THIS IS IT | 8 DANCE PORTRAITS: Laura Murphy Dance at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, on 21-22 June. A series of film portraits exploring the lives of eight women who dance in Ireland. Part of Cork Midsummer Festival.
A series of candid film portraits of eight iconic women in dance in Ireland, directed and choreographed by dance artist Laura Murphy.
Traditionally, the worth of a dancer's career has been measured by time spent in the limelight. Yet a dancer's experience of their career extends beyond the stage – influencing the personal, the mundane and the philosophical. Collaborating with filmmaker Pato Cassinoni, animator Alan Early and composer Irene Buckley, Murphy presents an innovative and multifaceted exploration of eight women in dance in Ireland: Jean Butler, Alicia Christofi Walshe, Lisa Cliffe, Finola Cronin, Joan Davis, Katherine O'Malley, Mary Nunan and Angie Smalis.
