new york 2013 - culture ireland

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New York 2013

Culture Ireland promoting Irish arts worldwide

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New York 2013

Culture Ireland’s annual mission to New York in January remains one of the most important promotional missions in our calendar of international arts showcasing.

The opportunity to showcase some of the best of Irish music and dance at the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference [APAP] is vital for Irish artists to meet colleagues, present and encounter new work and make new projects happen.

2013 is Culture Ireland’s fifth year in New York and this year’s delegation includes promoters and presenters of work, across theatre, dance and music, representing both established and emerging artists.

In addition, showcase performances of new work, featuring some of Ireland’s most exciting new music and dance artists, will be presented in venues across New York City this weekend.

Visit Culture Ireland at Booth #68 Rhinelander Hall, NY Hilton Hotel.

www.cultureireland.ie

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Contents

01 Welcome Note02 Introduction 04 Culture Ireland

06/07 I Draw Slow08/09 Réalta 10/11 The Young Folk12/13 The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock14/15 Jack Lukeman16/17 George Higgs18 Alan Kelly Gang19 Caladh Nua20 Dervish21 Luke Murphy22/23 CoisCéim Dance Theatre24 Arcane Collective25 Dance Theatre of Ireland

27 Festival Delegates 28/29 Music Delegates

30/32 Dance Delegates 32/35 Theatre Delegates 36 Schedule

Welcome

I am delighted to support the delegation of Irish artists travelling to New York to attend the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference [APAP], as part of Culture Ireland’s annual mission.

Each January, New York plays host to an extraordinary spectrum of showcases and performances, each of which allows audiences and international promoters to see a unique range of exciting and challenging work. For artists, it offers the chance to perform in one of the most important global platforms, and hopefully to avail of further opportunities which arise.

This year, the Culture Ireland delegation, includes both established and emerging artists and companies and offers a snapshot of some of the diverse and exciting new work which is happening across Irish music, dance and theatre. The international profile of Irish artists has never been stronger, especially in the United States. It is my hope that this will grow and develop further, particularly given the strength of the connections between our two countries. The APAP weekend plays an important part in forging new connections and gives a vital opportunity for Irish artists to catch up with presenting partners and colleagues to build alliances. Please take the time to embrace some of Ireland’s newest and finest artists performing across New York this weekend. To all the participating Irish artists and delegation I wish you every success.

Bain taitneamh agus beir bua.

Jimmy Deenihan, TDMinister for Arts, Heritageand the Gaeltacht

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Introduction

Culture Ireland is pleased to present our fifth showcase of performing arts in New York as part of the annual Association of Performing Arts Presenters Conference [APAP]. While Irish artists continue to win new audiences for their work around the world, we remain committed to this annual mission to New York to maintain and strengthen the strong connections between Ireland and the US.

Traditional music forms a strong element of our mission this year and our New Music Showcase has its finger on the pulse of what’s happening in Irish music at the moment with performances by Réalta, The Young Folk, I Draw Slow and The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock. Culture Ireland is also delighted to present multi-platinum selling vocalist Jack L, as well as firm favourites Dervish, the Alan Kelly Gang and new arrivals on the scene Caladh Nua. Definitely one of its kind is George Higgs Door, a travelling music-box of tunes and compositions, performed by acclaimed Irish musicians Sean Carpio and Kate Ellis. Our dance card for this year includes showcase performances by the multi-award winning CoisCéim Dance Theatre as well as performances by Luke Murphy, Arcane Collective and Dance Theatre of Ireland in collaboration with Soul Steps.

Culture Ireland is also bringing a delegation of theatre makers to New York, many of whom have produced internationally acclaimed and award-winning work. They are looking forward to sharing details of their productions and to developing opportunities for future presentation of their work in the US.

Christine SiskDirectorCulture Ireland

I wish to extend our special thanks to the Consulate General of Ireland in New York who support Culture Ireland and many visiting Irish artists throughout the year. We deeply appreciate our many colleagues, partners and collaborators in New York and across the United States, who play an ongoing vital role in presenting Irish artists.

Our annual mission and showcase to New York could not happen without the amazing creative talent and commitment of Irish artists, who work tirelessly and are Ireland’s best ambassadors. The Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon plays a key role in this achievement through supporting Irish artists and companies to create and produce their work at home. The Culture Ireland team this year includes Madeline Boughton, who is responsible for our showcasing worldwide, and Linda Bradley, who has become a familiar Irish presence at our booth [#68] in the Rhinelander Hall at the Hilton Hotel.

I hope you find time to sample and enjoy some of the outstanding Irish work on offer in New York this January and wish you, and all the Irish artists and delegates, a fruitful and rewarding mission to APAP.

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Culture Ireland

Culture Ireland creates and supports opportunities for Irish artists and companies to present their work at strategic international festivals, venues, showcases and arts markets including the Edinburgh Festivals, Celtic Connections [Glasgow], the Venice Art and Architecture Biennales, WOMEX World Music Expo, South by South West [Texas] in partnership with First Music Contact, Frankfurt Book Fair [in partnership with Ireland Literature Exchange] and Tanzmesse [Dusseldorf].

Culture Ireland runs a regular funding scheme to support the international presentation of work by Irish artists and companies. Applications are accepted from both participating artists and from international presenters. Culture Ireland also operates See Here, a scheme to support Irish artists and companies to invite international presenters, curators and promoters to see new Irish work available for touring.

In addition, Culture Ireland also presents a number of art form showcases in Ireland including ReViewed [successful Irish productions re-staged during the Dublin Theatre Festival, in partnership with Irish Theatre Institute], RePresenting Ireland [a mixed-bill programme of Irish dance presented during the Dublin Dance Festival] and Hard Working Class Heroes, a weekend showcase of Irish music produced by First Music Contact.

Further information on Culture Ireland is available at www.cultureireland.ie

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I Draw Slow

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I Draw Slow is a five-piece string and vocal band from Dublin performing original material in a blend of old time, Appalachian and Irish traditional music styles.

I Draw Slow write with respect to both the Irish and American musical traditions. Vocals, guitar, claw hammer banjo, fiddle and upright bass make up the sound. Blending the Irish storytelling tradition and the driving rhythms of old time Appalachian music, I Draw Slow bring together two closely-related but long separated genres in a mesmerising live performance.

“ It is not only the musicianship of I Draw Slow which gives the American top league equivalents a run for their money but also their finely crafted songs which offer a unique angle of storytelling unlike any other roots band out there. The tales are not what you may be expecting which adds to their unique attraction. There are dark underlying tales to their foot tapping music.” Folk Radio UK

ContactLouise HoldenT: +353 87 242 [email protected]

Fri 11 Jan 6:40pm – 7:15pm American Folk Art Museum 2 Lincoln Square[Columbus Ave at 66th] Admission free

Sat 12 Jan 10:20pm – 10:35pm Regent Parlor 2nd Floor, NY Hilton Hotel 1335 Avenue of the Americas

Admission free for APAP delegates

Mon 14 Jan 7:50pm – 8:30pmThe Living Room154 Ludlow at Stanton

Admission free

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Réalta

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Belfast based band Réalta have launched onto the Irish music scene with their lively, exciting and unique approach to Irish traditional music. Described by Altan’s Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh as “one of Ireland’s finest bands”, this multi instrumentalist group make full use of the intricate melodies and driving rhythms that make Irish music so loved throughout the world. Performing on dual uilleann pipes, whistles, guitar, bouzouki, vocals and bodhrán, Réalta present an enchanting programme of dance music interspersed with the occasional story, air and song.

Having toured Germany alongside Altan in 2011 and won the prestigious Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections 2012, these young musicians have earned a reputation for delighting audiences with the enthusiasm, energy and passion they bring to traditional music.

“ A full bodied pipe and whistle extravaganza is one way to describe the driving sound of Réalta…The group have a clever way of arranging the flow of instrumental so that each one has a turn to shine, and whether it be in a solo capacity or together as a fluid unit; shine they do!” Irish Music Magazine

ContactConor LambT: +44 779 219 [email protected]



Mon 14 Jan 7pm – 7:40pm The Living Room 154 Ludlow at Stanton

Admission free

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The Young Folk is not a typical folk band, but instead display an interesting interplay between traditional instruments and modern musicality that has drawn the support of Irish national broadcaster RTE. The Young Folk have played many shows throughout Ireland, appearing at festivals such as Sea Sessions, Sligo Live, Castle Palooza, Valentia Isle Festival and Electric Picnic. Internationally, The Young Folk have travelled to Norway, Stockholm and Sweden performing several shows at festivals and local venues.

Recently play listed on all major national radio stations in Ireland Way Down South, taken from their self-titled EP, has The Young Folk widely known as a rising act throughout the Irish music scene.

"One of the most promising young Irish bands of recent years, not because of their impressive resumé, but because of the raw energy and passion they bring to the stage”Eamon Carr, Evening Herald [ex Horslips]

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ContactJim McKeeT: +353 87 969 [email protected]

Sat 12 Jan 10pm – 10:15pm Regent Parlor 2nd Floor, NY Hilton Hotel 1335 Avenue of the Americas


Sun 13 Jan 8pm – 9pm The Scratcher Bar 209 East 5th at 3rd Ave

Admission free

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The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock

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Named after a poem about a haunted canal lock, The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock match Irish folk and traditional music with more modern experimental rock sounds. Withthe release of their new album The Brutal Here and Now they have refined their craft, creating melodic folk rock with a dark, modern feel. They veer away from their peers in tracing a line from the Irish 60s folk revival through progressive, kraut and post rock.

Lyrically springing from English and Irish folk song, the compositions deal with complex themes of personal and national identity, alienation, Irish history and mythology, revolution and the cynical cyclical nature of greed and power. Live they are a powerful five-piece, overlaying intricate folk melodies with swirling squalls of feedback, delay and soaring three-part harmonies.

“ This richly rewarding album suggests the spiritual heirs to Planxty and Horslips may have finally been found.” Sunday Business Post

ContactAllen BligheT: +353 87 225 [email protected]



Mon 14 Jan 8:40pm – 9:20pm The Living Room 154 Ludlow at Stanton

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ContactMartin ClancyM: +353 87 795 [email protected]

Sun 13 Jan 7:30pm The Mercury Lounge 217 East Houston St Tickets $10www.mercuryloungenyc.com

Admission free toAPAP delegates

Running time: 60m

Jack Lukeman Jack Lukeman's 27 Club

Jack Lukeman has been described as "one of our national treasures" [Irish Independent] and "the most magnetic and enigmatic of performers" [Edinburgh Spotlight Music Award]. Aside from his best-selling original albums, Jack is also regarded as one of the most innovative interpreters of songs. He has recorded complete albums of the works of Jacques Brel and Randy Newman and has performed complete live shows of the work of Paul Robeson, Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer.

In June 2012 Jack was invited to perform in New York's Lincoln Center as the special guest of the Nelson Riddle Orchestra and in the past has regularly worked with the Irish National Symphony Orchestra and the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2010 Jack won the Best Music Award in Edinburgh and in August 2012 Jack Lukeman's 27 Club received 5 star reviews at its international debut at the Acoustic Music Centre in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, returning to Ireland for two sell-out shows in the National Concert Hall.

“The range and quality of his voice has been well documented, but when he tackles these well-known standards, the proof really is in the pudding and Lukeman is arguably one of the finest vocalists this country has produced” Irish Independent

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ContactGeorge HiggsM: +353 87 299 [email protected]

Fri 11 Jan & Sat 12 Jan 4pm La MaMa La Galleria 6 East 1st St [btw Bowery and 2nd Ave]

5pm La MaMa Rehearsal Building 47 Great Jones St 6pm La MaMa Annex Building 66 East 4th St

6:45pm La MaMa Experimental Theater 74 East 4th St [btw Bowery and 2nd Ave]

Sun 13 Jan 1:30pm La MaMa Experimental Theater 74 East 4th St [btw Bowery and 2nd Ave]

2:30pm La MaMa La Galleria 6 East 1st St [btw Bowery and 2nd Ave]

Mon 14 Jan 4pm and 6pm La MaMa Experimental Theater 74 East 4th St [btw Bowery and 2nd Ave]

George Higgs DOOR

Composer George Higgs' creation, DOOR, will be trundled through the streets of the East Village over four days during APAP. This is a special kind of door, one equipped with a variety of musical devices [cello, bells, gongs, cymbals and drums], which musicians Seán Carpio and Kate Ellis ceremoniously push along the streets and into unsuspecting theatre lobbies. They will stop at pre-determined spots to perform a musical composition, using the barrier to communicate with each other through powerful rhythms, melody and harmony.

The fifteen-minute-composition is a study in paradox: a door both open and closed, both sides simultaneously true and false and a meter simultaneously in 2,3, 5 and 7.

DOOR premiered at the Cork Midsummer Festival in 2012 and is supported at APAP by La MaMa

Follow DOOR @HiggsGeorge

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Sat 12 Jan 3:40pm – 3:55pm New York Suite 4th Floor, NY Hilton Hotel

Sun 13 Jan 5:05pm – 5:20pm Lincoln Suite 4th Floor, NY Hilton Hotel

Mon 14 Jan 9:30pm – 10:10pm The Living Room 154 Ludlow at Stanton


Sun 13 Jan 10pm – 10:35pm Mercury Ballroom 3rd Floor, NY Hilton Hotel

Admission free to APAP delegates

Alan Kelly Gang/Alan Kelly Gang with Eddi Reader

Caladh Nua

The Alan Kelly Gang sits firmly at the cutting edge of the traditional and world music scene. Fronted by Ireland’s piano accordion maestro and with three critically acclaimed masters of their craft in tow, they have taken global audiences by storm, impressing both music lover and critic alike.

Hailed by international critics for their consummate musicianship and powerful, emotive performance, they deliver a unique and diverse perspective to the Celtic repertoire, amalgamating a musical dialogue that spans the Celtic countries, all the while with Ireland sternly at its helm. Mixing powerful instrumentals and vocals, strong dynamics, driving rhythms and buoyant harmonies, they will draw even the most fainthearted listener into the passion that they put into the music they play. The Alan Kelly Gang is also available in collaboration with the stunning Scottish vocalist Eddi Reader.

"brilliantly talented, effortless and exuberant" The Irish Times

Caladh Nua is a tightly-knit, vibrant and talented band with its origins deeply rooted in the south-eastern counties of Ireland. Comprising of five versatile musicians and singers playing a wide selection of instruments - from banjo to fiddle, guitar to bodhrán and tin whistle to button accordion - the band has captured the essential qualities of traditional Irish music and balanced them finely with an innovative contemporary styling.

Through a series of international tours and festivals across the globe, which saw the band take the stage in cities such as Paris, Vienna, Copenhagen, Berlin, Mumbai and Vancouver, and invited to play for the former Irish President, Mary McAleese, at her residence in Ireland, Caladh Nua has cast a uniquely captivating net of Irish music and song to an ever receptive and increasing worldwide audience.

ContactAlan KellyT: + 353 86 266 [email protected]@folkloreproductions.com www.alankellygang.com

ContactMarc BaylinT: + 1 267 880 [email protected]

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Sat 12 Jan 9:20pm – 9:35pm Regent Parlor 2nd Floor, NY Hilton Hotel

Sun 13 Jan 5:20pm – 5:35pm Regent Parlor

Mon 14 Jan 10:30pm – 11:10pm Drom 85 Avenue A, East Village


Mon 14 Jan 12:30pm and 2pm La MaMa Experimental Theater 74 East 4th St [btw Bowery and 2nd Ave]


Running time: 32m

Dervish Luke Murphy Drenched

Dervish was formed in 1989 by a group of five musicians - Liam Kelly, Shane Mitchell, Martin Mc Ginley, Brian Mc Donagh and Michael Holmes - who came together to record an album of local music, which was released as The Boys of Sligo.

Inspired by the project they decided to develop this informal gathering into a working band under the name Dervish which was chosen as it related to any group of spiritual people who become enraptured by music. Joined by Cathy Jordan on vocals and bodhran and Tom Morrow on fiddle this line up has remained the same for over 14 years and has helped them to develop the distinctive sound that is today.

Folklore Productions have come a long way since 1957, when founder Manny Greenhill first presented a series of concerts at Boston’s Jordan Hall. More than fifty years since its creation, Folklore Productions remains a dynamic, forward-looking family business. The company is proud of its strong roster of talented artists as well as its world-wide network of agent and publishing affiliates.

Contrasting our expectations about love with the stark realities of pursuit and desire, Drenched examines a world of contradictions, parodies, uncertainties, and the fundamental search for companionship. With a multi-channel projection installation by video artist David Fishel and a haunting soundscape, Drenched is a viscerally physical dance theatre work with a sharp edge and sharper sense of humor.

Luke Murphy is a performer and choreographer based between New York and Ireland. Known as a commanding performer in the works of Martha Clarke, Pavel Zustiak, Kate Weare and as an original cast member of the hit show Sleep No More, Luke’s work has been presented throughout Ireland, the US and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

“…high quality athletic, masterfully designed…one of the finest performances of this year’s festival” Roberta Bagnali, Sipario Magazine

ContactMitchell Greenhill/ Folklore ProductionsT: + 1 310 451 [email protected]

ContactLuke Murphy + 353 21 450 7370 [Ireland]+ 1 412 403 7435 [US] [email protected] www.lukemurphy.org

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ContactJenny TraynorM: +353 87 958 [email protected] www.coisceim.com

Sat 12 Jan 11:30am – 11:45am Mon 14 Jan 4:15pm to 4:30pmNew York City Center 131 West 55th StAdmission free to APAP delegates

CoisCéim Dance Theatre Swimming with My Mother

A mother and son navigate the ebb and flow of their shared history in this intimate and heart-warming dance duet. As their own stories intertwine and swell like a rising tide, the bonds of familial love are revealed to the sultry tones of Nat King Cole.

This award-winning production is performed by acclaimed choreographer David Bolger and his mother Madge. Told with affectionate humour, it is a gentle and joyful celebration of the things we pass on and the things we inherit.

CoisCéim Dance Theatre is led by Artistic Director David Bolger and since 1995 has created over 20 dance theatre works for stage, on screen and off-site. CoisCéim’s next new show Pageant premieres in Dublin in February 2013.

“The sublime effect in this ‘memory dance’ is as spiritual as it is physical” Lavender Press [Minneapolis]

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Sat 12 Jan 3pm, 7:30pm and 10pmSun 13 Jan 12pm and 7:30pm Arcane Loft Tribeca #12A 145 Hudson Street


Running time: 30m

ARCANE COLLECTIVECold Dream Colour

Dance Theatre of Ireland [Irl] & Soul Steps [US] Every Little Step…the Rhythm of Hope

Transforming ARCANE Loft Tribeca into a luminous landscape, ARCANE will present excerpts of their most recent production, Cold Dream Colour, a homage to Ireland’s foremost 20th Century painter Louis Le Brocquy. The company will be in full flight with six outstanding company dancers performing in a unique and intimate venue.

Founded in 2011 by former Momix and ISO dancer/chroeographer Morleigh Steinberg and internationally acclaimed dance artist Oguri, ARCANE COLLECTIVE is a dance co-op of international artists from interdisciplinary backgrounds. Presenting work steeped in poetic resonance, each production is a visually compelling and refined theatrical engagement carving its way into the lasting psyche of its audiences

“a virtuoso performance, a striking visual success” LA Times

Critically acclaimed in its New York premiere and recently toured to standing ovations throughout Ireland, Every Little Step…the Rhythm of Hope is a riveting, foot-stomping, body-clapping, energising experience for all ages. With primal rhythm and personal stories the performance gives us a way [and a time] to feel our connection with each other, and in doing so, the power within ourselves. This engaging performance offers a refreshing perspective on perseverance and connects us with the roots of cultural expression.

Dance Theatre of Ireland and Soul Steps have extensive educational outreach experience. Workshops in full-body percussion, suitable for all ages and experience, are available with this production.

“A really powerful performance...definitely go” NY Irish ArtsContact

Aoife WhiteT: +353 86 843 0652 / +310 420 1022 US cell [email protected]

ContactRobert ConnorT: + 353 87 223 [email protected] www.dancetheatreireland.com

Sun 13 Jan 3pm – 3:15pm Stam-pede at Symphony Space 2537 BroadwaySun 13 Jan 10:30pm – 10:50pm Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater 405 West 55th St [at 9th Ave]Mon 14 Jan 4:30pm – 5pm Studio 4, New York City Center 131 West 55th St

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Cork Midsummer Festival

+353 87 633 3015 / [email protected]

Cork Midsummer Festival is one of Ireland’s most dynamic multi-disciplinary summer arts festivals. It presents theate, dance, music, opera, visual arts and outdoor arts, from Cork, Ireland and around the world, in a range of venues and surprising locations in Cork city and county, over ten days in June. The festival commissions, produces and co-produces innovative work across disciplines, including ambitious participatory projects involving international artists collaborating with communities in the city, and seeks to extend the life of these productions by touring them internationally. Recent productions and co-productions include Record [Dylan Tighe/Ireland], Hungry Tea [Mark Storor/UK], Ajax and Little Iliad [Evan Webber and Frank Cox-O’Connell Canada] and Fuck My Life [Pol Heyvaert/Belgium].

Galway Arts Festival 15 – 28 July 2013

+353 91 509 700 / [email protected] www.galwayartsfestival.com

Founded in 1978, Galway Arts Festival is one of Europe’s leading international festivals and one of Ireland’s annual flagship cultural events. The Festival has presented the work of major companies including London’s National Theatre, Royal Court, Michael Clark, Steppenwolf, Hofesh Shechter, National Theatre of Scotland, Robert Lepage, Circa and works regularly with Druid Theatre. Landmark and Galway Arts Festival’s production of Misterman by Enda Walsh, starring Cillian Murphy, which premiered at GAF 2011, toured to New York in 2011 and London’s National Theatre in 2012. Other Festival artists have included Bon Iver, Bill Viola, Henri Matisse, Joni Mitchell, Hughie O’Donoghue, Marina Abramovic, Cormac McCarthy, David Hockney, Kronos Quartet and Philip Glass amongst many others.

Dublin Fringe Festival +353 1 828 6653 / [email protected]

Dublin Fringe Festival [DFF] is a curated multi-disciplinary festival and year-round organisation focusing on new and innovative approaches to the arts. DFF supports the development and presentation of new work by Irish and international artists of vision, nurturing artistic ambition and excellence across a range of art forms. An active curator, DFF provides an environment in which participating artists challenge, subvert and invigorate their disciplines and practice.

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Lughnasa Music / Oirialla

+353 87 238 7434 / gerryfiddleoconnorwww.gerryoconnor.net

Gerry O’Connor is an internationally recognised Irish fiddle player, a founder member of the groups Skylark and Lá Lugh who has also worked extensively as a solo artist and educationalist. As MD of Lughnasa Music, he is currently promoting the label’s latest act Oirialla [LUGCD965] a band featuring Gerry, Nuala Kennedy, Martin Quinn and Gilles le Bigot, four musicians with international reputations as virtuoso performers. Oirialla showcases music and songs from the band’s home region of South Ulster. Other recent publications by Lughnasa Music include Cathal McConnell’s song collection I Have Travelled This Country [compiled by Gerry O’Connor], Jig Away the Donkey [LUGCD964] with Gerry, Martin Quinn and Gabriel McArdle and Gerry’s celebrated solo recording Journeyman [LUGCD962].

Liam O’Connor

+ 353 87 254 2791 / [email protected]

Liam O’Connor’s performance is captivating, vibrant with a difference, a spellbinding display of raw energy, passion and melodic genius. Original lead musician in Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance, he is an internationally renowned musician of 20 instruments.

Lumiere

+353 85 153 3651 / [email protected] www.lumieremusic.net

Lumiere is a vocal duo from West Kerry, Ireland. Featuring the stunning combination of West Kerry natives Éilís Kennedy and Pauline Scanlon, together, they offer a distinctly feminine sound and feel, where voice is the primary instrument and the emotional soundscape of their West Kerry home is communicated to the listener. Lumiere’s self-titled debut was released on Sony records in 2009. Their second release is scheduled for 2013 and is produced by John Reynolds. Lumiere has performed all over Europe, the US and Australia as well as countless T.V and Radio performances. Singing songs of love, loss, passion and joy in Irish and English they have a commanding stage presence and a particularly sharp West Kerry sense of humour intrinsic to their shows.

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BallyO Promotions

+353 86 852 0975 / [email protected]

After fifteen years working with renowned group Lúnasa, BallyO Promotions has grown to represent some of Ireland’s top traditional artists. 2012 saw the introduction of The Teetotallers featuring Martin Hayes, Kevin Crawford and John Doyle whose debut US tour sold out and received rave reviews. BallyO Promotions also represent the Kilfenora Céilí Band with their new Gathering inspired show Spree in 2013.

Irish Baroque Orchestra

+353 86 357 1059 / +353 1 402 3518 [email protected] www.irishbaroqueorchestra.com

The Irish Baroque Orchestra brings to life the beauty of baroque music as it was intended to be heard. In the IBO's performances, the colour, simmering tension, and highly charged emotion of this incredible music bursts to the surface - as vivid as a freshly restored oil painting - carrying the listener back 300 years to the fascinating sights and sounds of 18th Century Europe. With artistic director and Grammy nominee Monica Huggett at the helm, the IBO continues to flourish. It's most recent recording Flights of Fantasy [early Italian chamber music] received a glowing international response including a New Yorker listing as one of the top 10 recordings in 2010.

MPI Bands+353 1 668 6666 / [email protected] www.mpibands.com

MPI Bands are a band booking agency based in Ireland. They represent some of Ireland’s greatest performers including Sharon Shannon, Frances Black and Mary Coughlan. They regularly tour artists to festivals and venues internationally as well as presenting a range of artists in Ireland. Martin Nolan is also Manager of Irish Traditional band Altan represented by IMN in the US.

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Emma Martin Dance

+ 353 85 740 7688 / [email protected]

Emma Martin Dance is led by Irish choreographer Emma Martin and produces new work using dance, live music, song, text and any other means necessary to create work that is triggered by the world around us, the characters that inhabit it and the situations that stir it. Productions include Listowel Syndrome [2010] and award-winning Dogs [2012]. Her work is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Dance Ireland, Carlow County Council and Modul-Dance, a multi-annual co-operation project funded by the European Commission through the Culture Programme.

John Scott Dance / Irish Modern Dance Theatre +353 1 671 5113 [Irl] / +646 215 1803 [US] [email protected] www.irishmoderndancetheatre.com

John Scott Dance, formerly Irish Modern Dance Theatre, based in Dublin, Ireland, is a physically/culturally diverse ensemble ranging from virtuosic Cunningham dancers to African torture survivors. Scott collaborates with major international artists including Kyle Abraham, Michelle Boulé and Charles Atlas. Repertory includes duets: Body Duet, Actions and ensemble works: Fall and Recover and The White Piece. Tours include CDC- Les Hivernales, Avignon, CCI, Paris, France, Tanzmesse NRW, Germany, Dance Base, Edinburgh, La MaMa, PS122 New York, Queer Zagreb, Centro Culturel del Bosque, Mexico, Forum Cultural Mundial, Brazil. Scott’s choreography, described as Beckett meets Monty Python, is playful, virtuosic and passionate. Touring Ireland, they pioneer dance as an artform in a country known more for literature and text based drama.

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Dublin Dance Festival May 14 – 26 2013

+ 353 86 043 5671 / julia.carruthers@dublindancefestival.iewww.dublindancefestival.ie

Dublin Dance Festival is the premier dance event on the Irish arts calendar. Each year in May, the Festival brings together dance artists and choreographers from across the world to share vibrant contemporary dance with audiences in Ireland. In addition to presenting international work, DDF proudly supports the work of Irish choreographers. In partnership with Dance Ireland and Culture Ireland, DDF provides a vital showcasing and networking opportunity for Irish dance artists during the festival each year.

Iseli-Chiodi Dance Company / Tipperary Dance Platform

+353 85 168 3611 / [email protected] www.iselichiodi.com

Iseli-Chiodi Dance Company is an Irish-based contemporary dance company, co-directed by Jazmin Chiodi [Arg] and Alexandre Iseli [CH]. Iseli-Chiodi has toured in Ireland, USA, Korea, Mexico and Venezuela. The company’s work puts emphasis on interactions with other artists [choreographers, lighting designers, videasts, musicians], alternating personal choreographies and collaborations. Iseli-Chiodi recently performed the solo Argentinita created by Argentinian choreographer Mariana Bellotto, and is currently working on Fit/Misfit: a new collaboration with company Lux Boreal [Tijuana, Mexico] and music band Horsemen pass by. The company directors also direct the contemporary dance festival Tipperary Dance Platform.

+ 353 21 489 0428 / [email protected]

Ruairí Donovan is re-imagining himself and the world around him. He has worked extensively in Europe and the USA as a performance related practitioner collaborating with Mårten Spångberg [SE], Keith Hennessey [USA], Karina Sarkissova [NL] and Siriol Joyner [Wales] while also developing his own practice. Ruairi is an artist in development with Cork Midsummer Festival and co-curates Solstice, a week- long multi-disciplinary residential event and professional symposium. He was awarded a place on the Dance Web scholarship at Impulstanz, Wien and completed a Node Residency with Queer Performance incubator TheOffCenter in San Francisco. Ruairi will be performing in Turbulence as part of American Realness [8.30pm Fri 11 and Sat 12 Jan also 2:30pm on Sat 12 Jan, Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St].

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Landmark Productions

+353 87 649 3895 / [email protected] www.landmarkproductions.ie

Landmark Productions is one of Ireland’s leading theatre producers. Recent work includes a co-production with Galway Arts Festival of Enda Walsh’s Misterman, starring Cillian Murphy, which toured to St Ann’s Warehouse and the National Theatre in London, and the world premiere of Emma Donoghue’s The Talk of the Town, with Hatch Theatre Company and Dublin Theatre Festival, about the life and work of the iconic New Yorker writer Maeve Brennan. Future plans include a new production of Mark O’Rowe’s Howie the Rookie, starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor; the US and UK premieres of Deirdre Kinahan’s acclaimed new play These Halcyon Days; and Gas, a new kind of opera, composed by Donnacha Dennehy and written by Enda Walsh.

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

+44 77 33 12 8458 / +44 28 9038 5672 [email protected]

For over 60 years, the Lyric Belfast has made a unique and vital contribution to the community as the only full-time producing theatre in Northern Ireland. Its mission is to produce entertaining high quality professional theatre that is alive to the complex, cultural experience and diverse traditions of the community and to use the power of live theatre to empower, inspire, engage and educate.

Fishamble: The New Play Company

+ 353 1 670 4018 / [email protected] www.fishamble.com

Fishamble: The New Play Company is a multi award-winning, internationally acclaimed company, dedicated to the discovery, development and production of new plays. Current touring productions include: Silent by Pat Kinevane [Fringe First, Herald Angel, Argus Angel awards in Edinburgh 2011 and Brighton 2012] on tour in Ireland, Europe, and to New York, Los Angeles and Australia; The Wheelchair on My Face by Sonya Kelly [Fringe First Award in Edinburgh 2012] on tour in Ireland and Europe; Tiny Plays for Ireland and Tiny Plays for Ireland 2 by 50 writers [2013 production from March 7 – 30, in Dublin].

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Fitzgerald & Stapleton Dance Theatre

+353 85 132 8395 / [email protected]

Fitzgerald & Stapleton is founded and directed by Irish artists Emma Fitzgerald and Áine Stapleton. Their work is complex and challenging, displaying an unrelenting and personal intimacy which refuses to be contained within a single narrative or identity. For every production they create, the duo write a text of performance directions known as a score, these are published on choreograph.net. Their 2012/13 show Wage [“touches deeper, stranger chords” The New Yorker] was a co-production with Project Arts Centre Dublin and Abrons Arts Center New York. They are part of Culture Ireland’s international cultural programme marking Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union programme during 2013.

Aoife McAtamney & Nina Vallon, Siamsa Tíre and Junk Ensemble

+353 87 667 2137 / [email protected] www.eggcharade.com / www.siamsatire.com ww.junkensemble.com

RW International Arts represents and produces several dance and theatre artists based in Ireland and abroad including Aoife McAtamney [Egg Charade, Rough Cuts Festival, Frankfurt and Dublin Dance Festival 2013; a new duet on infertility created and performed with Nina Vallon with lighting by Neil Lanz, both of the Forsythe Company]; Siamsa Tíre, National Folk Theatre of Ireland [What The Folk! [Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012: part storytelling and part impromptu knees-up and looking beyond the clichés of Irish dance to the passion and pain of a lifetime of practice, graft and dedication]; Junk Ensemble [The Falling Song and Five Ways To Drown, new works featured at recent Dublin Dance Festivals with strong inter-generational themes].

Brokentalkers

+353 85 760 3314 / [email protected]

Brokentalkers are an Irish Company with an international outlook. To date, Brokentalkers have presented work in Scotland, England, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Romania, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France, New Zealand and the US. Recent work includes Have I No Mouth, a powerful new piece exploring the changing nature of the relationship between a mother and son in the aftermath of a family tragedy and The Blue Boy which deals with the experiences of men and women who were incarcerated as children in Catholic residential care institutions. Both Have I No Mouth and The Blue Boy will be touring internationally in 2013.

Áine Stapleton

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Druid Theatre

+353 91 568 660 / [email protected] www.druid.ie

Druid was founded in Galway in 1975, its regional touring pioneered the Irish touring network and its international success has been unparalleled by any other Irish arts organisation. Recent international touring includes visits to London, Edinburgh, Sydney, Perth, Washington D.C., New York and Tokyo. In 2012 Druid presented its most ambitious project to date. DruidMurphy, Plays by Tom Murphy was a major celebration of one of our most respected living playwrights and consisted of Conversations on a Homecoming, A Whistle in the Dark and Famine. It played to widespread critical acclaim in Ireland, UK and USA. 2013 will see an extensive tour of Ireland with a touring repertory presentation of DruidMurphy: Conversations on a Homecoming and A Whistle in the Dark.

Gare St Lazare Players Ireland

+ 353 86 403 7309 / [email protected] www.gslp.ie

Gare St Lazare Players Ireland has toured to over 60 venues in Ireland and to over 77 cities in 25 countries around the world with their acclaimed solo performances. The company has built an impressive body of work that has specialised in the prose, novels and short stories of Samuel Beckett and also includes an adaptation of Moby Dick. In 2012 the company presented Title and Deed by Will Eno in association with Signature Theatre Company in New York. The show sold out for its six week run. “Elegantly directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett, performed by the subtle, superb Irish actor Conor Lovett” John Lahr, New Yorker Magazine.

+353 87 683 8869 / [email protected] www.curtisbrown.co.uk Deirdre Kinahan is one of Ireland’s most exciting contemporary playwrights with plays such as These Halcyon Days, Moment, Bogboy and Hue & Cry winning awards and critical acclaim nationally and internationally. “As wise and subtle a study as you’ll see…this is a play that dances deftly on the knife-edge of normalcy” Chicago Tribune on Moment [2012]; “An exquisitely devastating piece of writing” Critics Choice, Time Out, London on Moment [2011]; “Combative and wry she can make the simplest things seem sadly funny” Critics Pick, New York Times on Bogboy [2011]; “A remarkably vivid debut” Critics Pick, New York Times on Hue & Cry [2010].

Sarah Lynch Jo Mangan BIG House Festival / The Performance Corporation

+353 87 286 2082 / [email protected] www.theperformancecorporation.com

The Performance Corporation has jumped off the towering sand dunes on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, tip-toed through the gothic halls of Edinburgh’s Old Medical School, electrified a crumbling sports arena in Washington DC, driven at top-speed through Dublin’s dangerous docklands, and danced a dance in the shadow of a tree in a Kenyan fishing village. 2013 sees us turn our attention to curating work at our home base in Ireland, creating a Cultural Carnival at the country’s only true palace – Castletown House. As Ireland’s first site-specific arts festival, BIG House will feature work from a range of disciplines created specifically for the house and grounds. Expect everything from large-scale ariel interventions as part of a feast in the old ballroom, to hidden gems such as a contemporary dance performance, a secret concert played by string quartet, or an opera singer feeding the birds.

axis Ballymun

+353 1 883 2152 / [email protected]

axis is a venue, production company, arts development organisation, and resource centre. axis programmes at the point of excellence and inclusion, identifying artistic excellence in, and providing opportunity for, artistic experience of an international standard in Ballymun, North Dublin. axis has toured productions and projects nationally and internationally most recently The Parting Glass by Dermot Bolger to Barrow Street Theatre in 2011. axis have a number of productions at different stages of development. Hip Nos, a marriage of traditional song and spoken word with contemporary hip hop, Psycho Billy a new musical by Sean McCarthy and Waiting for Elvis a new comedy by Eileen Gibbons. axis is also interested in partnering with organisations in the development of its storytelling/spoken word strand.

The Corn Exchange

+353 1 640 1580 / +353 87 236 5767 [email protected] www.cornexchange.ie

The Corn Exchange has made some of the most groundbreaking theatre in Ireland of the last decade. Their award-winning, internationally acclaimed repertoire ranges from contemporary adaptations of classics, site-specific work and original theatre made in collaboration with writer Michael West including Dublin By Lamplight, Everyday, Freefall, Man of Valour and, most recently, Dubliners by James Joyce, which premiered at the 2012 Dublin Theatre Festival.

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12 Mercury Ballroom 3rd Floor, NY Hilton Hotel

13 Drom 85 Ave A, East Village

14 New York City Center 131 West 55th St

15 ARCANE Loft Tribeca #12A 145 Hudson St

16 Symphony Space 2537 Broadway

17 Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater 405 West 55th St [at 9th Ave]

6 La MaMa La Galleria 6 East 1st St [btw Bowery & 2nd Ave]7 La MaMa Rehearsal Building

47 Great Jones St8 La MaMa Annex Building

66 East 4th St9 La MaMa Experimental Theater

74 East 4th St [btw Bowery & 2nd Ave]10 New York Suite

4th Floor, NY Hilton Hotel11 Lincoln Suite

4th Floor, NY Hilton Hotel

1 American Folk Art Museum 2 Lincoln Square [Columbus Ave at 66th] 2 Regent Parlor

2nd Floor, NY Hilton Hotel, 1335 Avenue of the Americas

3 The Living Room 154 Ludlow at Stanton

4 The Scratcher Bar 209 East 5th at 3rd Ave

5 The Mercury Lounge 217 East Houston St

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I Draw Slow American Folk Art Museum [1] 35min 6:40pm Regent Parlor [2] 15min 10:20pm The Living Room [3] 40 min 7:50pm

Réalta Regent Parlor [2] 15min 9:40pm The Living Room [3] 40min 7pm

The Young Folk Regent Parlor [2] 15min 10pm The Scratcher Bar [4] 60min 8pm

The Spook of the Thirteenth Lock Regent Parlor [2] 15min 10:40pm The Living Room [3] 40min 8:40pm

Jack Lukeman The Mercury Lounge [5] 60min 7:30pm

DOOR [George Higgs] La MaMa La Galleria [6] 15min 4pm 4pm 2:30pm La MaMa Rehearsal Building [7] 15min 5pm 5pm La MaMa Annex Building [8] 15min 6pm 6pm La MaMa Experimental Theater [9] 15min 6:45pm 6:45pm 1:30pm 4pm & 6pm

Alan Kelly Gang New York Suite [10] 15min 3:40pm Lincoln Suite [11] 15min 5:05pm The Living Room [3] 40min 9:30pm

Caladh Nua Mercury Ballroom [12] 35min 10pm

Dervish Regent Parlor [2] 15min 9:20pm 5:20pm Drom [13] 40min 10:30pm

Swimming with My Mother [CoisCéim Dance Theatre] New York City Center [14] 15min 11:30am 4:15pm

Drenched [Luke Murphy] La MaMa Experimental Theater [9] 32min 12:30pm & 2pm

Cold Dream Colour [ARCANE COLLECTIVE] ARCANE Loft Tribeca [15] 30min 3pm, 7:30pm 12pm & 10pm & 7:30pm

Every Little Step…the Rhythm of Hope [Dance Theatre of Ireland & Soul Steps] Stam-pede at Symphony Space [16] 15min 3pm Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater [17] 20min 10:30pm Studio 4, New York City Center [14] 30min 4:30pm

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