Maiden Voyage Dance are able to share with you the third of four short films that are a creative and expressive response to lockdown from our community participants connected to the BELFAST MOVEMENT CHOIR; ‘OUTSIDE MY WINDOW, INSIDE MY HOME‘ taken from recorded footage from the third three weeks of our remote sessions. These sessions […]
The new Maiden Voyage dance and music performance, Turnabout, commissioned from choreographer Jennifer Rooney and composer Elaine Agnew was premiered online to rave reviews as part of the Belfast Children’s Festival 2021. Turnabout is an expression of all aspects of hope; holding on to hope, loosing hope, shared hope, keeping hopeful hearts-so prevalent during the […]
Following an open call Maiden Voyage’s artist development programme Resi-Dance is now underway. The Resi-Dance programme has been funded by an Organisational Emergency award from Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Department of Communities. Seed commissions have been awarded to Clara Kerr, Michael McEvoy, Suzannah McCreight, Eileen McClory and Vasiliki Stasinaki. They will each develop […]
Maiden Voyage Dance are able to share with you a short film that is a creative and expressive response to lockdown from our community participants connected to the BELFAST MOVEMENT CHOIR; ‘REDISCOVERING’ taken from recorded footage from remote sessions held in the autumn term. These sessions were facilitated by dance artists Anna Treanor and Eileen […]
Maiden Voyage has been awarded Organisational Emergency Funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Department for Communities for Resi-dance, a programme of seed commissions and creative practice development for NI-based dance artists during the Covid pandemic. The opportunities provided by Resi-dance include; A. Five Seed Commissions Five seed commissions for five dance artists […]
WEEKLY PRODANCE CLASSES A new 24-week programme of classes for NI-based dancers and performers launches on Tuesday 6th October to help us all get back on our feet. Classes are taught by invited international guests and locally based artists and during the first 12 weeks will cover a range of contemporary techniques, improvisation, ballet, gyrotonics […]