Monday 25 - Friday 29 November
With this Eadrainn residency Tara Brandel will work on a new multidisciplinary solo show ‘Missing’ which looks at the pivotal queer women whose voices and stories have been erased from history, such as Dr. Elizabeth O‘Farrell (pivotal in the 1916 Easter Uprising in Ireland) and Bronislava Nijinska (sister to Nijinsky and choreographer of Les Noces and many other ballets for Ballet Russes) . ‘Missing’ will include multiple layers of drag and elements of burlesque, as well as contemporary dance material. Tara also want to develop a new network of cultural connections in Scotland
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Friday 29 November | 15:00 – 16:00 | Book Here
A very early work in progress sharing the ideas Tara Brandel has develeoped during her five-day Eadrainn residency, working on a new solo ‘Missing’ about pivitol queer female voices that have been erased from history. Followed by a discussion on the notion of ‘Missing’.
About Tara Brandel
Tara Brandel is an award-winning choreographer, contemporary dancer, aerial dancer and contact improviser originally from West Cork. She has been choreographing extensively since 1990, with 27 works to date including 13 integrated dance works. Her integrated work has been commissioned by the Unlimited Festival/Cultural Olympiad London Southbank 2012; D-CAF Cairo; David Teevan/Junction Festival; and Propeller Integrated Dance Company in Ottawa, Canada.
Tara holds a Masters in Interdisciplinary Performance from UC Davis, where she was awarded the Della Davidson Award 2019, the Mondavi Fellowship, and the Women’s Research Center Fellowship for her show Circus, which toured to San Francisco International Arts Festival, Seattle International Dance Festival, Cork Midsummer Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival and FRESH San Francisco 2020. Her dance film CAR was Director’s Choice at the CDIFF in Toronto 2017.
Tara is also Artistic Director of Croí Glan Integrated Dance and for Croí Glan has most recently created TILT an integrated aerial dance show which has toured to Cork Midsummer, Tipperary Dance Festival and Dancer from the Dance Festival; In Place a site specific performance made at IMMA; and Unseen a multidisciplinary performance about plankton and enduring love.
Tara is currently developing an Environmental Dance training programme in conjunction with the Environmental Research Institute at UCC.
Instagram: @brandeltara
Facebook: Tara Brandel
Website: croiglan.com
Eadrainn Residency
Run in partnership with Dance Ireland, the Eadrainn Residency is a creative exchange programme connects artists across Ireland and Scotland, supporting shared practice and cultural exchange.
Supported by Dance Base, Dance Ireland, Scotgov in Ireland and the Irish Consul in Scotland.