John Scott’s irish modern dance theatre brings his wildly acclaimed dance piece Cloud Study to Dublin, in a show that chases dreams, memories and home.
Following sell-out performances and standing ovations at Galway International Arts Festival 2018 last July, John Scott stages Cloud Study, his wild, beautiful and explosive ‘running dance’ with music by Ryan Vail at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, this November.
In a specially revised staging for Smock Alley’s Boys’ School, Cloud Study is part dance, part dream, part theatre, part athletics. Two compelling dancers: Mufutau Yusuf, an Irishman, born in Nigeria, and Salma Ataya, a Palestinian Dabka dancer, attempt to run 1,000 kilometres in circles and lines through the space, chasing dreams, memories and home. John Scott, creator of the stunning ‘HYPERACTIVE’ and award-winning migration themed ‘Fall and Recover’, returns to Smock Alley to give Dublin audiences their first taste of his fierce and highly energetic running dance piece: running away, running in circles, which become turns and then falls. Each fall and run generates beautiful, frantic raw movements, of lifts, and wild shapes in the air.
The music for the show is created by the super-talented Derryman, Ryan Vail, noted for his spectacular audible creations of experimental electronica. Currently, Vail is a big star in TV music circles and recently composed a remix of the opening title music for the smash Netflix series, Stranger Things. Ryan’s most recent album Distorted Shadows has been shortlisted for Album of the Year 2018 by Northern Irish Music Prize, which also lists Vail for Best Live Act.
Cloud Study is the perfect blend of dance, music and monologues. The show also tackles themes of migration, which is very close to Scott’s heart and his dance work over the years. This powerful dance piece runs over four days for five performances so there’s plenty of opportunity to experience this outstanding piece of performance work.
REVIEWS
“John Scott’s work [is] vital, fluent dance that admits no boundaries. Scott explores the body as an involuntary means of expression” – Thomas Hahn, Tanz Magazine, Berlin
“John Scott [as a] dancemaker is physical, exhilarating, humorous and deadly serious” – Seona Mac Reamoinn, The Irish Times
“John Scott’s choreography… becomes a celebration of dance as an art form” – Mary Brennan, The Scottish Herald
CAST & CREATIVES
CAST
Mufutau Yusuf and Salma Ataya
CREATIVE TEAM
Choreographed & Devised by John Scott
Music by Ryan Vail
Lighting and Design by Eric Wurtz
Dramaturgy byLucius Fromm
Assistant Choreography and teaching byMuirne Bloomer
Costumes byJustine Doswell
LISTINGS INFORMATION
SMOCK ALLEY THEATRE, Dublin 2
Opens Wednesday 21 November | 8.00pm | €15/€12
Runs until Saturday 24 November | 8.00pm | €15/€12
Matinee Saturday 24 November | 2.00pm | €12
Box Office – Tel: 01 677 0014 / www.smockalley.com
*Approximate duration of show – 50 Minutes
FURTHER INFO at: www.irishmoderndancetheatre.com
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TWITTER: @IMDTJohnScott
All photos by Andrew Downes, xposure
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