Daghdha Dance Company is delighted to invite you to Mamuska Nights, a bi-monthly appointment of stimulating performances and exciting characters right in the heart of Limerick.
Mamuska is a unique night of creativity designed to offer individuals the opportunity to experiment, in the presence of a live audience, with new and evolving artistic works. It aims to create an open space for all people to present or view artistic work in a friendly and favourable environment.
All forms of talent are welcome. Mamuska is an informal event giving emphasis on "trying out" rather than "doing", yet aiming to present quality works capable of inspiring the audience – be it dance, video, poetry, installation, performance, etc. All works, excluding installations, should be under 10 minutes long.
To submit your work, please contact Davide Terlingo.
Dust off those dreams in the drawer.
Flyer: Mamuska Nights 2005/2006 Season
Programme: Friday 10 June 2005
BOAT CLUB
LIMERICK, IRELAND
THE SOUND OF LAMBADA – Dance (3’)
CHOREOGRAPHY: Mani Smalis | DANCE: Angi Smalis, Nicole Peisl
ADVERTISEMENT 1 – Video (between 30’’ & 1’)
VIDEO: Sheila Fleming
AEROPLANE – Performance (4’)
TEXT: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Katarina Mojzisova | MUSIC: Red Hot Chili Peppers
ADVERTISEMENT 2 – Video (between 30’’ & 1’)
I BUILD A CHAIR OUT OF 15 DUCKS – Intervention (3’30’’)
CONCEPT: Mani Smalis | PERFORMANCE: Mani Smalis, 15 Ducks
ADVERTISEMENT 3 – Video (between 30’’ & 1’)
STUFFSHUFFLESTUFF - PRIVATE - Dance (7’)
CONCEPT: Jeffrey Gormly | DANCE: Angi Smalis
Presented by Soul Gun Warriors
ADVERTISEMENT 4 – Video (between 30’’ & 1’)
THE LIGHTLY FRAGRANCED DUET – Dance (4’)
CHOREOGRAPHY: Angi Smalis | DANCE: Angi Smalis, Katarina Mojzisova
ADVERTISEMENT 5 – Video (between 30’’ & 1’)
THE SWAN – Dance (3’)
CHOREOGRAPHY: Anne Burke, Nicholas Yenson | DANCE: Nicholas Yenson
THE MEANNING OF LIFE, DEATH & DANCE – Lecture performance (5’)
TEXT: Katarina Mojzisova, | GUEST APPEARANCE: Michael Klien
STUFFSHUFFLESTUFF - PUBLIC - Dance (7’)
CONCEPT: Jeffrey Gormly | DANCE: Nicole Peisl
Presented by Soul Gun Warriors
AUDIENCE INSTALLATION – Installation (4’)
CONCEPT: Katarina Mojzisova, Brighdin Farren
ONGOING INSTALLATIONS / INTERVENTIONS
ENTRANCE
‘JUST WONDER’ COLLECTION, EXPLORING THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL – Crafts
DESIGN | HANDWORK: Angi Smalis
Feel free to take one home
MAIN SPACE
ANIMAL – Ongoing performance
CREDITS: Katarina Mojzisova
OUTSIDE
WHITE – Video
VIDEO: Finoula Quiley
BACK ROOM
WORKS FROM STUDENTS OF LSAD – Photo, painting, video
CREDITS: Various
Programme: Friday 15 April 2005
BOAT CLUB
LIMERICK, IRELAND
DRAGON STUDY N. 3: DRAGON'S FLAME – Dance (4’)
CHOREOGRAPHY | DANCE: Katarina Mojzisova
MUSIC: Sam Alty
FROM MILTOWN TO BOSTON – Dance (5’)
CHOREOGRAPHY | DANCE: Kieran Jordan
ACCADO DA CAPO – Dance video (8’)
PRODUCTION: Bottega Bologna
CHOREOGRAPHY: Isabelle Preuilh
WATCH ME WATCHING ME – Performance, video (5’)
CONCEPT | DANCE: Angi Smalis
CHOREOGRAPHY: Davide Terlingo
NO LOGIC – Dance (1’30’’)
CHOREOGRAPHY | DANCE: Laura Murphy
MUSIC: Tom Waits
WATCH ME WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME - Performance, video (5’)
CONCEPT | DANCE: Angi Smalis
CHOREOGRAPHY: Davide Terlingo
I PAINTED MYSELF... - Video performance (3’40’’)
VIDEO | PERFORMANCE: Louise shine
STUDY TO GRADUALLY & CONDITION, PART I – Dance, live music, video projection (6’)
CREDITS: Nicole Peisl, Steve Ryan, Dirk Haubrich
WATCH YOU WATCHING ME WATCHING ME AND WATCHING ME WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME – Performance, video (5’)
CONCEPT | DANCE: Angi Smalis
CHOREOGRAPHY: Davide Terlingo
STUDY TO GRADUALLY & CONDITION, PART II – Dance (7’)
CREDITS: Nicole Peisl, Dirk Haubrich
AUTHORITATIVE ATTEMPT AT PRESERVING A MOMENT – Performance (4’ to 8’)
CREDITS: Brighdin Farren, Katarina Mojzisova
MUSIC: Sam Alty
STUDY TO GRADUALLY & CONDITION, PART III – Dance, live music (8’)
CREDITS: Nicole Peisl, Steve Ryan
MEANING OF LIFE, DEATH AND DANCE - Lecture, performance (5’)
CONCEPT | TEXT: Katarina Mojzisova
ONGOING INSTALLATIONS / INTERVENTIONS
ENTRANCE
‘JUST WONDER’ COLLECTION, EXPLORING THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL – postcards
DESIGN | HANDWORK: Angi Smalis, Mani Smalis
Feel free to take one home
MAIN SPACE
SUBTLE PARADOX OF CHANGE – Unruled choreography
CREDITS: Michael Klien
TOILET
BOOTSTRAPPING MY TRUTH – Audio installation
CREDITS: Michael Klien
Programme: Friday 4 February 2005
BOAT CLUB
LIMERICK, IRELAND
DRAGON STUDY N. 2: DRAGON’S ESSENCE – Performance, live music (5’)
PERFORMANCE: Katarína Mojzisova, Wilson (AKA Willyboy)
MUSIC: Aine O’Dwyer
4 CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS - video (6'24'')
VIDEO | CONCEPT: Davide Terlingo
CHOREOGRAPHY | TEXT: Angi Smalis
DANCE: Angi Smalis
THE VACANT HOUSE OF MR KRAPP – Dance (7’)
DIRECTION: Yoshiko Chuma
CHOREOGRAPHY | DANCE: Davide Terlingo, Tanya McCrory
DINNERTIME – Video (9’30’’)
PRODUCTION: Collapsible Productions
THE MEANING OF LIFE & DEATH… & DANCE – Lecture, performance (6’)
CONCEPT | TEXT: Katarína Mojzisova
CONSULTANT: Dave Guy
ALSO FEATURING: Nina Simone, Zone A
SHANGRI-LA – Video (6’)
CONCEPT | VIDEO: Celene Natasha Murphy
PERFORMANCE: Celene Natasha Murphy, Nick Bromfield
TECH ASSISTANCE: Nick Bromfield
THE WEATHER REPORT – Performance, video (4’)
CONCEPT | MOVEMENT: Tanya McCrory
RED OMEN – Dance (extract, work in progress) (10’)
CHOREOGRAPHY | DANCE: Davide Terlingo
MUSIC: S. Prokofiev
THE ONION BAR - Video (7’40’’)
PRODUCTION: para active
DIRECTION: Jade Maravala, Jonathan Grieve
ONGOING INSTALLATIONS
MAIN SPACE
WHEN I DANCE YOU’RE IN MY MIND – Dance, video, sound installation for two
CONCEPT: Michael Klien
Ongoing except during other performances
ENTRANCE
FANTASTIC STORY OF THE ORCHARD - Photos
PHOTOS | TEXT: Katarína Mojzisova
… SOMEWHERE IN THE BOAT CLUB
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE – Secret installation of an object
CONCEPT: Katarína Mojzisova
The first to find it receives a warm price!
Programme: Saturday 11 December 2004
BOAT CLUB
LIMERICK, IRELAND
THE VACANT HOUSE OF MR KRAPP – Dance (7’)
DIRECTION: Yoshiko Chuma
CHOREOGRAPHY | DANCE: Davide Terlingo, Tanya McCrory
JUDGEMENT OF GRACE – Dance installation (extract) (10’)
CHOREOGRAPHY: M.Klien in collaboration with DMP artists
DANCE: R. Egeling, M. Flynn, K. Mojzisova, H.Young
DAGHDHA’S GRACE – Video documentary (5’)
VIDEO: Rebecca Egeling
SLEEPWALKING – Dance (1’40’’)
CHOREOGRAPHY | DANCE: Louise Hatt
MUSIC: Paul Skane, Louise Hatt
DJINN GENIE – Reading from play “3Some” (extract) (10’)
TEXT: Jeffrey Gormly
READING: J. Gormly, D. Terlingo, Guest
SHE SAID SHE COULDN’T DANCE UNTIL SHE PUT HER WELLIES ON – Dance (2’)
CHOREOGRAPHY | DANCE: Hannah Young
THE MEANING OF LIFE & DEATH & DANCE – Lecture (6’)
CONCEPT: Katarína Mojzisova
PERFORMANCE: R. Egeling, M. Flynn, K. Mojzisova, H.Young
MY PINK PART – Video performance (6’)
VIDEO | PERFORMACE: Celene Natasha Murphy
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: Nick Dromfield
SOLO – Dance (3’)
CONCEPT | DANCE: Rebecca Egeling
AVERSION – Physical theatre (work in progress) (10’)
PRESENTED BY: nervousystem
TEXT: Jeffrey Gormly
DIRECTION: Aiden Condron
PERFORMANCE: Marian Araujo, Regan O'Brien
INTERACTIVE GAME – Performative game (2’+5’)
CONCEPT: Megan Flynn
EAT! – Dance, food (10’)
IDEA: Nicole Peisl
PERFORMANCE: Nicole Peisl, Tanja Lowe
MUSIC: Tanja Lowe
Thanks to Mani Smalis
ONGOING INSTALLATIONS
TOILETTE
YOUR WORLD IN MY STRUCTURES – Audio
CONCEPT: Michael Klien
OUTSIDE
IMAAGINAARIUM - TAKE A TRIP TO SPACE IN OUR VIRTUAL THEATRE – Theatre
PRESENTED BY: The Soul Gun Warriors
PRODUCTION: It's A Miracle!
PERFORMANCE: Freeler Freewheeler
WORDS: Perspective
MUSIC: The Pattern
SMALL ROOM
FULL BODIED - Projection
Photos: Hannah Young
Programme: Friday 5 November 2004
BOAT CLUB
LIMERICK, IRELAND
20.45 SONG FOR IRELAND 92 – Choreography for tin whistle
CHOREOGRAPHY: Michael Klien | PERFORMERS: M. Klien, N. Mortimore, D. Terlingo, S. Valk
Duration: 4’
21.00 THE SUNSHINE VARIATIONS – Dance
PERFORMERS: Kieran Jordan, Tanya McCroy, Lisa Stone, Catherine Young
Duration: approx. 4’
21.20 DMP – Dramaturgy
COLLABORATION OF SORTS (that has been meticulously planned but not rehearsed)
Duration: approx. 9’ + 5’ introduction
21.45 4 MORE YEARS – Video
CONCEPT | VIDEO | DANCE: Davide Terlingo
Duration: 9’30’’
22.00 SONG FOR IRELAND 92 – Choreography for tin whistle
CHOREOGRAPHY: Michael Klien | PERFORMERS: M. Klien, N. Mortimore, D. Terlingo, S. Valk
Duration: 4’
22.15 THE SUNSHINE VARIATIONS – Dance
PERFORMERS: Kieran Jordan, Tanya McCroy, Lisa Stone, Catherine Young
Duration: approx. 4’
22.30 DMP – Dramaturgy
COLLABORATION OF SORTS (that has been meticulously planned but not rehearsed)
Duration: approx. 9’ + 5’ introduction
22.50 4 MORE YEARS – Video
CONCEPT | VIDEO | DANCE: Davide Terlingo
Duration: 9’30’’
FOYER SOUND INSTALLATION
LAST WEEK THOUGHT
IDEA: Michael Klien | VOICES: K. Jordan, M. Klien, T. McCroy, L. Stone, C. Young
NOTES
After 11pm there will be a chance to take part in Mamuska with improvised events.
Times are indicative only. Delays and changes in the program are possible.
Article: Mamuska in Daghdha Dance Company
by Ella Daly
The last year has seen a lot of change in Limerick's Daghdha Dance Co. Since the arrival of Michael Klien, Artistic Director, last June the company has been given a new lease of life, taking on four full time dancers from all over the world: Davide Terlingo (Italy), Angi Smalis (Greece), Nicole Piesl (Frankfurt) and most recently appointed Mami Shimazaki (Japan). In addition to dancers, Daghdha has welcomed Tanya Lowe as dance teacher and Roisin Kinsella as General Manager.
All these new appointments have marked a new and exciting time for the company who, though still based in the University, are shortly to move into St John's Church in the city centre. The company launched their move last December with "Gravity and Grace" a weekend of music and dance in the church which featured Irish and international dancers and was an open house for all. For 24 hours tea and coffee was served to the public. The artistic programme included works by Ballett Frankfurt, as well as traditional Irish music and Sennachie Eddy Lennihan. Daghdha Dance Company plans to follow on this thread of open performances featuring all kind of work and so has given birth to "Mamuska Night".
Mamuska Night is an event dreamt up by Research Officer Davide Terlingo to showcase small pieces and works in progress by individual artists. The first ever Mamuska Night kicked off Saturday April 24th in the company's base in the University of Limerick. It featured dance, video and performance pieces from both Daghdha Dance Co., Amalgamotion Theatre Co. and music technology students Kunal Agarwal and Mark.
The first piece by Davide Terlingo and Mani Smalis was a tongue-in-cheek look at evolution featuring the naked torsos of Terlingo and Smalis. It got the evening off to a chuckling start, setting the stage for an evening that was not to be taken too seriously. Next came "Empty Shells", a more serious dance piece choreographed by Terlingo and Angi Smalis. Following was "Kloshken", a contemporary dance video made by UL MA In Music Technology students Kunal Agarwal and Mark. It featured the music of Mark and dancing by Barbra Piagal (MA in Contemporary Dance Performance) and Ann-Sophie Martin (MA in Ethno-Choreology).
Between performances the audience were invited to refreshments; soft drinks, tea, biscuits and assorted sweet things were free for all. A general air of relaxation prevailed with people sitting in clusters discussing the evening's performances. At precisely 8.40 we entered into "Theatre Der Welt" by Michael Klien, an improvised piece that gave audience members instructions: "stand in the square looking normal", "you are being observed by a woman who is wondering if she could find you attractive". "Theatre Der Welt" attempts to explain the rules of the world in a simple way and was certainly entertaining.
"Finding Sympathy" by Amalgamotion Theatre Company was a performance and video piece which contrasted the romance of love letters from 1908 with the coy bluntness of modern day text sex. Though they both deal with desire, how different and yet alike the approaches are! In front of a video featuring the letters and text messages Ciarda Tobin and Aidan Crowe dressed and undressing in Victorian and contemporary garb. We finished up with a video piece by Davide Terlingo and Angi Smalis and a solo performance by dancer Nicole Piesl, "Seemingly, Seemingly".
With no piece lasting more that 10 minutes, the night gave a snapshot of the arts scene in Limerick. The next Mamuska Night, due to take place June 26th, will move to a venue in the city itself. It is hoped that this will encourage greater involvement by students of the Art College while featuring further work by students from the University of Limerick. The arts scene in Ireland is increasingly represented by bi-monthly showcases: Enso in Galway, the Civic Arts Enquiry in Dublin, Electric Rain in Cork. Daghdha Dance Company are on the ball with Mamuska Nights, leading the way for the arts in Limerick.