Photo: Joe Murray
‘MIND in the Flesh, Female Bodies in Contemporary Performance’ is the three day symposium presented by Dance Limerick at Daghdha Space in John’s Square this Thursday May 8, Friday 9 and Saturday 10.
The few days, hosted by dance professionals, will focus on what it means to work as a female performance artist in a national and international context today.
‘Mind in the Flesh’ is featuring talks and debates, performance lectures and workshops, alongside evening performances. It’s a City of Culture supported event.
An invited panel of national and international choreographers, performers, and dance scholars in Limerick deliver. It all starts with a performance of ‘O’ by Alexandrina Hemsley and Jamilla Johnson-Small at 7.30pm this Thursday 8, described as “a romp through the politics of identity driven by basslines, paper signs and deftly thrown shapes.
“‘O’ negotiates the inescapable sexualisation of the body, through multiple positions and numerous wigs”.
Evening performances will take place also on Friday 9 (6pm, John’s Square and at 8pm, Lime Tree Theatre) and Saturday 10 (8pm and 10pm at John’s Square). Performers include David Hoyle, Liz Aggiss, Lucy Suggate, The Editta Braun Company, Alexandrina Hemsley and Jamilla Johnson-Small.
These pieces will explore “concepts of identity, gender and the female body through contemporary dance, humour and physical movement”.
Workshops will take place on Friday morning at Dance Limerick with Liz Aggiss and on Saturday with Lucy Suggate. Attention to website www.dancelimerick.ie for full schedule and ticket pricing €10 to €16 and for a weekend pass, €80/
