Dance double bill at the Island Arts Centre

The show incorporates two pieces ‘The Space Where Thought Once Was’ and ‘Scatenato’. It is exclusive to the Island Arts Centre and this will be the first staging in Northern Ireland.

This double bill promises to be a visceral feast for the senses. The audience will be brought on a poignant and emotional journey where the company will demonstrate their incredible versatility.

Chrysalis Dance is Ireland’s only neo-classical dance company and has firmly established themselves as a cutting-edge company, revolutionising classical ballet and fusing exquisite technical ability with modern, accessible themes.

‘The Space Where Thought Once Was’, is a glimpse into the minds of those in whom all powers of representation and imagery, all sense of the concrete, all sense of reality are being destroyed. Souls without a past or future stuck in a constantly changing meaningless moment. Beautifully captured and visually arresting. ‘The Space Where Thought Once Was’, is an exploration into Alzheimers and Dementia and is particularly personal to producer Paul Hayes and his sister Jude. The piece is set to an original score by American composer Jesse Ronneau whose haunting work is characterised by an exploration of advanced instrumental techniques.

The second work is entitled ‘Scatenato’. Scatenato is taken from the Italian musical term, meaning wild, unchained, and loose.

The company will be joined on-stage by The Contempo String Quartet, Galway’s Ensemble in Residence. These virtuoso musicians will perform an original mix of Shostakovich’s string quartets 8, 10 and 11 and George Crumbs Black Angels String quartet. The choreography weaves fluidly between moments of conscious abandonment, passionate engagement and elements of stillness and power.

Artistic Director, Judith Sibley has choreographed for Cork City Ballet, Baboro Festival, Macnas, Cuirt Festival, and Catastrophe Theatre Company. Her work has been invited to The Galway Arts Festival, The Dublin Dance Festival, Absolute Fringe, Flights of Fancy Festival, Feile na Bealtaine, Louisburgh Arts Festival and The International Peace Conference. Company dancers Leighton Morrison, Andrea Santato, Joanne Klijn, Amy Lawson and Jane Magan feature in this work and both pieces are choreographed by Judith Sibley.

Tickets priced £12/£10 concession are available by logging onto www.islandartscentre.com. Alternatively contact the Island Arts Centre box office on 028 92 509254 or Arts Information on 028 92 509509.