Deirdre’s Diary
My Guerilla First Communion at the Dominicans
Last week RTE Radio One Sunday Miscellany broadcast my radio essay "My Guerilla First Communion at the Dominicans". You can listen back to this quirky tale involving my lovely Limerick grandparents here:...
Shooting an Arrow of Futurity about Lucia Joyce at NYU’s Dance Research Forum Ireland Conference
I'm looking forward to shooting an arrow of futurity about Lucia Joyce's Modern Dance career at Dance Research Forum Ireland's "UpRising" Conference at New York University (Tisch School of the Arts), next Friday, June 24th, at 2.30pm. The title, "Arrows of Futurity:...
Arnd Weseman reviews my Pina Bausch ebook in TANZ Magazine
eBook PINA BAUSCH Memorabilia about the great lady of German Tanztheater is shooting through the book market price ceiling. Publisher Peter Lang proudly demands $478.79 on Amazon for Deirdre Mulrooney's 2002 dissertation, "Orientalism, Orientation, and the Nomadic...
My Balkan Road Trip & Irish Times Sarajevo Travel Article…
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” on the three flights....
St. Patrick’s Day Screening of Journey to YU at the 1st Sarajevo-Irish Festival, & RTE Lyric FM Broadcast
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...
Happy International Women’s Day! Read my Herstory in Village Magazine 🙂
Dance Emergency/ Damhsa na hEigeandala at the 44th Lincoln Center Dance on Camera Festival
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...
“Georgie’s Vision”, & the 44th Lincoln Center Dance on Camera Festival
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 I hope she will...
Journey to YU on RTE Lyric FM & at Guth Gafa International Documentary Festival – & more!
It has been a busy two months. Journey to YU was broadcast on RTE Lyric FM on Friday November 6th - here is a link where you can listen back if you like: Journey to YU on RTE Lyric FM The film version "Journey to YU (in the footsteps of Rebecca West)" featured...
Return Trip to Paris – with Irish Moves
It was great to get back to my favourite city - Paris - after nearly a decade's absence! Why such a long gap since my last Paris sojourn? Well - I have been busy? I don't think that's an acceptable excuse really! But it was great to finally get back to that magical...