chimera

Daghda Dance Company, 1998

Choreography: Mary Nunan
Dancers: Romain Bottenelli, Douglas Comley, Olwen Grindley, Ríonach Ní Néill, Richard O’Brien, Rebecca Walter
Original score/ montage: Natasha Lohan, included works composed by Roger Doyle Donnacha Dennehy and John Cage.
Costumes: Tanya Power
Lighting: Paul Keogan
Premiere Performance: Project Arts Centre.
Toured to: Festival Internacional Cervantino, Guanjuanto, Delores Hildago and Irapuato, Mexico, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Firkin Crane, Cork, University of Limerick Concert Hall, Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin.

Reviews

‘The language of modern dance seems more ephemeral than that of the classical tradition, yet Daghdha, in their production of Chimera, give it a cohesion which at times is almost monumental.’ – Mary Leland, The Irish Times

‘Without doubt, the work of Mary Nunan places her among the best artists of our time in the area of contemporary dance. The gentle elegance moves our senses while transforming the experience of being able to encounter something of ourselves in the movements of the dancers into a continual idealisation of space.’ – José Rafael Bravo Meza, Correo De Hoy

For the first time during the 26th International Cervantes Festival, the Alhondiga de Granaditas was silent, no shouts, whistles or cheering, all were engrossed in Daghdha Dance Company’s performance.’ – Enrique Rangel, El Heraldo De León

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