Local choreographer brings electrifying dance show to Visual
Acclaimed local choreographer Emma Martin’s latest work ‘Night Dances’ is starting its national tour in Carlow this week
ACCLAIMED local choreographer Emma Martin’s latest work ‘Night Dances’ is starting its national tour in Carlow this week.
Night Dances is a bold series of four dance vignettes created by Emma in collaboration with performers and the pounding music of a live band.
The show played to rapturous response at Dublin Theatre Festival 2021, Edinburgh Fringe 2022 and Dublin Dance Festival 2024, and now goes on national tour, kicking off at Visual this Friday, 28 February.
Night Dances is a series of dances that express the invisible energetic connective tissue that joins us. Created by Emma in collaboration with dancers Robyn Byrne, Aoife McAtamney, Ryan O’Neill, Jessie Thomson and Jonas Krämer, with live music by Daniel Fox (Gilla Band), it features a cast of ten intergenerational dancers and a live band of three.
Critics have lauded Night Dances for its electrifying performances and innovative choreography. The praised it as ‘raucous, loud and sweaty … a thrilling hour of relentless dancing and music’, and highlighted the performance as ‘ecstasy on the dancefloor, capturing the essence of losing oneself in the rhythm of the night’.
The show can be seen in Visual on Friday 28 February and Saturday 1 March. Tickets are on sale from the venue, or visit https://www.unitedfall.com/night-dances
