Inspired by the poetry and plays of WB Yeats, The Second Coming is a spectacular fusion of traditional Irish music, song and dance with aerial circus, theatre, narrative and film. It centres on the concept of Yeats’s own ‘second coming’, as he returns to contemporary Ireland with a message of renewal for today. Read more …
Co-produced by Fidget Feet Aerial Dance company – currently artists in residence at Limerick’s Irish World Academy of Music and Dance – and the Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo, it features a seven-strong troupe of gravity-defying dancers, and integrates archive audio and film footage of Yeats himself.
Musical director Michael Rooney has composed a stunning live score, and also performs on harp and concertina, together with Michael McGoldrick (flute/whistles), John Joe Kelly (percussion) and Damien O’Kane (banjo/guitar/vocals).
Dancers spin round in silken cocoons, climb horizontally up the wall or ascend giant metal spirals, producing one visually arresting image after another.
Tramway, Glasgow from Friday January 16, 2015, until Monday January 19, 2015. More info: www.tramway.org
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