Dancing like my life depends on it. Cailleacha Damhsa (Dancing Hags) Because it does Researching gyms is not the same as going to gyms. I had plenty of warning signs – knees, hips mostly. So signing up at gym was about strength, stamina and moving parts of my...
Moving bodies and moving machines. Cailleacha damhsa (Dancing Hags) The body is round, soft and malleable. The machine is straight, hard and will not give unless it fails. The body begins with failure. This is a Journal of the project Cailleacha Damhsa (dancing hags),...
Finding my signature moves. Cailleacha damhsa (Dancing Hags) I’m a visual person, is it weird that I can’t visualise myself? Kicking a new film idea into pre-production is tough, I resist opening the door because I am fully aware there is no closing it...
For my swimming sister Colleen It is not the cold that scares me, my screams are piercing though, it is the power. I need to make peace with the ocean, its potential for harm. I have previously run into the water on southern sands, naked, an offering of myself and my...
What Kind of Courage? To leave family, country and your night sky? What kind of courage does it take to migrate, to journey worlds away from home? For me Irish culture is not performative, it is expressive. That is, not fixed traditionally as ‘Irish’, more...
