To This I Belong
Commissioned by Luail
To This I Belong
Commissioned by Luail
To This I Belong, an all-island commission, shared new dance works created by four choreographers with communities across the island of Ireland in 2024 and 2025.
To This I Belong was a year-long all-island commission which shared new dance works created by four choreographers, celebrating home, landscape and community.
In September 2024 in Limerick, street and hip-hop artist Tobi Omoteso’s Boombox Gathering marked Luail’s first public event as the national dance company. The revival of a grassroots hip-hop event – Tobi brought together artists from across the community to perform for an audience of over 400 people who came to watch the performance throughout the day.
In Enniscorthy in March 2025, Lucia Kickham welcomed the Spring Equinox with Walk with Me. Performed by a community cast who had come together each week with Lucia over a 10 week period, this project connected both audience and participants to the natural environment along the bank of the River Slaney.
To mark the eve of Bealtaine that May, Edwina Guckian brought audiences to a secret location in the hills of Leitrim to experience Sclimpíní – a live dance and music experience inspired by fairy stories that she had gathered from communities in the months leading up to her performance.
Across June and August 2025, Dylan Quinn shared Dance Corner in 21 locations across Ulster, dancing with people from all walks of life on deserted beaches, beside bingo halls, beside shop fronts and street corners. The piece was performed in 2026 at St.Patrick’s Festival and The Five Lamps Festival in Dublin and at the Cavan Arts Festival, engaging with over 34,500 dancers and observers.
Over the course of the project, Belfast-based film-maker Nicky Larkin documented the four artist’s journeys, giving deeper insight into the makers, participants, and the shared creative journey that made To This I Belong possible. The film had its world premiere at Docs Ireland in Belfast on in June 2026, and was screened at the Galway Film Fleadh, at Dancer from the Dance Festival at the IFI in Dublin and at Inspired Dance Film Festival in Australia.
Production Team
DATES 2024 / 2025
Boombox Gathering
September 14th 2024, Arthur’s Quay – Limerick
WALK WITH ME
March 23rd 2025, Promenade Playground – Enniscorthy
SCLÍMPINÍ
April 30th 2025 and May 1st2025, Leitrim
DANCE CORNER
2024: Enniskillen and Donegal
2025: Antrim, Portrush, Clones, Castleblaney, Monaghan, Letterkenny, Glencolmcille, Killybegs, Swanlinbar, Cavan Town, Belturbet, Derry, Castlederg, Armagh, Newry, Newcastle, Warrenpoint, Down/Antrim, Enniskillen, Belcoo, Enniskillen
