On Saturday I was a little shocked to read the Irish TImes Dance Critic contribution to “Culture Shock”, and provoked to pen a letter to the editor of the Irish TImes in response. Here’s the letter. Dear Sir, I was surprised to read…
For Nollaig na mBan [Women’s Christmas & Feast of the Epiphany] this Friday, RTE Lyric FM are broadcasting “Georgie’s Vision”, the first ever documentary about the extraordinary, and overlooked Mrs. WB Yeats. Hear Olwen Fouéré channel George’s voices; Pat Laffan as WB Yeats; the recently…
We enjoyed a fantastically eclectic discourse at the “Irish-German Connections in Motion” Conference in University of Limerick’s Irish World Academy of Music and Dance on October 31st and November 1st – simultaneously honouring Berlin-based (and Longford-born), choreographer Marguerite Donlon, and inspired by the interdisciplinary nature…
As the Autumn chill sets in, I am, as promised, recalling that lovely feeling of floating out in the middle of a bay on the Cote d’Azur on a steaming hot summer’s day… Read all about it in my travel feature on Nice and the…
“Georgie’s Vision”, the documentary I have been toiling on all summer – since the end of April – getting the creme de la creme of the George Yeats world on board, was broadcast on RTE Lyric FM on Friday September 30th at 7pm. Hooray! Mella…
I’m delighted to see that my film “1943 – A Dance Odyssey”, featuring 5 fabulous former pupils of Irish-German Modern Dance pioneer Erina Brady: Ann Fryer-Walsh; Margaret Becker; Ann Danaher/McGuire; Romy Hogan; and Barbara Sweetman-Fitzgerald, as well as rare 1943 footage by Irish film industry…
En route to the 1st Sarajevo-Irish Festival, where I was invited to present my documentary “Journey to YU (in the footsteps of Rebecca West)” – I did feel like a bit of a nerd pulling out my 1181 page doorstopper “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon”…
Set your radio dials for RTE Lyric FM today, Friday March 11th at 7pm to hear the audio version of “Journey to YU” featuring Dragana Jurisic, Olwen Fouéré (as Rebecca West) Zlata Filipovic Dijana Milosevic, & Colin Graham, sound supervision by John Davis, in advance…
Wow Premier @DMulrooney @LincolnCenter 12Feb. We loved it in Dublin https://t.co/BIszfWflIn 👍 @culture_ireland #NYC pic.twitter.com/kRtbIgQRce — DarinaNíChuinneagáin (@DarinaNiC) January 27, 2016 It was a dream, and an honour to see my TG4 Splanc! film Dance Emergency/ Damhsa na hEigeandala screened larger than life on the…
I’m delighted to hear the good news that BAI Sound and Vision Fund have awarded me the funds to make a feature radio documentary on the fascinating topic of George Yeats, aka Mrs. WB Yeats. She famously wrote “thank you for leaving me out”, but…