Oona Doherty draws on her family history and Irish folklore, setting off in search of her grandfather Specky Clark. Nine performers unfold this coarsely charismatic and acutely sensitive story. Dance, theatre and a collection of images conjure up an intimate and poignant Belfast.

 

Supported by the British Council as part of the "UK/France Spotlight on Culture 2024 Together We Imagine".

Dates
Friday
22 November 2024 at 8pm
Saturday
23 November 2024 at 7pm
Place
Theatre, Pavillon Noir
Duration
1 h
Price
From 10€ to 25€

Distribution / Credits

Creation 2024
Piece for 9 dancers
Choreography, writing
texts & artistic direction Oona Doherty in collaboration with the cast
Performers Diarmuid Armstrong, Maëva Berthelot, Malick Cissé, Gerard Headley, Clay Koonar, Gennaro Lauro, Michael McEvoy, Erin O’Reilly, Faith Prendergast
Music Lankum, Gavino Murgia, David Holmes & Raven Violet
Composition, sound design Maxime Jerry Fraisse
Lighting design John Gunning
Scenography Sabine Dargent assisted by Caroline Menassol
Costumes Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust in collaboration with Constance Tabourga, assisted by Aela Bristiel, Lena Manin, Paul Escamez, Ambre Beylier, Meryl Degez, Christina Clerisse
Rehearsal director Solene Weinachter
Audio cast Louise Conaghan, Janie Doherty, Sam Finnegan, Stephen Rae, Garry Rowntree
Engineer Juliette Pierangelo
Accessoiriste confection latex Jessie Chalumeau
Technical director Marie Prédour
Régie lumières Thibault Gambari
Régie plateau création Lisa M. Barry
Subtitle engineer Nadir Bouassria, from a translation by Francesco Leto
Film & photo Luca Truffarelli
Special thanks to Jen Malarkey & Enda Walsh
Production OD Works
Coproduction Ballet Preljocaj / CCN Aix-en-Provence (FR), Dublin Dance Festival & The Abbey Theater (IE), Sadler’s Wells London (UK), Kampnagel Hambourg (DE), Festspielhaus St. Pölten (AU), Théâtre de la ville Paris (FR), Tanz Köln (DE), MC2: Grenoble (FR), CCN-Ballet national de Marseille (FR)
Residencies Ballet Preljocaj / CCN Aix-en-Provence, KLAP-Maison pour la Danse Marseille, CCN-Ballet national de Marseille (accueil studio)
With the support de la DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, du Département des Bouches du Rhône et de Spotlight, British Council
OD Works team Dorothée Alemany, Directrice de développement - Lucie Gissinger Maurandy, Chargée de production - Franck Guille, Responsable financier, Christine Maupetit, Administratrice de production - Marie Prédour, Directrice technique
Photography Portrait Oona Doherty © Luca Truffarelli / Visuel avant création © Oona Doherty

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