WB Yeats Tag
All Hail George Yeats on Nollaig na mBan, on RTE Lyric FM
In Culture, Documentaries, Radio, WritingFor 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…
“What Nice Needs Now” read my travel feature in the Irish Times Magazine
In Culture, Documentaries, Radio, Travel, WritingAs 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, first ever documentary on Mrs. WB Yeats broadcast
In Culture, Documentaries, Writing“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…
Shooting an Arrow of Futurity about Lucia Joyce at NYU’s Dance Research Forum Ireland Conference
In Culture, Dance, ProjectsI’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: Ireland’s Lost Modern…
“Georgie’s Vision”, & the 44th Lincoln Center Dance on Camera Festival
In Culture, Dance, Documentaries, ProjectsI’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…
“Come Dance with Me” at the Art Park
In Culture, DanceCelebrating our overlooked dance legacy, I co-curated this projection “Come Dance with Me” at the Art Park – Ireland’s largest outdoor screen, at Spencer Dock, behind Conference Centre Dublin – on the occasion of Liz Roche Company’s “Bastard Amber”, the first ever commissioned Irish contemporary…
Arts Tonight (RTE) contributions on Bastard Amber, WB Yeats & Ninette De Valois at the Abbey Theatre
In Culture, DanceI was on Arts Tonight with Vincent Woods on Monday evening, interviewing choreographer Liz Roche, and composer Ray Harman (during their rehearsals at Dance House), about their contributions to “Bastard Amber” at the Abbey Theatre as part of the imminent Dublin Dance Festival (May 19th…
Journey to YU and the Belgrade-Irish Festival 2015 :-)
In Culture, Projects, TravelI was honoured to be invited to present work at this year’s Belgrade-Irish Festival by Dubliner Jas Kaminski, director of the festival which is in its 3rd year. I had approached Jas to let him know about my photo-documentary project “Journey to YU (in the…