The Irish Street Art, Circus and Spectacle Network – ISACS – Ireland’s leading support and advocacy organisation for the development of street arts, circus and spectacle art forms and SpringMoves Dance Festival will host Where Dance Meets Street at the National Opera House, High St, Wexford on May 6th, and 7th.
This year Where Dance Meets Street explores collaborative practice and presentation between the art forms of Street and Dance. As part of this two-day event Prodigal UPG will perform Zoo Humans for the whole community and deliver a Masterclass for artists interested in presenting Dance in public places.
ZOO HUMANS is a free performance-parkour/dance/physical-theatre show for the whole family – at 3pm on Saturday 6th of May, at Selskar. Accompanied by an original electronic soundtrack by Chris Umney, featuring Sir David Attenborough’s classic narration (with the blessing of the man himself). No booking is required.
The Masterclass for dance, street and circus artists will take place on Sunday the 7th at the National Opera House. It will explore the practice, creation, and presentation of work in public spaces and the democratic nature of Street Arts. The first session – starting at 10:30am, will introduce participants to a diversity of movement vocabulary, and then a final 2-hour session in the afternoon, will explore outdoor spaces in connection with Dance movement.
The Urban Playground Team is the original performance-parkour (2PK) company, coining that term to describe their unique blend of dance, street theatre and parkour. The company specialises in pioneering engagement models with at-risk communities of young people and has worked with participants aged 3 – 95.
The event is supported by Wexford County Council and the Arts Council of Ireland. For more information check out https://isacs.ie/event/where-dance-meets-street-2023/ .
