Commissioned by the Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Dancing Fears was premiered there by Gandini Juggling on 17th December 2010. During the last past 18 years, the Gandinis have performed over 4,000 shows in 40 countries and are in constant worldwide demand for their virtuoso juggling and breathtaking choreography. Here is a sample of their work.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Premiere: End with Words of Hope, Dublin
Thursday, October 28, 2010
End with Words of Hope, a set of songs for soprano and clarinet with texts by Sappho and Ailis Ni Riain was premiered By Paul Roe and Elizabeth Hilliard at Beal Festival at the National Concert Hall of Ireland on 3rd November 2010. Listen to one of the songs here: End with Words of Hope (extract)
Premiere: Crevice Cradle Cracks, Dublin
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Crevice Cradle Cracks was premiered by the Crash Ensemble’s clarinettist Deirdre O Leary at Kaleidoscope, Odessa Club, Dublin on 2nd November 2010. This commission was supported by The Arts Council of Ireland. Listen to an extract: Crevice Cradle Cracks (extract) 2010
Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom, AND Festival Commission
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Commissioned by the AND Festival and Cornerhouse, Manchester Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom was produced at The International Anthony Burgess Centre on 7th October 2o1o. A music-theatre piece incorporating interpretive sign- language, cimbalom and guitar, poetry and animation. See an extract here.
Premiere: DOWN, Liverpool
Thursday, September 30, 2010
DOWN, commissioned by METAL with funds from Arts Council England, is a collaboration with visual artist Nicola Dale. Shown at the Liverpool Biennial 2010 the work comprises 12,000 intricately hand cut ‘feathers’ with music by A Ni Riain. Visit the website for DOWN
Dogs in Waiting, Dublin
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Dogs in Waiting (1999) was performed hourly by double-bassist Bryan Quigley at The Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland’s Culture Night on 23rd September 2010. Dogs in Waiting is a virtuosic piece for double-bass which mimics the behaviour of dogs who are left outside shops while their owners go inside. It won the Mostly Modern Composition [...]
Sawn-off Opera, London
Friday, July 9, 2010
Sawn-off Opera presented three operas by Ailis Ni Riain, with Librettos by David Gaffney and Directed by Caroline Clegg at the Tete a Tete Opera Festival Riverside Studios, August 21 & 22, London. See Photos.
Premiere: Conversations We Wish We’d Had
Monday, April 19, 2010
A music and voice installation for an old fashioned British K6 red telephone box at The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester throughout May 2010. Commissioned by the Manchester Modernist Society for FutureEverything Festival. The piece was presented in an original K6 red telephone box alongside a number of walking tours to view Manchester’s other [...]
Danish premieres, Copenhagen
Monday, March 22, 2010
The Man Made of Rain and Beautiful Cracked Eyes received their Danish premieres by TTAATTOO on the 21st March 2010 at Møstings Hus, Copenhagen.
BEATEN produced in Berlin
Thursday, February 25, 2010
The Deutschestheater in Berlin presented the German language version of Ailis Ni Riain’s first play BEATEN in February 2010. The play remains in repertoire for the rest of 2010. Available from Nick Hern Books.