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Floating on a Dead Sea comes to Lime Tree Theatre on October 23 to illuminate Palestinian daily life

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Catherine Young Dance is delighted to present ‘Floating on a Dead Sea’ at Lime Tree Theatre on Wednesday, October 23rd as part of a national tour. Pic: Alaa Aliabdallah

‘Floating on a Dead Sea’ comes to Lime Tree Theatre on Wednesday, October 23rd as part of a national tour which shows ‘Irish dance at its best’

The work is inspired by Young’s time in Palestine and features a cast of international dancers. Pic: Luca Truffarelli

Catherine Young Dance is delighted to present ‘Floating on a Dead Sea’ at Lime Tree Theatre on Wednesday, October 23rd as part of a national tour.

The work is inspired by Young’s time in Palestine and features a cast of international dancers, stunning visuals by filmmaker Luca Truffarelli and live music directed by Martin Schärer. The tour presents two interconnected works: Young and Truffarelli’s documentary, viewed through a choreographer’s lens, alongside a powerful live performance, re-worked for the new context in 2024. Both pieces weave movement, film, live music, and text to illuminate Palestinian daily life.

‘Floating on a Dead Sea’ is a chance to look and listen more deeply, especially to those whose voices are often unheard.


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Catherine Young Dance was established in 2014, after Catherine returned to Ireland from training and working as a dance artist in San Francisco and New York. She carried with her the extraordinary influences of her dance teachers who were mostly African-American.

The show features stunning visuals by filmmaker Luca Truffarelli and live music directed by Martin Schärer. pic: Luca Truffarelli

They infused in her a deep understanding of dance anthropology and dance history as well as certainty about the essentiality of dance and its power to make change. They also gifted her with a love of African dance which is at the bedrock of her practice.

Since 2014, Catherine and the company have built up a significant body of work and influence as artists and activists, moving hearts and minds towards our common humanity through dance.

The group has toured nationally and internationally, including an important opening performance at the Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival in Palestine in 2017 with their piece, ‘Welcoming a Stranger’.

This performance allowed the choreographer to build following works including ‘State of Exception’ looking at the human rights of those in Direct Provision, and now coming to Lime Tree Theatre, ‘Floating on a Dead Sea’ looking at Palestine.

‘Floating on a Dead Sea’ is a chance to look and listen more deeply, especially to those whose voices are often unheard. pic: Alaa Aliabdallah

Richard is a presenter, producer, songwriter and actor. He was named the Limerick Person of the Year (2011) and won an online award at the Metro Éireann Media and Multicultural Awards (2011) for promoting multi-culturalism online. Richard says that the ilovelimerick.com concept is very much a community driven project that aims to document life in Limerick. So, that in 20 years time people can look back and remember the events that were making the headlines.