IN IT FOR THE LONG RUN

In It For The Long Run - Cork Dance Initiative

Cork Midsummer Festival (2021)

Cork Dance Initiative’s debut event In It For The Long Run (2021) – Over the course of a week CDI connected with audiences and the dance community both locally and nationally in a series of live, in person and virtual bite-size events. The four members of CDI each provided an opportunity to creatively engage with an aspect of CDI’s formation. Lisa Cliffe focused on what is needed to nourish and grow something new with a meet and greet stall at the Coal Quay, Cork City. Luke Murphy considered the principles that guide coming together in an online movement score which can be viewed and danced to. Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín reflected on conversations about the value of dance through movement and text in a live stream from her garden. Ruairí Ó’Donnabháin questioned the methods and philosophies that inform collaboration and the creation of CDI, in an online performance lecture informed by his neighbours and butter. The week culminated in an online gathering on Sunday June 27th 2021 with the four members of Cork Dance Initiative sharing the details of a model for a grassroots dance collective in Cork.

Documentation: www.corkdanceinitiative.com/portfolio/in-it-for-the-long-run/

ARTIST

Cork Dance Initiative is a voluntary collective of freelance dance artists.

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TEAM CREDITS

Cork Dance Initiative / Lisa Cliffe, Luke Murphy, Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín, Ruairí Ó Donnabháin
Producer / Mags Keohane
Dramaturg / Gillie Kleiman

LEAD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In It For The Long Run is funded by an Arts Council Project Award with kind support from Cork Midsummer Festival, Dance Ireland and Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre.

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