DANCE ON SCREEN
PANEL DISCUSSION
Saturday 6th Feb, 2pm
During the Covid pandemic, theatres have closed and audiences have flocked to online platforms. To mitigate the disastrous consequences of this, dancers and choreographers have turned to the camera as a way of keeping performance alive and reaching new audiences.
Each speaker brings a different experience and a different approach to creating screen dance. Mary Wycherley is both dancer, choreographer, film director and festival curator her all round experience will help to get an understanding of the field from the perspective of maker and exhibitor. Cara Holmes' background is in film editing and documentary filmmaking, her portrait of Oona Doherty in the highly acclaimed 'Welcome to a Bright White Limbo' offers us an insight into the making of dance documentary. Eileen McClory's practice is based in choreography and live performance, during lockdown and at 39 weeks pregnant she created the work 'Gravidus'. Eileen's experience of delving into the world of moving image as a way to create and display work when theatres and venues are closed offers insight into a path many dancers and performers are now following.
This is a free event but booking is essential.
Each speaker brings a different experience and a different approach to creating screen dance. Mary Wycherley is both dancer, choreographer, film director and festival curator her all round experience will help to get an understanding of the field from the perspective of maker and exhibitor. Cara Holmes' background is in film editing and documentary filmmaking, her portrait of Oona Doherty in the highly acclaimed 'Welcome to a Bright White Limbo' offers us an insight into the making of dance documentary. Eileen McClory's practice is based in choreography and live performance, during lockdown and at 39 weeks pregnant she created the work 'Gravidus'. Eileen's experience of delving into the world of moving image as a way to create and display work when theatres and venues are closed offers insight into a path many dancers and performers are now following.
This is a free event but booking is essential.
Cara Holmes is a film editor and director.
She has predominantly been working in feature and broadcast documentary, as well as TV dramas, award winning observational documentary series, experimental and short films. Cara's most recent directing work was the Screen Ireland funded documentary ‘WELCOME TO A BRIGHT WHITE LIMBO’. Combining documentary and live dance performance, this visually arresting film dives into the mind and creative process of Oona Doherty’ and her award winning dance show 'Hope Hunt’. The film premiered at the Cork International Film Festival, 2019 and has screened at the Dublin International Film Festival, 2020 where it was awarded ‘Best Irish short 2020’ Cara was also awarded the DISCOVERY AWARD at the festival. The film received a special jury mention at Tribeca Film Festival NYC 2020 and has screened internationally at, HotDocs 2020, Newport Beach Festival, 2020, Sheffield DocFest 2020, Aesthetica Film Festival 2020. In 2020, 'Welcome To A Bright White Limbo' won an IFTA for the best Irish short film. It also won best short film at Still Voices Film Festival 2020, Gaze Film Festival 2020 and the Catalyst International Film Festival 2020. Cara’s editing credits include feature documentaries ‘THE FATHER OF THE CYBORGS’ 2021 (Screen Ireland/Dott Films and TV) and ‘LOST IN FRANCE’ 2016 This feature documentary received it’s world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, it has also screened at the Galway Film Fleadh, 2016 and CPH:DOX, 2017 Cara co-directed and edited the documentary ‘TEENAGE AMBASSADORS’ (RTÉ), an inspiring story of teenage best friends Natasha and Minahil who grew up in the direct provision centre in Athlone, Ireland. Other directing credits include the short documentary ‘QUEEN OF THE PLOUGH’ about women in farming which won ‘Best Short Documentary’ at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2015. Her short films ‘THE CONDOM MAN’ and ‘DRAMA DARLINGS’ have screened at over twenty film festivals worldwide. Cara's work has screened at notable festivals such as the Tribeca Film Festival, HotDocs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Newport Beach Film Festival, Hot Springs Documentary Film festival, Cork Film Festival, Guth Gafa International Film Festival, Heart of Gold, Melbourne, International Shorts Festival Toronto Irish Film Festival, 2015, San Francisco Irish film festival and the Boston Irish Film Festival. |
Mary Wycherley is a dance artist whose work spans contemporary dance performance, moving image and festival-making. She has a track record of collaborating with a range of artists and creating works which cross disciplinary boundaries. Her work is seen on stage, in galleries and cinematic contexts. Mary’s body of work has toured and been exhibited in Ireland and internationally at venues and festivals including at Kilkenny Arts Festival, Rua Red Gallery Dublin, Solas Nua Contemporary Irish Arts Centre Washington, Museum of Contemporary Arts Shanghai, Dublin Dance Festival, VOID Derry, VISUAL Carlow, American Dance Festival, National Museum of Contemporary Arts Bucharest, Cork Film Festival and Galway Film Fleadh.
Mary is co-founder and curator of the Light Moves Festival in Limerick, since its inception in 2014. She was Limerick Dance Artist in Residence from 2015-2019. Mary holds a Bachelor of Arts and an MA Contemporary Dance Performance. Her national and international teaching in dance, film and interdisciplinary creative process spans University level, professional masterclass and individual mentoring contexts. Currently Mary is creating Weathering, to be presented at Project Arts Centre and Dance Limerick in 2021, funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and Limerick City and County Council and recently completed Far Flung Dances, a film commission by Tipperary Dance Platform and Tipperary Heritage Council. |
As an established Dance Artist, Eileen has received commissions from Quotidian: Word on the Street, At the Margins 2021, Maiden Voyage Dance Company: BRINK 2020, The Playhouse Derry: TURF 2018, Tinderbox Theatre Company: CUCK 2017.
Eileen has worked with: The Playhouse, Derry; Tinderbox Theatre Company, Theatre of Pluck, Replay, ponydance, Accidental Theatre, DU Dance, Bruiser Theatre Company and Assault Events (UK). She has performed in international festivals such as Bauhaus Summary (DE) Christchurch Festival, Taranaki Arts Festival (NZ), Darwin Festival (AUS), Greenspace Festival (USA), Belfast Festival at Queens, Feile An Phobail, Pick n Mix Festival, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival and Outburst Arts (all in NI). As Artistic Director of Off the Rails Dance #OTR Eileen choreographed and produced The Dutiful Wife 2016, and S(3)nsored 2011 and received an Artist Career Enhancement Award from Arts Council NI in 2018 to develop #theSHAMEproject for production in 2020. Residencies include Belfast International Arts Festival: Artist in Residence 2020/21, 2019 Creative Europe/Galway Theatre Festival’s Make-a-Move: Incubator lab, Galway. 2016 Dansmakers, Amsterdam: The Game Show supported by Arts Council NI. HATCH Artist, The MAC Belfast, 2013/14. Eileen has worked extensively in Higher Education, as a guest choreographer at the University of Cumbria and throughout her post as Teaching Fellow and Course Director of the BA Dance Program at Ulster University 2014-2017, responsible for leading the dance programme during its phase-out. She received her BA Dance from Liverpool John Moores University (04) and completed a two-year Professional Training Programme at Dance New Amsterdam, New York (09). In 2020 Eileen completed MA Contemporary Performance Practice, from Ulster University with Distinction. |
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Image credit: Aine Stapleton filming of Horrible Creature
