Darrah Carr Dance Company Members: Caitlin McNeill,
Louise Corrigan and Joanna Barry Connolly
Darrah Carr Dance Company Member: Tim Kochka
“Carr’s immensely likable and skillful dancers move with a
space-gobbling buoyancy and openness that looks as if they might take flight.” —Jennifer Dunning, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Vibrant and dazzling.” —Deborah Jowitt, THE VILLAGE VOICE
ModERIN: Darrah Carr Dance
with Guest Choreographer Seán Curran
November 11 - 13 Friday & Saturday | 8 pm Family Show: Saturday | 11 am Sunday | 3 pm
Darrah Carr Dance is a one of a kind professional Irish dance company
whose ever-changing repertory continually delights audiences. This season, renowned
guest choreographer Seán Curran brings his own innovative flair
to the company’s signature style of ModERIN: a remarkable fusion
of contemporary modern dance and traditional Irish step. Curran’s highly
anticipated new work features virtuosic displays of powerful percussive footwork
by the company’s cast of champion Irish step dancers.
Three opportunities to engage with the artists:
Saturday | 11 am: A specially priced Family Show Running Time: 60 minutes
Saturday | 8 pm: Audience talkback with Artistic Director
Darrah Carr and guest choreographer Seán Curran
Sunday | 3 pm: Pre-show conversation with Darrah Carr Dance
Admission: $25 general / $20 members.
Family Show: all tickets $15
If you need assistance placing your order, call 866-811-4111.
This program is made possible in part with public funds from the Fund for
Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, and
from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the Department of Cultural
Affairs. Both grant programs are administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural
Council.
Sean-Nós Dancing
Workshop
with Shannon Dunne and
Mary Beth Taylor
Sunday, September 18
10 am - 1:30 pm
Sean-Nós (“old style”) dancing is a traditional
form of Irish solo dancing which works closely with the rhythms of Irish music.
Similar to such American styles as tap and clogging, it has been argued that sean-nós is
the oldest form of Irish dance.
Students will learn a full set of steps that can be danced to traditional
Irish music. Additionally, learners will experiment with steps and rhythms of
their own creation—this emphasis on creativity and spontaneity is what
makes sean-nós dancing truly unique! For all skill levels.
In lieu of set dancing shoes, please wear footwear with a hard sole and a
low heel.
Fee: $40 general / $35 members, seniors, students
If you need assistance placing your order, call 866-811-4111.
“An extraordinarily moving memoir in motion... It will delight and
provoke in equal measure.” —THE IRISH INDEPENDENT
“For Colin Dunne—one-time Riverdance performer— tradition is something to be carefully maintained… But that doesn’t mean he can’t deconstruct step dancing
and put it together again in his own inimitable fashion.” —THE IRISH TIMES
Irish Arts Center and Baryshnikov Arts Center present
Out of Time
New York Premiere
Created and Performed by COLIN DUNNE
October 19 - October 22 | 8 pm
Baryshnikov Arts Center Jerome Robbins Theater 450 W. 37th Street
Laurence Olivier Award 2010 Nominee Outstanding Achievement in Dance
Internationally-acclaimed Irish step dancer Colin Dunne brings movement,
sound and image together to create a provocative dialogue between past and present.
Intimate and playful, Out of Time is both an unsentimental homage
to Irish step dance, and a bold investigation of Dunne’s personal and artistic
relationship with a tradition that has shaped his life.
Colin Dunne (Wednesday and Thursday, through Oct. 22) Mr. Dunne
had international fame as an Irish step dancer and the lead in “Riverdance” during
the late 1990s. Since then he has reinvented himself as a choreographer working
in a contemporary setting, and his new “Out of Time” pays homage
to his dance past while attempting to move into new artistic terrain. Can a traditional
form find a contemporary context? It’s a question that bedevils all dance
governed by specific, historically shaped techniques (ballet and flamenco among
them). Perhaps Mr. Dunne will make it happen. At 8 p.m., Baryshnikov Arts Center,
450 West 37th Street, Manhattan, (866) 811-4111,
bacnyc.org; $25. (Sulcas)
Here’s a video preview of Out of Time.
This program is supported, in part, by Imagine Ireland, Culture Ireland’s
year of Irish arts in America in 2011.
Irish
Dance Master Class with Darrah Carr
Saturday, May 7 | Noon - 2:30 pm
Darrah Carr, Artistic Director of Darrah Carr Dance and champion
Irish step dancer, describes her style as ModERIN: a playful combination of traditional
Irish step and contemporary modern dance.
Now, during this special Master Class, get an in-depth look at the development
of ModERIN and learn phrases from the company’s repertory!
Fee: $50 general sale | $45 members, seniors, students To register contact Rachael Gilkey at 212.757.3318 ext 209 or rachael@irishartscenter.org.
Tenth
Annual
Irish Arts Center NYC Dance Festival
Sunday, May 1 | 1 pm - 8 pm
Riverside Park South Pier 1 at W 70th Street
Directions
Pier I (Riverside Park South) is located on the Hudson River at 70th Street.
Take the 1/2/3 or B/C train to 72nd street and walk west to Riverside Park South
and enter the park there.
Come out to the pier to enjoy a day of great Irish dancing!
Led by Artistic Director Niall O’Leary, T.C.R.G., the Festival will
once again kick off the Summer on the Hudson series at Riverside Park South!
This celebration of Irish dance and culture is not to be missed, featuring performances
from top Irish dance companies from New York and around the country, dance classes
for children and adults, music sessions, Irish language classes, a singing circle,
children’s face painting and a lively evening-ending céilí for
all!
In addition to all of the usual family fun, this year’s
IAC Dance Festival introduces a special photography competition,
which gives children and young people the opportunity to try out their skills
and capture all the color and atmosphere of the event.
The competition has three age categories:
6 years and under: 'Happy Feet’
7 – 12 years: A Spring in Your Step
13 – 18 year olds: Fancy Footwork
Photos can be taken in any digital format throughout the day and submitted
to photos@irishartscenter.org by midnight
on Tuesday, May 3. One winner will be selected from each
category by an IAC panel of judges, to include renowned Irish photographer
John Minihan. One overall winner will also be chosen by the public through online
voting. Visit www.irishartscenter.org starting
Thursday, May 5 to view contest entries, and cast your vote! Winning
photos, to be announced Monday, May 9, will be featured in IAC
publicity for next year’s Festival and displayed in the Irish Arts
Center. Winners will also receive a very special IAC prize.
Bring your dancing shoes—the entire day is free and open to
all!
FEATURING DONNY GOLDEN DANCERS
NIALL O’LEARY DANCE TROUPE
DARRAH CARR DANCE
PETER SMITH SCHOOL
NIALL O’LEARY SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE
HAMMERSTEP: A 'SNEAK PREVIEW'
KELTIC DREAMS
AND MORE!
LIVE MUSIC BY NIALL MULLIGAN
Vendors:
Celtic Craft
Faivus Studios
Ireland in Prints
And more
2011 Schedule:
MAIN STAGE – Area 1
Live music by Niall Mulligan (fiddle, keyboards)
1:00pm Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dance (Performance)
1:20pm Children’s Céilí Dancing: everyone
out on the floor!
2:00pm Keltic Dreams (Performance)
2:30pm Niall O’Leary Fun Dance (Non-competitive Solo
Dancing) Learn some Irish Step-dancing moves, suitable for all ages!
3.00pm Peter Smith School of Irish Dance (Performance)
3.20pm Donny Golden Fun Dance (Non-competitive Solo Dancing)
Learn some Irish Step-dancing moves, suitable for all ages!
3:50pm Hammerstep: A ‘Sneak’ Preview: Jason Oremus,
Garrett Coleman and Chris Naish give us a glimpse of their new dance show!
4.10pm Donny Golden Dancers (Performance)
4.30pm Darrah Carr Dance (Performance)
4.45pm Panel Discussion with Niall O’Leary & special
guests Donny Golden, Darrah Carr, Jason Oremus, Garrett Coleman & Chris Naish
6:00 pm-8:00pm Irish Dance Party: Set Dancing, Céilí Dancing
and Irish Dance Jamming for All: everyone out on the floor!
We will be calling simple dances, everyone can join in, even if you have 2
left feet!
TENT 2
1:15pm Irish Language Conversation Circle
2:00pm Traditional Irish Music Session – All Welcome!
3:30-4:15pm Irish Song Circle Workshop with Louise Walsh
4.30pm Traditional Irish Music Session – All Welcome!
TENT 3
1:00pm-4:00pm Children’s Face Painting
1:00pm-3:00pm Arts & Crafts for Kids
3:00pm-3:30pm Gaelic Kids
3:30pm-5:00pm Arts & Crafts for Kids
Please note: all schedules subject to change
This program is supported, in part, by Wizdom Audio Visual, public funds from
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the new
York City Council, and New York State Council on the arts, a public agency.
ModERIN Darrah Carr Dance’s Annual New York Season featuring live music from James Shipp’s Nós Novo
November 12 - 14 | Friday - Saturday, 8 pm | Sunday,
3 pm Family Show - Saturday, 11 am
Darrah Carr Dance returns to the Irish Arts Center with evocative new choreography
set to the Brazilian jazz stylings of James Shipp’s Nós Novo. Rooted
in ModERIN – Artistic Director Darrah Carr’s signature blend of traditional
Irish step and contemporary modern dance – this bold new piece is sure
to delight.
Join us for a special talk back with Artistic Director
Darrah Carr and multi-instrumentalist James Shipp, following Sunday’s performance
only.
Admission: $25 general sale / $20 members Family Show: all tickets $15 SmartTix.com or
212-868-4444
“Putting a new wrinkle into New York modern
dance with a program of pieces that add Irish step dancing to the modern mix.”
—Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
“The dancing is beguiling: lusty and luscious where appropriate,
elsewhere as light, calm and carefree as the early spring breeze.”
—Tobi Tobias, The Village Voice
“To watch these performances is to see Irish dance in a whole new
way. . .”
—Bridget English, Irish Dancing Magazine
This program is made possible in part with public funds from
the Fund for Creative
Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, and from the
Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Both grant programs are administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Ninth
Annual Irish Arts Center NYC Dance Festival
Sunday, May 2
Riverside Park South
Pier 1 at W 70th Street
Rain or shine.
Come out to the pier to enjoy a day of great Irish dancing!
Led by Artistic Director Niall O’Leary, T.C.R.G., the Festival will
once again kick off the Summer on the Hudson series at Riverside Park South!
This celebration of Irish dance and culture is not to be missed, featuring performances
from top Irish dance companies from New York and around the country, dance workshops
for children and adults, music sessions, Irish language classes, a singing circle,
children’s face painting and a lively evening-ending céilí for
all!
Come with or without your dancing shoes - the entire day is free and
open to all!
TIME MAIN
STAGE – Area 1 1:00pm Niall
O’Leary School of Irish Dance (Performance)
1:15pm Children’s
Céilí Dancing: everyone out on the floor!
1:45pm Keltic
Dreams (Performance)
2:00pm Niall
O’Leary Fun Dance (Non-competitive Solo Dancing)
Learn
some Irish Step-dancing moves, suitable for beginner-intermediate Irish dancers!
All
ages!
3:00pm Petri
School of Irish Dance (Performance)
3:15pm Donny
Golden Fun Dance (Non-competitive Solo Dancing)
Learn
some Irish Step-dancing moves, suitable for beginner-intermediate Irish dancers!
All
ages!
4:15pm Niall
O’Leary Irish Dance Troupe (Performance)
4:30pm Adults
Ceili / Set Dancing: everyone out on the floor!
5:30pm Darrah
Carr Dance (Performance)
5.45pm Donny
Golden Dancers (Performance)
6:00 pm-8:00pm Céilí: Set and Céilí Dancing for All:
everyone out on the floor!
TIME TENT
2 1:15pm Irish
Language Conversation Circle
2:00pm Traditional
Irish Music Session – All Welcome!
3:30-4:15pm Irish Song Circle Workshop
4:30-5:15pm Panel Discussion
TIME TENT
3 1:00pm-4:00pm Children’s Face Painting
1:00pm-4:00pm Arts & Crafts for Kids
IAC members at all levels may book directly through Irish
Arts Center and avoid ticket processing fees. Call 212-757-3318
ext. 204 from 10 - 6 Monday through Friday.
“Carr’s immensely likable and skillful
dancers move with a space-gobbling buoyancy and openness that looks as if they
might take flight.”
Jennifer Dunning—The New York Times
Darrah Carr Dance returns to the Irish Arts Center stage with ModERIN:
its signature blend of traditional Irish step and contemporary modern dance,
featuring guest choreographer and Bessie Award-winner Seán Curran.
“The best of both traditions…to watch these performances
is to see Irish dance in a whole new way… a glorious mélange of
sound and movement that’s breathtaking…” Bridget English— Irish Dancing Magazine
Featuring champion Irish step dancers in a dazzling display of lightning
fast footwork, Darrah Carr Dance seamlessly integrates Irish step and spatial
patterns within contemporary choreography. Highlights of the weekend-long program
include salon style discussions with Darrah Carr and Seán Curran, guest
performances by Irish Arts Center’s dance students, and a specially priced
Family Show.
“All delightfully and exquisitely rendered…a respectful
reworking of what is familiar mixed with a bold experimental representation of
the American contemporary dance scene…pushing the boundaries well into
the future…”
Ursula Traynor—The Irish World
Music provided by the Pride of Moyvane Céilí Band, featuring musicians John Reynolds and Margie Mulvihill
An Irish Arts Center tradition! Join us for our Spring Picnic and Céilí-on-the-Hudson. Whether you play Irish music, know a few Irish dance steps, or just enjoy watching and listening – don’t miss it! Fun for all the family! Donations appreciated.
EIGHTH ANNUAL
NEW YORK CITY
IRISH DANCE FESTIVAL 2009
Sunday, May 3
Riverside Park South |
Pier I at West 70th Street
12:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Led by Artistic Director Niall O’Leary, T.C.R.G., the Festival
will once again kick off the Summer on the Hudson series at
Riverside Park South! This celebration of Irish dance and
culture is not to be missed, featuring performances from top
Irish dance companies from New York and around the
country, dance workshops for children and adults, music
sessions, Irish language classes, a singing circle, children’s
face painting and a lively evening-ending céilí for all!
Meet and Greet the Young Stars of the hit Broadway show BILLY ELLIOT from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm, before learning to dance like a star yourself! Irish dancing champion Trent Kowalick, with fellow cast members David Bologna, & Heather Burns will be on site to talk to you! Check “Tent 2” below for further details.
Live music by Caitlin Warbelow, Margie Mulvihill and John Reynolds
SCHEDULE*
*Subject to change
Main Stage—Area 1
1:00pm
Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dance (Performance)
1:15pm
Children’s’ Céilí Dance: everyone out on the floor!
1:45pm
Keltic Dreams from PS 59 in the Bronx (Performance)
2:00pm
Fun Dance with Niall O’Leary (Workshop)
show material only
2:45pm
Donny Golden Dancers (Performance)
3:00pm
Darrah Carr Dance (Performance)
3:15pm
Fun Dance with Donny Golden (Workshop)
show material only
4:00pm
2009 Senior Ladies World Champion Ashley Smith: softshoe
4:05pm
Solas an Lae Dance Company (Performance)
4:20pm
2009 Senior Ladies World Champion Ashley Smith: hardshoe
4:30pm
Adults Set Dancing Workshop w/ Kathleen Collins
5:30pm
Niall O’Leary Irish Dance Troupe (Performance)
5:45-8:00pm
Céilí: Set and Céilí Dancing for All
Tent 2
12:30pm-1:00pm
Meet the young stars of Broadway hit musical BILLY ELLIOT: Champion Irish dancers Trent Kowalik, David Bologna, & Heather Burns.
In commemoration of its 10th Anniversary Season, Darrah
Carr Dance brings its signature blend of traditional Irish step
and contemporary modern dance to the Irish Arts Center stage.
Renowned for seamlessly integrating Irish dance within
contemporary choreography, the company blends Irish music,
step dance footwork, and spatial patterns to create high energy,
rhythmically based work that is performed by a cast of champion
Irish step dancers. Featuring a mix of new works and company
favorites that span the decade of Darrah Carr Dance,
highlights of this weekend-long program include
salon style discussions with artistic director and
choreographer Darrah Carr; special guest performances
by the Irish Arts Center’s dance students,
a ModERIN workshop with company members,
and a specially-priced family show.
Darrah Carr Dance has performed at venues in the United States and around the world, including The Duke Theater on 42nd Street, Celebrate Brooklyn, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Yard at Martha’s Vineyard, Wesleyan University, The Center for Performing Arts and SUNY Orange, San Jose Fleadh, the Toronto Fringe Festival, the Bank of Ireland Arts Center in Dublin, Symphony Space, and the Annual Irish Arts Center New York City Dance Festival. Named “One of the Top 100 Irish Americans of the Year,” by Irish America Magazine, Artistic Director Darrah Carr holds an MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University. www.darrahcarrdance.com
The critics on Darrah Carr Dance:
“ModERIN is a combination of the best of both traditions, essentially creating a new language of movement from two distinct vocabularies of dance. . . a glorious melange of sound and movement that’s breathtaking,” Bridget English, Irish Dancing Magazine
“A smiling, exuberant performer with an open upper body and fast-flying feet straight out of Irish step dancing. Her immensely likable and skillful dancers move with a space gobbling buoyancy and openness that looks as if they might take flight,”
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
This project is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund and The Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.For more information, please call (212) 757-3318
An Irish Arts Center tradition! Join us for our Fall Picnic and
Céilí-on-the-Hudson. Whether you play Irish music, know a
few Irish dance steps, or just enjoy watching and listening –
don’t miss it! Fun for all the family!
An Irish Arts Center tradition! Join us for our Spring Picnic and Céilí on the Hudson. Whether you play Irish music, know a few Irish dance steps, or just enjoy watching and listening - don’t miss it! Fun for all the family!
For further information, please call 212. 757–3318 ext. 204.
For driving directions, log on to www.njpalisades.org
Irish Arts Center New York City
Irish Dance Festival 2008 Sunday May 4 |
1:00pm – 8:00pm
Riverside Park South
Pier I at W 70th Street
An exciting opportunity to learn, participate and experience Irish dance firsthand at the Seventh Annual Irish Arts Center New York City Irish Dance Festival on Sunday May 4th 2008. This unique, all-day, all-ages event will feature not only performances by stars of the Irish dance world and dance schools from the New York area, but also master workshops in many styles of Irish dance, discussion forums, music seisiúns, and set and céilí dancing with live music. The festival will showcase some of the best local and international traditional Irish musicians. Special activities include Irish language classes, a Singer’s Circle, face-painting and much more!
ALPINE CÉILÍ-ON-THE-HUDSON
An Afternoon of Music and Dance
Alpine Boat Basin,
Alpine Pavilion,
Alpine, NJ
Sunday, September 9
We came, we saw, we played, we danced, we ate, we drank, and we all had a wonderful time at this Irish Arts Center
tradition! Our Fall Picnic and
Céilí-on-the-Hudson was a rousing success.
Musicians and dancers of all skill levels came out to play and rugs were cut by all and sundry. It was a grand day out for the entire family, and we're already planning on learning a few new steps for next year.
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