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Chrysalis Dance with ConTempo String Quartet:

http://chrysalisdance.com/

This is an interesting small dance company that excels in interpreting difficult themes through innovative interpretations on classical ballet training and expertise. Their presentations incorporate movement, light, sound and projected imagery to evoke an immersive experience in as appropriate an ambience and atmosphere as a travelling production can achieve with the limited funding available to it and within the facilities available at our provincial Art Centres/Theatres.

Such productions are at times best presented in a neat, clean black limbo of dressed black drapes, borders, back cloth and (if possible) black floor. Ballet dancers and contemporary interpretation dancers require an appropriate floor surface to perform on and most theatres now provide a matt black roll out rubberised surface to cover the stage surface with. It needs to be laid carefully, avoiding wrinkles and gaps, its inertia weight helps it rest on the stage surface without the need for taping or fixing

I am traveling to see their current production, World Premiere “Thought once was” at the Drogheda Arts Centre and will comment later.

http://droicheadartscentre.ticketsolve.com/shows/126524352/events

I expect Chrysalis Dance to be pushing the boundaries of classical ballet in this production, enhanced by the live music of the ConTempo String Quartet

 “The Double Bill incorporating ‘The Space Where Thought Once Was’ and ‘Scatenato’ promises to be a visceral feast for the senses. The audience will be brought on a poignant and emotional journey where the company will demonstrate their incredible versatility. An exhilarating crescendo of group movement…a wonderfully evocative score’ Dance Europe.

* The Space Where Thought Once Was, is an exploration into Alzheimers and Dementia and Drogheda Arts Festival In association with Chrysalis Dance And Disrupting Alzheimers will present a pre-show screening of the documentary Disrupting Alzheimers, followed by a Q and A.

Pre-show screening

Venue: The Barbican, William St, Drogheda

Date: 6^th May at 6.30pm Tickets: Your ticket to the dance piece allows you free entry to documentary”.

May 9th at the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, 028 92 509 254

Also at “The Dock” http://www.thedock.ie/ on Thursday 10th May 8.30pm €15/€12

Carrick on Shannon Co. Leitrim
Box Office 071 96 50828
May 11th at the Black Box, Galway, Box Office 091 569777

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