Hyperphysical: Impressively tight-knit ensemble takes on Abby Zbikowski’s punishing but fascinating dance
Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: The Future Is on the Way is followed by John Scott’s simultaneously entertaining and meditative Actions (Now)
Luail director Liz Roche: ‘A regular income and stability are important. We have to work towards that for all dancers’
The artistic director of Ireland’s new national dance company on her plans for its programme and the dancers she’s recruiting
Anything to Declare review: Dylan Quinn’s impressive project gives four artistic impressions of the Border
In the Cavan village of Swanlinbar, the dancer is joined by film-maker Róisín Loughrey and composers Andy Garbi and Rose Connelly
‘The Famine led to distrust of the land, because it didn’t serve us. Is that why we are disconnected from our own culture?’
In Ciseach, the choreographer Catherine Young shows how, by following the paths of our ancestors, we can repair our relationship with the land
Dublin Dance Festival 2024 week one: Reviews of Cellule, Blkdog and 13 Tongues
For its 20th iteration, the festival has programmed a line-up that includes work by Botis Seva, Nach and, for its opening show, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
Impasse choreographer Mufutau Yusuf: ‘I can’t have fixed ideas. Difference often opens up into something completely better than I imagined’
Dublin Dance Festival 2024: The dancer and choreographer has always valued collaboration, but it has been key to the creation of his new work
Palimpsest review: Emigration, Charvet shirts and the Anglo tapes – CoisCéim powerfully evokes Ireland’s past and present
Dance: David Bolger and his company turn events and people from Irish political and social history into a layered overview of 100 years of the Republic
‘That’s the job for the choreographer: read the room and keep everyone involved’ – David Bolger on 30 years of CoisCéím
The dance company’s artistic director has drawn audiences by focusing on pure drama. But he has also paired visceral movement with conceptual ballast
Nournimity: A test of the Merce Cunningham-John Cage approach to movement and sound on stage
Dance: This new work by Lucia Kilger, created with Lina Andonovska and Ria Rehfuss, values coexistence over second-to-second interaction
Minseach review: Sibéal Davitt embodies carefree wildness with sean-nós and contemporary dancing
Dance: Minseach’s unsettled structure reflects Davitt’s own hazy identity as an artist
Kévin Coquelard: ‘I loved the madness. You could just throw yourself on the floor and scream’
The formally trained performer of Gutter found a freer way to be creative after working with Irish choreographers
Irish dance companies are an international success. But dance artists in Ireland struggle to earn a living
Fifty-nine per cent reported an income of less than €20,000 a year
Powerful Trouble review: Junk Ensemble’s exploration is sharp in its message, wonderfully rambling in its telling
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: The strength of this work lies in the complete experience rather than the individual elements
Zona Franca review: An exuberant exhibition of hopes and dreams, with an undertow of darker memories
Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: Brazil’s political journey is palpable in Alice Ripoll’s gloriously messy, release-valve choreography
Texture Like Sun review: A limpid portrayal of the inescapable cycles of addiction and drug use
Dublin Fringe Festival 2023: Throughout the hour there is no moralising, simply a portrayal of addiction