ANGIE Smalis and Colin Gee present ‘Lenore’, a fascinating dance-drama at Dance Limerick on Thursday November 10 at 8pm.
Exploring the individual’s struggle against change, contemporary dancer Angie Smalis and performance artist Colin Gee use humour, narrative and persona to present this work based on the poem ‘Lenore’ (1774) by Gottfried Bürger.
They also draw on the Dutch still life tradition of vanitas – symbolic works of art.
In the original poem, Lenore awaits her beloved William on his return from war. He doesn’t appear, she curses God and later that evening, ‘William’ knocks on the door. Promising marriage he takes Lenore away by horseback to the graveyard – where he reveals himself to be Death.
Tickets at www.dancelimerick.ie for this John’s Square performance.
