Féile Iorras International Folk Arts Festival
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| Country and Region | Ireland — Mayo |
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| Type of Festival | Dance, Music |
| Location of Festival | Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Festival Contact Information | Féile Iorras International Folk Arts Festival |
| Festival Description | Feile Iorras was established in 1996 as a result of an initiative by Mayo County Council Arts office. One of the main aims in setting up the Feile was to promote integration and understanding between the people of Erris and various communities throughout the world. This is done by inviting groups from around the world to take part in the festival and to maximize contact between the groups and the people of Erris during the Feile. Since it's inception groups from Italy, Finland, Britanny, Cornwall, Bolivia, Peru, Sweden, Wales, Poland, Romania, Greece, Estonia, England and Scotland have been hosted at the Feile. |
| Festival Dates | July 17 - 26, 2010 |
| Festival Links | http://www.feileiorras.org/ |
Festival Events:
Featured performance 2009:
- BLOCK PARTY!, Choreographed by Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick
Performance — July 17th at 3:00pm, at Doohoma Banks
- Block Party! a playful performance for Public Spaces Touring in 2009
Roving dancers and musicians, flying blocks, vanishing structures, instant architecture — it’s a BLOCK PARTY! Six dazzling dancers, plus explosive percussion played live by Brian Fleming & friends, perform this movable feast for the eyes and the senses, for the adult and the child (in you). Merging the worlds of dance, music and architecture, this Outdoor Spectacle will immerse you in a vibrant world of colour and play with giant-sized Toy Blocks, creating designs more clever than a Rubik’s Cube on pointe. Choreographed by DTI Artistic Directors Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick. Innovative sculptor Andrew Clancy created the Blocks and dancers include: Adam Murphy, Khyle Eccles, Cosimo De Tommaso, Kathleen Doherty, Mirjam Gurtner and Sandro Franchini. “…dancers spilled in and out of structures…transformed into couches, houses… limitless possibilities…joyous leaps, sprints… and dance licks…such fun…real stars”
M. Seaver, IRISH TIMES
Block Party! is a Dance Theatre of Ireland production. For more information visit
http://www.dancetheatreireland.com/
- Block Party! a playful performance for Public Spaces Touring in 2009
Roving dancers and musicians, flying blocks, vanishing structures, instant architecture — it’s a BLOCK PARTY! Six dazzling dancers, plus explosive percussion played live by Brian Fleming & friends, perform this movable feast for the eyes and the senses, for the adult and the child (in you). Merging the worlds of dance, music and architecture, this Outdoor Spectacle will immerse you in a vibrant world of colour and play with giant-sized Toy Blocks, creating designs more clever than a Rubik’s Cube on pointe. Choreographed by DTI Artistic Directors Robert Connor & Loretta Yurick. Innovative sculptor Andrew Clancy created the Blocks and dancers include: Adam Murphy, Khyle Eccles, Cosimo De Tommaso, Kathleen Doherty, Mirjam Gurtner and Sandro Franchini. “…dancers spilled in and out of structures…transformed into couches, houses… limitless possibilities…joyous leaps, sprints… and dance licks…such fun…real stars”
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