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“Thomas MacGreevy and the Abbey Theatre Ballets” at Yeats 2025 Conference, Trinity College Dublin

“Thomas MacGreevy and the Abbey Theatre Ballets” at Yeats 2025 Conference, Trinity College Dublin

by build_1h7qoh | Oct 9, 2025 | Culture, Dance, Dance History, Theatre, Writing

I love Margaret Clarke’s painting  “Columbine Rests” (ca. 1923/1924)  featuring a tired ballerina being serenaded by Pierrot. (It’s also known as “Pierrot and Columbine”).  It is very apt that Thomas McGreevy (as he was then known,...
My Princeton FÍS Zoom with Paul Muldoon / “Sweet Dancers: an Illustrated Talk on Irish Dance”

My Princeton FÍS Zoom with Paul Muldoon / “Sweet Dancers: an Illustrated Talk on Irish Dance”

by build_1h7qoh | Sep 25, 2020 | Culture, Dance, Dance History, Documentaries, Film, Photography, Projects

It was an honour to be Paul Muldoon’s inaugural virtual guest with my talk “Sweet Dancers: An Illustrated History of Dance and Physical Theatre in Ireland” to kick off his 2020/ 2021 Princeton Fund for Irish Studies series over Zoom last Friday,...