Set to the iconic 1975 album by Irish traditional group The Bothy Band, 1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig is a must-see dance and theatre performance ritual where music and movement merge as one.
In this new dance-theatre work, choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan brings together seven exceptional dancers to honour, remember and be inspired by a visionary cultural happening in challenging times.
In Keegan-Dolan’s world of movement, story and energy, the dancers move from wild expressive freedom to a reflective stillness, their personal histories unfolding within the rhythms of traditional Irish music.
Seven dancers. Seven chairs. Seven sharp suits. And one legendary album.
In 1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig, we recognise the inevitability of change, the goodness that endures and how to carry it with us through the years ahead.
Teaċ Daṁsa (Loch na hEala / Swan Lake, MÁM, How to be a Dancer in 72,000 Easy Lessons, NOBODADDY), based in the West Kerry Gaeltacht / Gaeltacht Chorca Dhuibhne, is internationally renowned for creating powerful dance-theatre ritual rooted in place and community.
“I had always dreamed of making a dance theatre work to one complete music album. Of all the albums in all the world, it had to be 1975, by The Bothy Band.”
– Michael Keegan-Dolan
Director and Choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan
Dancers Aki Iwamoto, Daniel Myers, Amit Noy, James O’Hara, Rachel Poirier, James Southward & Holly Vallis
Lighting Design Adam Silverman
Costume Design Hyemi Shin & Amanda Donovan
Additional Sound Design Jelle Roozenburg
Videographer Mickey Kelly
Photography Emilija Jefremova
Recorded Music The Bothy Band | 1975
With thanks to Compass Records
Supported by The Arts Council and Údarás na Gaeltachta
Co-produced by Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork Opera House, and Théâtre de le Ville – Paris
Tickets: €32*
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1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig – Teaċ Daṁsa
"Seeing "Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig" transported me right back to moments from the time of making the album, in a way I had not expected. Teaċ Daṁsa's interpretation of our work brings to life all the joy, fun, sadness and divilment of what was an an extraordinary adventure for us as a band, and I thoroughly recommend going to see it."
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (The Bothy Band)“1975 / Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig" is the most beautiful and sympathetic dance response to traditional Irish music I have ever seen."
Martin Hayes"This is transcendental dancing to a masterful and transformational soundtrack, amounting to a combination that is sublime."
Diarmuid Ferriter, writer & historian"I was so taken by this show when I had the good fortune to see a preview in West Kerry, I wrote a poem to Michael Keegan-Dolan and company the minute I came home. I was simply moved... This is the craft of movement and memory, bodies and minds, energy and the sublime."
Dairena Ní Chinnéide, poet
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