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Dances Like a Bomb is the latest work by multi-award-winning dance innovators Junk Ensemble, performed by acclaimed actor Mikel Murfi and leading Irish dance artist Finola Cronin (former Pina Bausch company). Celebrating the strength and beauty of mature bodies and challenging the cult of youth, the performers are heroic, vulnerable, comedic, acerbic, and completely themselves. They care fiercely for each other and defend their independence. As they hold each other up and push each other down, the universality of ageing and the ‘performance’ of age is unpacked, alongside the limits of love and care. Blending visceral imagery, dance, text and music, Dances Like a Bomb is a reclaiming of the ageing body.
Created and Directed by: Jessica Kennedy, Megan Kennedy
Choreography created in collaboration with the cast
Performers: Finola Cronin, Mikel Murfi
Set Design: Sabine Dargent
Music: Denis Clohessy
Lighting Design: Stephen Dodd
Costume Design: Saileóg O'Halloran
Text: Finola Cronin, Mikel Murfi
Voice Coach: Andrea Ainsworth
Set Construction: Ger Clancy
Stage Managers: Marella Boschi, Lora Hartin
Production Manager: Simon Bird
Chief LX: Eoin Lennon
Costume Assistant: May Leahy
Set Dressing: Saoirse O'Shea
Producer: Gwen Van Spÿk
Assistant Producer: Michelle Cahill
Producer Support: Sophie Coote
Supported by Mermaid Arts Centre, Dance Ireland and Shawbrook Dance. Funded by The Arts Council of Ireland | An Chomhairle Ealaíon Arts Grant Fund and Dublin City Council.