Founded in 1991 by dancer and choreographer John Scott, Irish Modern Dance Theatre is one of the most original and responsive dance companies working in Ireland today. A Dublin-based ensemble, Scott and international guest choreographers create distinctive dance works with diverse casts, mixing virtuosic Irish and international dancers with African and Middle Eastern refugees and torture survivors. Our works include ‘Lear’, ‘Inventions’, Actions’ and ‘Fall and Recover’ – all recognised for their intelligence, honesty and humanity. Our work crosses disciplines, subverts expectations of dance and dancers and finds new ways to explore contemporary issues. Irish Modern Dance Theatre is Strategically funded by the Arts Council.

Learn more about John Scott and his work on the Irish Modern Dance Theatre website or check out his new work:

PHYSICAL UNIVERSE presented by Dance Meets Arts

As part of The Five Lamps Arts Festival

International Centre for the Image

Coopers Cross, Mayor Street Upper, North Wall,

Dublin, D01 E5Y8

19 Apr 26 | 6pm | Free

For ticket information contact marketing@fivelampsarts.ie

John Scott and seven technically stunning dancers from Irish Modern Dance Theatre create a ‘physical universe,’ woven into the ‘Scannán Glas’ exhibition by Irish artists Sarah Browne and Laura McMorrow, and Mexican artist Elena Pardo.

Set at the International Centre for the Image, this thrilling and unique site-specific dance event features urgent physicality, sensuality, weighted duets, and frantic ensemble pieces. Responding to ecology and nature, the performance explores the themes of ‘the other’ and ‘the witness’ in a way that is both moving and life-affirming.