Sile an tSleibhe OPERA

Date : 4th September 2012
Time : 7pm till about 8
Venue : The Back Loft, 7/11 St Augustine St Dublin
Admission €5

Síle an tSléibhe is a new chamber opera in Irish with the dramatic poetry of Cathal Ó Searcaigh, the great Donegal writer, and the music of Donegal-born composer Derek Ball. The opera has only just been completed and this partial first performance by soprano Elizabeth Hilliard is an unstaged 'workshop' type event featuring key moments from the opera, (hence the concession price). Throughout, you will be talked through what is happening (in English) so it's not a drawback if you're not fluent in Irish. The story is a simple but powerful one of love, loss and madness, at times stark, at times beautifully tender, and with a surprisingly serene ending. Oh, and there are tin whistles combined with electro-acoustic sound. 

MAMUSKA DUBLIN returns Friday 28th September 2012 @ THE BACK LOFT, 8pm

La Catedral Studios calls local, national and international artists to participate in the upcoming Mamuska Dublin! This is a unique occasion to present and view evolving works, raw ideas, unrehearsed visions, trials and errors, short masterpieces, playful nonsense, first steps... all in the context of an informal environment where like-minded artists meet, mingle, discuss and receive feedback from the audience. Be a part of it!


A maximum of ten artists will present their work, with lively musical breaks for discussion.

Submission criteria:

* open to works in the fields of dance, live performance, live installation, sound and video art
* all works must be under 10 minutes long
* all works must have very simple technical set up and requirements
* email title, duration and brief description of work submitted
* send short CV of people involved
* inclusion of supporting material is recommended (in the case of video material a link to the online clip preferred)

Closing Date For Submissions: 10th September 2012

Email all submissions to La Cat Salons curator Brigit McCone at lacatsalons@gmail.com. Mamuska Dublin is supported by the Arts Council.

The open rehearsals

 

 

 

Improvised Music Theatre collective, The open rehearsals, invite you to join them for a lively and fun gig in Dublin's Back Loft. With music improvised afresh at every performance from material given by composer David Bremner, and the dramatic content drawn from Andrea Scott, singer Elizabeth Hlliard, violinist Aidan McWatt, actors Paul Nolan and Sandra Gonzalez Bandera, together with David and Andrea will weave a show of breath and space.

The collective's aim is basically to invent a traditional artform

from the ground up. There are resonances from traditions from around the world such as flamenco and Javanese gamelan, but the show is a unique blend of music, poetry, and physical theatre.

For this show we have conceived of the stage itself as a song, but one that doesn't have one progression from beginning to end, but is a free space in which unforeseen directions can be taken.

'often has the flavour of a strange, incomprehensible ritual...'

Wednesday August 15th │8.30 pm │Tickets 8 euro (5 concession) │BYOB

Doors open at 8 pm - come early to discover our playful, mysterious world

A Friendly Visit

LA CAT ACOUSTIC presents 'A FRIENDLY VISIT' brought to you by the crew of the "Kitchen Concerts"....

Wednesday 22nd August, 2012
at THE BACK LOFT,
Doors open at 7pm, concert starts at 7.30pm

Featuring: Tony Mac Mahon on accordion
and Steve Cooney on guitar

An intimate evening of soulful music, poetry & stories presented by numerous guests in the framework of an intimate Salon. 

Snacks provided - but bring your own bottle!

No cover charge, donations are welcome!

This event is supported by the Arts Council Small Festivals Scheme and is part of  "La Cat Salons", the in-house programming of la Catedral Studios curated by Bridgit Mc Cone and produced by Antonella Scanu.

RSVP, if possible, to rosheen.callender@gmail.com (tel. 01-2881-821 or
087-2551-746).

Butoh Festival Dublin

Thursday 23^rd until Sunday 26^th of August 2012.

The first Butoh Festival Dublin will be held in both Back Loft and Dance House with a fine programme, presenting Irish and international artists.


On four days, ButohDublin will give you the exciting opportunity to fully emerge yourself into exploring Butoh from different angles and through various channels like live-performances, workshops, lectures and films.


Performances by Bridget Scott (Japan) on Thursday, Ambra Bergamasco (Ireland) on Friday and Ken Mai (Finland) on Saturday will give you fine examples of the many approaches to Butoh, while
you can viscerally explore the ideas in the Workshops led by those three exceptional artists on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.


Lectures will be held by social anthropologist and performer Dr. Michael Weiss (Austria) on Convergences toward the Ritual Transmission of Butō through Ohno Yoshito, and visual and
performing artist Fergus Byrne will introduce you to Beckett and his Footfall's Dark Steps.


International short films will be presented in a BringYourOwnBreakfast morning (we'll make
coffee and tea) and together with Ambra Bergamasco's live-performance on Friday evening.


More information on how to register for the workshops and how to get your tickets for the performances on www.butohfestivaldublin.com, where you can also find information about the artists and their work.


You can also find us on facebook! Www.facebook.com/butohfestivaldublin


The Festival is supported by Back Loft, Dance Ireland and the individuals who pledged for our crowd-funding campaign.

Butoh is a contemporary dance form originated in Japan in the 1960s, in the aftermath of the nuclear bombing and the destruction caused. Butoh is described as a profoundly humane art form, speaking from soul to soul, where the dancers create archetypical images through movement, which are not bound to codified shapes. In Butoh, we can witness the beauty of creation and decay, experience silence and explore many forms of human expressions.

Butoh Dublin are a small but dedicated group of people who got together to organise a one of kind intimate festival that would facilitate a kinetic, visual and audible engagement with butoh, one that is speaking to the mind and the body equally through performance, open workshops, talks and film screening.

For more information on the Festival and on interim events please see http://butohfestivaldublin.com/

For a taste of Butho click on this link http://vimeo.com/40737231 

Circle of Light

Dutch photographer Jos Menting will open his Solo Exhibition 'Circle of Light' at the Back Loft on Sunday July 15th as part of the PhotoIreland Festival

All of Menting's photos are shot on film and his black and white work is printed on fibre based paper. Print making in the darkroom is an integral part of Mentings photography
  
'This photography exhibition explores the synchronicity of 3 vastly differing worlds that I witnessed and captured over the last 10 years. I experienced the complexity of life, the continual cycles of struggles, conflict and joy within the power of nature in an ever changing light. The projects involve images from the Streets of Dublin, Nigeria – Primary school, Jos, Plateau State and Kona Village and my Garden Series'

'Circle of Light' Opening Sunday July 15th. Show runs until Thursday July 19th

This show is part of The PhotoIreland Festival 

http://2012.photoireland.org/intro/index.html

For more information on Jos Menting see:  http://www.josmenting.com

ECHOES by Disaffection Theatre Co.