committee of #Ulysses80 virtual bookclub over the summer, and participating in Global Irish Studies “Ulysses and the World” symposium at Georgetown University, Washington DC.
Out There Productions: Film
Deirdre has been awarded many accolades for her films and documentaries, including “Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity” (for which Evanna Lynch was nominated for Best Actor in a Female Role at RHIFF 2019); “1943 – A Dance Odyssey” first broadcast on RTÉ One; “Damhsa na hÉigeandála” (TG4 Splanc!) which premiered at Galway Film Fleadh and “TRUE NORTH: Paud Mulrooney’s Irish-Canadian Adventures in Super 8” (nominated for best documentary at RHIFF, 2019).
Writing
Deirdre is author of “Irish Moves – an illustrated history of Dance and Physical Theatre in Ireland” and “Orientalism, Orientation, and the Nomadic Work of Pina Bausch” (her PhD). Deirdre’s latest chapter is ‘Erina Brady: Mary Wigman’s Disciple to Ireland?’ in ‘Dance and Modernism in Irish and German Literature and Culture”, published by Lexington Press .
Curator
Deirdre has curated many events, exhibitions, and directed many theatre shows, including “Mother Tongue” at Kilkee’s Culturlann Sweeney (Nov 23 – Dec 21st, 2018), and at Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin, for Culture Night, 2018.
Out There Productions: Radio
Deirdre’s BAI-funded radio documentaries include “Lucia, Sweet Dancer”, “Coosheen’s Forgotten Seanchai and Son”, “Surrender on Grand Canal Street” and “Georgie’s Vision”, the first ever documentary about the fascinating but little-known Mrs. WB Yeats.
…Our Deirdre O’Connell would surely be pleased with the fabulous work on Lucia by another Deirdre – Deirdre Mulrooney – which you may have heard on Sunday Miscellany
-president Michael D Higgins,
Bloomsday address, 2020
we are singing the praises of this new ebook
Arnd Weseman, TANZ MAGAZINE
” groundbreaking and provocative
– Joe Jackson, Hot Press
-Seona Mac Reamoinn,
Magill Magazine
COMPOSTING THE ARCHIVE
Deirdre’s Recycle (and Evolve) Store of Yore.
