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SUMMARY:An Immigrant’s Story by Wanjiru Kamuyu - Solo Dance Performance
DESCRIPTION:Physical Landscapes – Thrilling and Unique Dance event with Six Outstanding Dancers presented by Irish Modern Dance Theatre at the Black Box\, Galway\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhysical Landscapes is a thrilling and unique dance work by choreographer John Scott and Irish Modern Dance Theatre featuring international dancers and responding to ecology and nature.  \n\n\nWanjiru Kamuyu\, dance artist\, explores the gaze placed on the ‘foreigner’ in a new society\, using satire\, contemporary dance and physical performance to interrogate migration and identity. Presented by the Regional Dance Network: Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre\, Dance Limerick\, Tipperary Dance and Dance Cork Firkin Crane. \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\nBook here \n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nWanjiru Kamuyu\, Choreographer\, Dance Artist\, Creator \n\n\n\nWKcollective\, dancers \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nAn Immigrant’s Story by Wanjiru Kamuyu is a solo dance performance presented by the Regional Dance Network: Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre\, Dance Limerick\, Tipperary Dance and Dance Cork Firkin Crane\, taking place on Thursday 15 October 2026\, from 7.30 to 9pm\, at Dance Cork Firkin Crane\, John Redmond St\, Shandon\, Cork\, T23 Y584. \n\n\n\nWanjiru Kamuyu\, dance artist\, is engaged in questioning the notions of place\, belonging and otherness. A cosmopolitan on three continents – Africa\, North America and Europe – wherever she decides to set up home\, is she considered an immigrant? \n\n\n\nHer solo dance performance interrogates the gaze upon the “foreigner” in a new space\, new society. The work\, through satire\, offers a critical eye on the notions of place and placement that are prevalent in today’s political discourse. An Immigrant’s Story is a Bessie Award winner in the category Outstanding Choreographer. \n\n\n\nThis event is presented by the Regional Dance Network: Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre\, Dance Limerick\, Tipperary Dance and Dance Cork Firkin Crane. \n\n\n\nLocated in a heritage building in Shandon\, Cork’s north city centre\, Dance Cork Firkin Crane specialises in supporting dance artists\, presenting dance performances and encouraging people in Cork to engage with dance of all kinds. \n\n\n\nWe provide an inclusive and welcoming space for dance work to be developed and viewed through a year-round programme of residencies\, workshops\, studio rentals\, community programmes\, dance performances and special events. \n\n\n\nOur programme is mission driven\, aiming to identify\, nurture\, and support local and regional artists while simultaneously introducing artists and audiences to national and international choreographers. We support an annual dance artist in residence and are developing other national dance advocacy projects in partnership with Dance Ireland\, Dance Limerick\, Galway Dance and Tipperary Dance. \n\n\n\nArtist residencies supporting the research\, development\, and production of new work are a central aspect of DCFC’s programme. In addition\, a series of professional presentations\, with a lens towards audience engagement\, take place throughout the year. Professional and community classes for adults and youth are also offered. \n\n\n\nDance Cork Firkin Crane is the home of Inclusive Dance Cork (IDC)\, a training programme for people with and without disabilities who are interested in learning inclusive dance methods. Learn more about IDC here. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWKcollective creates immersive\, visceral experiences through the medium of contemporary dance. Project-based works weave stories and express universal experiences. Collaboration across artistic disciplines opens discourse and intrigue through the power of poetic expression in vocal and physical movement. Founded by Kenyan-American choreographer Wanjiru Kamuyu in 2009\, WKcollective attracts multidisciplinary artists of diverse cultural backgrounds to the creative canvas. Drawing upon these art forms to stimulate fresh\, innovative\, vulnerable\, raw\, graphic art to generate personal and social reflection through a transformative celebration with dance. \n\n\n\nWanjiru Kamuyu holds an MFA from Temple University and began her career in New York with Urban Bush Women and Molissa Fenley. She has collaborated with artists including Bill T. Jones\, Robyn Orlin\, Bartabas\, Irène Tassembedo\, and Anne Collod amongst others. Since 2017\, Kamuyu has created several works presented across Europe\, Africa\, Asia\, and the US\, as well as a dance film\, La Visite (2020). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information:
URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/an-immigrants-story-by-wanjiru-kamuyu/
LOCATION:Dance Cork Firkin Crane\, John Redmond Street\, Shandon\, Cork\, T23 Y584
CATEGORIES:Dance
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SUMMARY:Studio Songs by Daughter Of A Drum – Music | Dance | Artist Talk
DESCRIPTION:Physical Landscapes – Thrilling and Unique Dance event with Six Outstanding Dancers presented by Irish Modern Dance Theatre at the Black Box\, Galway\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhysical Landscapes is a thrilling and unique dance work by choreographer John Scott and Irish Modern Dance Theatre featuring international dancers and responding to ecology and nature.  \n\n\nThe residency provides time\, space and support for research\, experimentation and development of artistic practice\, with the public event forming part of the artist’s creative exploration. Aoife is a multidisciplinary artist working in contemporary dance\, choreography\, filmmaking\, music and education. \n\n\n\nBook Your Place\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArtists\n\n\n\nAoife Ó Tiompánaigh\, dancer/choreographer\, musician\, and teacher \n\n\n\nFull Event Details\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special afternoon performance with our local Artist In Residence Aoife Ó Tiompánaigh as she shares songs from her debut album ‘Pink Breath’ plus a sneak peak of new music for her upcoming project ‘The Batter’. The focus of the residency programme is to support new mothers continuing a creative practice. Since the summer\, Aoife has been working in the Smashing Times studio over several weeks – songwriting\, learning Sean Nós dance and exchanging with other artists. This event promises to be a rich and rare opportunity to experience songs\, dances and inspiring conversion. \n\n\n\nSmashing Times Artist Residency Programme 2026 \n\n\n\nSmashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality are delighted to implement the inaugural Smashing Times Artist Residency Programme in 2026. Aoife McAtamney is currently doing an Artist Residency with the Smashing Times Visual Art Gallery and Centre for the Arts and Human Rights at 30 Sandycove Road\, Dublin from April to October 2026.  The aim of the Artist Residency is to provide time\, space and support to develop\, research\, experiment\, and advance artistic practice. As part of the artist residency\, Aoife is taking time and space to support her artistic practice\, to start writing and to present a public performance of her work. \n\n\n\nSmashing Times Arts & Human Rights Radio Show on Dublin South FM \n\n\n\nFeatures reflection by Mary Moynihan on war and peace followed by a Guest Artist Interview with \n\n\n\nmultidisciplinary artist Aoife McAtamney \n\n\n\nFor an in-depth interview with Aoife McAtamney on her artistic work and creative practice\, listen to the Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio Show broadcast \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio show (first broadcast on Wednesday 10 and 16 June  6-7pm and now available as a podcast) features a reflection by Mary Moynihan on war and peace. Global military spending now exceeds €3 trillion every year. Who benefits and where is the equivalent investment in peace? Instead of spending 1.7 billion on defence\, should the Irish government spend this money on housing\,  job creation and peace? Why can billions be found for war spending while poverty homelessness\, wealth inequality and climate breakdown continue to worsen? These are the debates we need to have in Irish society and the media.  Artist Mary Moynihan says ‘Ireland can be a leading voice for peace. Defend our neutrality\, defend the Triple lock and challenge the growing influence of military and corporate interests on public policy and governments. As our former president Michael D. Higgins said\, we need to ‘make space for peace.’   \n\n\n\nThis is followed by a guest artist interview with Aoife McAtamney\, a multidisciplinary artist working with contemporary dance\, choreography\, filmmaking\, music and education. Aoife is  Artistic Director of Daughter Of A Drum\, and a part of Choreography Connects\, a CoisCéim artist-led residency project. Aoife is currently doing an Artist Residency with Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality at 30 Sandycove Road\, Dublin.  \n\n\n\nThe Smashing Times Arts and Human Rights Radio show is broadcast every Wednesday 6-7pm with Dublin South FM with each episode available as a podcast. Tune in to Dublin South FM 93.9\, or listen online at www.dublinsouthfm.ie. All past episodes can be listened to here. \n\n\n\nArtist Biographies:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAoife Ó Tiompánaigh is a choreographer\, dancer\, musician and teacher based in Dublin. Aoife trained in London Contemporary Dance School and on the D.A.N.C.E Across programme as an apprentice to choreographers William Forsythe\, Wayne McGregor\, Angelin Preljocaj and Frederic Flamand. \n\n\n\nAs a choreographer\, she has been the recipient of numerous prizes and bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland\, Kildare County Council\, DLR Arts Office and Culture Ireland. Including residencies at Cultural Centre Irlandais\, DanceIreland as Associate Artist and Dance Artist in Residency at Mermaid Arts Centre. Aoife was Ireland’s first female Aerowaves artist as part of the 2014 cohort with her solo Softer Swells that subsequently toured internationally for nine years including 92Y in New York to La Briqueterie in Vitrysur-Seine and the Instances festival in Chalon-sur-Saône. \n\n\n\nFrom 2022 – 2024\, Aoife was one of six artists in the transnational residency programme CHOREOGRAPHY CONNECTS that brought together CoisCéim Dance Theatre in Ireland\, Operaestate in Italy and Le Gymnase CDCN in France\, supporting her latest work Pink Breath The Visual Sister commission by Project Arts Centre for Project Portal premiering at Dublin International Film Festival 2026. \n\n\n\nAoife graduated with an MA (1st) in Songwriting from the University Of Limerick in 2020 and regularly shares her sound and movement practice through workshops at Solstice Arts Centre\, University of Limerick\, DanceIreland and with coaching casts including LUAIL\, United Fall and OD Works. In 2024 Aoife launched Daughter Of A Drum\, a coral structure for all of her creative offerings. She released the record Pink Breath in 2024 to critical acclaim featuring on RTÉ Radio One Recommendation list\, BBC Sounds and performed at Ireland Music Week. \n\n\n\nAs a dancer\, Aoife has most recently danced SHEELA with Fabrice Malziah\, and Emma Martin’s Night Dances. Other credits include OneOneOne by Ioannis Mandafounis and works by Oona Doherty\, Laura Murphy\, OneTwoOneTwo and Mary Wycherley. Aoife featured in Paula Keho’s The Devils In Her alongside Olwen Fouéré for BBCNI and TG4. Also Woman In The Wall for BBCNI & Showtime. \n\n\n\nAoife has cultivated a strong socially engaged community arts practice. She was the first lead movement artist for Dublin City Council Culture Company (2020-22) and other credits include CoisCéim Broadreach and Macushla Dance Club 50+. \n\n\n\nCurrently Aoife is creating AUTHORS\, a new site specific solo for the the Lexicon Library\, supported by DLR Arts Office and Music Network for 2026 and is commissioned by Hamburgs Tanztriennale to research the work in Leipzig. \n\n\n\nSELECTED PERFORMANCE CREDITS \n\n\n\nThe Last Moth Choreography at The Ark Theatre in collaboration with Jesse Jones and Naomi Moonveld Nkosi 2026 \n\n\n\nSimple Love Dublin International Film Festival 2026 \n\n\n\nPink Breath’s Visual Sister Short film commissioned by Project Arts Centre for Project Portal\, 2025. \n\n\n\nSparking Debate Choreography for Sphere 17 and SEDA collage for St Patrick’s Day Festival\, 2024. \n\n\n\nHeal Me Short dance film for Macushla Dance Club\, 2024. \n\n\n\nIt’s All The Same Movement Direction for OneTwoOneTwo\, Dublin Fringe Festival & Abbey Theatre 2022. \n\n\n\nSlumber Dublin Dance Festival for Dance Umbrella UK curated by Oona Doherty\, 2021. \n\n\n\nWinter Lights DCCC Participation Project Performance Samuel Beckett Bridge Dublin\, 2020. \n\n\n\nSofter Swells Aerowaves selected solo 2014 – 2019. \n\n\n\nRecovery Movement Direction for OneTwoOneTwo\, 2019. \n\n\n\nAge Of Transition Dublin Fringe Festival & Firkin Crane\, 2016. \n\n\n\nThe Fourteenth Visit Dublin Fringe Festival @ RHA\, 2014. \n\n\n\nEgg Charade (in collaboration with Nina Vallon) Dublin Dance Festival and Rough Cuts Festival\, Frankfurt\, 2013. \n\n\n\nHIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS \n\n\n\nSofter Swells pass performances & press Re-Presenting Ireland\, Dublin Dance Festival\, 2012. \n\n\n\nDublin Fringe Festival\, 2012. \n\n\n\nOperaestate Festival\, Bassano Del Grappa\, 2012. \n\n\n\nMade in Dublin\, 2013. The Place Theatre for Spring Forward\, 2013. \n\n\n\nGalway Dance Days\, 2013. \n\n\n\nFirkin Crane Theatre\, 2013. \n\n\n\nAerowaves Spring Forward Festival in Umea\, 2014. \n\n\n\nLa Briqueterie for Les Plateaux Paris\, 2014. \n\n\n\nIF Only Festival Mermaid Theatre Wicklow\, 2014. Lublin International Festival\, 2014. \n\n\n\nTanztage Berlin\, 2015. B-Motion Festival\, Bassano Del Grappa\, 2015. \n\n\n\nRomaEuropa Festival\, 2015. Instances Festival\, Espace Des Arts France\, 2015. \n\n\n\nImpressions; Irish Arts Centre & 92Y\, 2019. \n\n\n\nSofter Swells @ Edinburgh Fringe Festival Review https://broadwaybaby.com/shows/unholy-trinity/27564 \n\n\n\nPINK BREATH past performances & press \n\n\n\nCoisCéim Dance Theatre\, 2025. \n\n\n\nWhale Theatre Greystones\, support for Niamh Regan\, 2024. \n\n\n\nMarrowbone Book Store with guests Robyn Byrne and Zoe Ní Riordain\, 2024. \n\n\n\nPink Breath Across Festival Berlin\, 2024. Ireland Music Week\, 2024. \n\n\n\nDublin Fringe Festival Support for Justin Vivian Bond\, 2015. \n\n\n\nSpicebag\, 2016. \n\n\n\nIrish Times Review https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2024/08/29/ daughter-of-a-drum-pink-breath-a-complex-nuanced-and-personaldebut-album/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganisations Involved / Partner Organisation(s):\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue Information:
URL:https://smashingtimes.ie/event/studio-songs-by-daughter-of-a-drum/
LOCATION:Smashing Times International Centre for the Arts and Equality\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Sandycove\, Dublin\, A96V9P1\, 30 Sandycove Road\, Sandycove\, Dublin\, A96V9P1
CATEGORIES:Dance,Music,Talk
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