Limerick Launch
5 November 2024
This month, we gathered with funders, partners and the wider community to launch our partnership with the Irish World Academy at the University of Limerick.
This lunchtime event, marked the significance of the partnership of the all-island dance company and IWA – a hub for the development of dance and music in Ireland – looked to future collaborations, and presented two newly commissioned works.
The works included an outdoor performance of Bridging by Amir Sabra who graduated from the MA in Contemporary Dance Performance at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, UL working with composer Rossa O’Snodaigh, Kíla, and current MA students.
The second work was a short performance by Liz Roche titled Partita, featuring dancers Conor T. Doherty, Emily Terndrup and Glòria Ros Abellana. This was created especially for the event in collaboration with members of the Irish Chamber Orchestra.
Artistic Director of Luail, Liz Roche spoke of the partnership, saying: The partnership between Luail and the Irish World Academy is an integral part of our mission to establish new possibilities and pathways for artists on this island. We were delighted to support Amir with an R&D earlier this year as he developed his new piece Bridging ahead of his performance at UL. Amir’s skill is representative of the exciting new talent that is coming from the MA in Contemporary Dance Performance at the Irish World Academy, and we are very happy to be working in such close collaboration with our partners there, as we create new relationships with and pathways for new dance artists.
