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Dance Limerick to get the city moving on Sunday, August 3
Dance Limerick will bring its Outdoors Day of Dance to John’s Square on the August Bank Holiday. Photo shows ‘I’d Like to Get to Know You’ Step Up performance by by Philip Connaughton. Photo: Luca Truffarelli
Dance Limerick will bring a new beat to the street in Limerick City with their Outdoors Day of Dance this Sunday, August 3
Dance Limerick will participate in the August in the City initiative which aims to energise Limerick City and bring people together this summer.
All across the city this August, public spaces will be brought to life with a mix of showcase events and community-led activities for everyone to enjoy. As part of the initiative, Dance Limerick will bring its Outdoors Day of Dance to John’s Square on the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Dance Limerick will offer a free dance class in John’s Square on Sunday, August 3 kicking off ar 11 am, they are inviting everyone interested to take part, saying it is open to “professionals, enthusiasts and anyone with an interest in movement”.
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Following the event, participants and those in the audience will have a chance to watch the Step Up dances in action one more time.
The goal of the August in the City initiative is to make the most of Limerick’s public spaces and promote a strong sense of community spirit.
The event caps off a busy week for the Dance Limerick group as they celebrate 15 years of the Step Up Dance Project, this year’s show, ‘I’d Like to Get to Know You’ by Philip Connaughton had its first showing on Wednesday, July 30 and will also be performed on Thursday, July 31 at 7.30 pm at Dance Limerick, Friday, August 1 and 1 pm in Dance Limerick, and another showing on Saturday, August 2 at 5 p m in DanceHouse, Dublin.
‘I’d Like to Get to Know You’ explores the often-impossible task of bridging the gap between the artist and the outside world. At the heart of all of Connaughton’s choreography—whether explicit or understated—lies a deep thread of isolation. The very impulse to perform arises from his own longing to reconnect with something that feels lost. The beauty of the work is not in resolving this tension, but in the attempt itself—in striving for the impossible, in refusing to give up, in the sheer act of doing.
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