The Elusive Apple of my "I"
“In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.” Douglas R. Hofstadter
Choreography: Justine Doswell in collaboration with cast
Lighting Design: Matt Burke
Mentorship: Liz Roche
Cast: Millie Daniel-Dempsey, Oran Leong, Emma O'Kane, Emily Kilkenny Roddy & Valentina Gaia Lops
Music / sound:
Bach's Sonata for solo violin in G Minor, Adagio
Sonata XIV by John Cage played by JohnTilbury
The Atomium Pt. 3 by Stars of the Lid | Text written by Douglas R. Hofstadter, recited by Cathy White and recorded by Brian Hogan
Nauwe Egberts by Unders & Soares
Filmed by Jacek Snochowski
Work in progress as part of Liz Roche Company (LRC), Dance Ireland and The Lir's Lighting Design For Dance Project.
Special thanks to Liz Roche & Liz Roche Company, all the team at Dance Ireland, Sinéad Wallace & all the team at The Lir Academy; collaborators Oran Leong, Valentina Gaia Lops, Emily Kilkenny Roddy, Millie Daniel-Dempsey, Aoife Kelly, Cathy White, Brian Hogan and Kate Guelke. Andrew Clancy, Kíla and Mariam Ribon for their set design support. Ella Clarke, Jason Byrne, Caleb and Sarah Clarke Byrne, Becky Reilly, Jessie Sheehan, Katherine O'Malley, Sophie Hogan, Aoife McAtamney, Matthew Malone, Romana Testasecca, Gavin Quinn and Kama Bugala, Eoin O'Loughlin, Fodhla Corrigan, Zara Sullivan, Alexandra Vostokova from Dublin Youth Dance Company, for their time and collaboration during the research undertaken at Dance Ireland, August 2018.
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