
Michael Seaver
Dance Critic and Contributor at Irish Times
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Musician @rte_co and dance critic @IrishTimesCultr. Academic pats on the head in music, politics and IR. Terms and conditions apply.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Michael Seaver
The first moments of Scorched Earth explain that a public inquiry into a spate of “land-based crimes” has led to a report highlighting the link between violent crime and ownership of land. Although inspired by John B Keane’s play The Field, it is clear that what is about to unfold isn’t just an individual tragedy but a national malaise. A cold case has been reopened by Detective Kerr (played by Sarah Dowling) into the death of a developer, William Dean (Will Thompson).
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Michael Seaver
In Re:Incarnation the choreographer Qudus Onikeku not only brings the vibrant and colourful energy of Lagos to the stage but also draws on a deeper connection to the past and the Yoruba belief in Ìbí (Birth), Ikú (Death) and Àtúnbí (Rebirth). Here the soul is in an eternal cycle of living, dead and unborn awaiting reincarnation, unlike the more linear concept of the eternal afterlife following death.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Michael Seaver
Boris Charmatz appears alone and exposed, bare-chested and barefooted, wearing a patterned pleated skirt, on a bare, darkened stage with no music. And for an hour he creates a soundtrack through whistling that accompanies a series of unconnected movement phrases that meander like the drifting mind before sleep. The result is uneven and unfocused but compulsive in its unpredictability.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Michael Seaver
Words can speak untruths, Oona Doherty believes, but the body never lies. That’s certainly the case in Specky Clark, which the choreographer has based on the story of Edward James Doherty, her great-great-grandfather.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Michael Seaver
A notable slice of Irish dance history appears at the unveiling of Luail, the new national dance company, on Tuesday. Generations of choreographers, dancers and producers – including members of Irish National Ballet from the 1970s and 1980s, the last time Ireland had a full-time dance company – eagerly witness the opening night of Chora. Irish National Ballet’s last production was Oscar, a ballet based on Oscar Wilde that it performed with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in 1989.
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