Image: Kristyn Fontanella by Roberto Cinconze
Festival Artists-in-Residence
Kristyn Fontanella & Moya Sweeney
Kristyn and Moya will be artists-in-residence throughout ‘Tradition and Beyond’. The residency will form part of Kristyn's continued research into a new solo,‘hop back’ (working title), which will later become a new production for Kristyn’s “Fontanella Dance Company”.
This residency will consider many questions: Where did my dance come from, how do I use it currently in my practice and where is it going? Can I trace my Irish dancing family tree? How did they dance/create, and how has that shaped me as the choreographer I am today? How can I use this history to create a new movement dialogue? How does this connect to MY ancestors and where they danced?
Kristyn Fontanella is a choreographer based in County Galway, who focuses her in-depth knowledge of Irish dancing and presents it in a contemporary context. Having toured for many years with Riverdance, Lord of the Dance & lead soloist in Gaelforce Dance, her current mission is to show another side of the complex world of Irish Step dancing to future generations.
Moya Sweeney is a button accordion player from Trillick, Co. Tyrone, and now based in Derry. As an accomplished Irish traditional musician and tutor, Moya has performed across Ireland and Europe. She has achieved an UIster title in 15-18 Button Accordion and All Ireland medals in Céilí Band competitions. She recently graduated from Ulster University with a First-Class Honours in Music and is currently co-ordinator of Acadamh Ceoil, Derry.
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Image: Aneta Dortova by Yamila M Ape
Festival Artists-in-Residence
Aneta Dortová & William Troy
Within the Dortová-Troy residency a sense of belonging, questioning identity, and the effects of labelling on perception are the starting points of the research. Using contemporary dance, percussive dance, and contemporary composition to create a choreography, inspired by a composition inspired by a choreography, reacting to the new environment which we will find ourselves in.
Native of Plzen, the Czech Republic, Aneta Dortová is a percussive and contemporary dance artist and a musician with a background in Irish step dancing and sean-nós dancing. Her personal style blends contemporary dance with body percussion and percussive dance traditions of Ireland, Canada, United States, England, Scotland and Spain.
William Troy is a guitarist and composer residing in Laois. He trained in classical guitar in the Laois School of Music and is currently completing a Masters degree in Composition and Creative Music Practice from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in the University of Limerick. His compositions focus mainly on creating soundscapes which combine real world and artificial elements.
Full Double Bill programme duration: +/- 1hr
Echo Echo Festival Presents
Tradition and Beyond
Programme
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- Festival Pass £25 for 4 performances
- Performance tickets £5 to £10 each
- Workshops - ALL FREE ENTRY
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Festival venues Echo Echo Studios on Magazine Street and Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin on Great James Street are fully accessible. If you have a specific query please contact us in advance by email: info [at] echoechodance.com or phone: 02871308883.
Festival Supporters
Produced in partnership by Echo Echo Dance Theatre Company, Siamsa Tíre and Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin.
Supported by Department for Culture (Dept TCAGSM Ireland), Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Derry City and Strabane District Council and the Foyle Foundation.
