KING | SHRINE
DANCE | VISUAL ART
KING | SHRINE
Emma Martin / United Fall
Fri 12 July | 6pm
Sat 13 July | 3pm and 8pm
Event Details
Times & Dates:
Fri 12 July | 6pm
Sat 13 July | 3pm and 8pm
Duration:
40 minutes
Event Categories:
Dance, Visual Art
Admission:
€18 / U. 18 €12
Age Suitability:
12+
Venue:
The Factory Performance Space, Lower Quay St.
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It's good to imagine the END.
It comes to us all
Sure we might as well dance
Dark Days need Ceremony
KING | SHRINE is an immersive performance-installation work by acclaimed choreographer Emma Martin that evokes a shrine-like space with sculpture, light, sound and a highly physical dance performed by Mufutau Yusuf accompanied by a live soundscape by Mick Donohoe, aka T-WOC
Performed to great acclaim at Dublin Dance Festival and VISUAL in 2023, KING | SHRINE was conceived as a ceremony for the end of the world as we know it, asking audiences to reflect on the current chaos of our world, whilst being present in the simple act of gathering and dancing.
This piece is part of a larger project by Martin entitled Dark Days Need Ceremony, a work about ‘endings and new beginnings’
Created by Emma Martin in collaboration with:
Dancer: Mufutau Yusuf (Junior)
Music and Sound: Mick Donohoe
Light and Visual Design Conception: Katie Davenport, Stephen Dodd and Emma Martin
Text: Emma Martin with some contributions from Wayne Jordan
Voice: Hilary Woods
Production: Veronica Foo
Photography: Jose Miguel Jiminez and Ros Kavanagh
Originally commissioned by VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art