eMERGEncy (Belfast 2011)
As part of the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s, eMERGEncy took place at T13 in the Titanic Quarter, Belfast in October 2011. The performance was choreographed by Dance United NI Artistic Director, Mags Byrne and Conor ‘Doke’ O’Kane from Bad Taste Cru.
The first performance of a longitudinal programme, working with young people who are unemployed or living in areas of targeted social need. The programme merges urban street dance with contemporary dance theatre.
Primary School Dance Festival (Belvior Players Theatre, Belfast, May 2011)
Two teachers panels were instigated (one for primary and one for post primary schools), resulting in a survey of dance provision in post primary schools and two Primary school festival performances. Over 200 children were involved from 10 schools across Belfast.
Shared Education Programme (Riverside Theartre, Coleraine, February 2011)
This cross community performance included pupils from Our Lady of Lourdes School and Dalriada School, Ballymoney.
Workshops and Rehearsals, Belfast/ Spring 2011
Working with local community groups in Northern Ireland in spring 2011, the dance facilitators from Northern Ireland on the Over the Bridges programme, assisted by local dance volunteers, will begin working together on a large scale community dance performance project. The facilitators will take responsibility for devising, choreographing and delivering the work supported by DUNI. The performance of this work will take place in summer 2011.
Continued Development of
Over the Bridges Project Website
A website was developed in autumn 2009 to act as a point of contact, enabling learning to be shared centrally. The website currently acts as a blog and on-line forum where ideas and experiences can be exchanged by participating artists from the three countries involved. It will be developed to include a background to the project, information on the participating companies, countries and artists and will act as a repository for documentation on the project.