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Discover an expansive programme of performances, festivals, residencies & classes at Dance Cork Firkin Crane Dances like a Bomb by Junk Ensemble. A note from Dance Cork Firkin Crane Executive Artistic Director Laurie Uprichard Dance Cork Firkin Crane’s Spring/Summer 2024 season launches this month, running until June 2024. The programme hosts artists from all over Ireland as well as from Palestine, Belgium, Norway, and France. We're looking forward to bringing a broad range of choreographic work to Shandon in the form of shared performances, full evenings, and several work-in-progress showings throughout the season, giving audiences a number of entry points to the work of these ground-breaking artists. In December we were saddened to hear of the passing of John Ashford, a friend and advocate of the dance community around the world. The former Director of both The Place Theatre and Aerowaves, John will be greatly missed by his colleagues and the wider dance community. We dedicate this season to his memory and his commitment to dance. Scroll down to find out what's happening in January and February, and browse the full season here. SEASON LAUNCH | Tuesday 23 January You are invited to join us for an informal evening of celebration on Tuesday 23 January 6:30-8:30pm at Dance Cork Firkin Crane for the launch of our Spring/Summer 2024 programme. Meet some programme artists and enjoy refreshments, music and chats while getting the low down on what's coming up at Dance Cork Firkin Crane. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to boxoffice [at] firkincrane.ie.  Performances, Sharings & Workshops PROFESSIONAL CLASS with Mufutau Yusuf | Thursday 11 January This workshop invites the students to engage with their own movement vocabularies and their imaginations in new ways through challenging oneself and working through one’s own limit, meanwhile having fun and sharing one’s own dance with others. Book Here >>>   SHARING with Mufutau Yusuf | Friday 12 January Following a week-long Ceist residency at Dance Cork Firkin Crane, dance artist and choreographer Mufutau Yusuf presents a sharing of work-in-progress with collaborator Lucas Katangila. Free event, all welcome to attend. Registration required by emailing boxoffice [at] firkincrane.ie by 5pm Thursday 11 January. DANCES LIKE A BOMB by Junk Ensemble | Thursday 8 & Friday 9 February at The Everyman Theatre Celebrating the strength of mature bodies and challenging the cult of youth, Dances Like a Bomb is a reclaiming of our ageing body created by dance-theatre innovators Junk Ensemble. Featuring acclaimed actor Mikel Murfi and leading dance artist Finola Cronin (formerly of Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal). Book Here >>> Presented by The Everyman in association with Dance Cork Firkin Crane. MASTERCLASS with Junk Ensemble | Friday 9 February at Dance Cork Firkin Crane Junk Ensemble’s workshop (led by Artistic Directors Jessica Kennedy & Megan Kennedy) will be energising and physically inclusive, and include movement tasks, text prompts and writing/memory exercises, with a specific lens on the themes explored in their current touring production Dances Like a Bomb. Book Here >>> Mary Nunan. Photo by Lucy Dawson TAKE OFF FESTIVAL | Wednesday 14 - Friday 16 February Take Off Festival returns this February, celebrating and showcases thrilling dance artists from Ireland and Europe. The festival invites audiences to discover performances from experienced and emerging choreographers: Jean-Baptiste Baele (Belgium/Norway), Structure-couple (France), and Irish based artists Stephanie Keane, Mary Nunan, Amir Sabra, Inma Pavon, Billy Kemp & Mick O'Shea, and Andrea Williams. Discover the Programme here >>> Exhibition CRANE VISUAL presents LE SALON | Monday 15 January - Saturday 24 February Crane Visual, a visual arts and interdisciplinary social space curated by Dermot Browne, continues with a new public exhibition Le Salon from Monday 15 January. You are invited to join us for the official opening of Le Salon on Thursday 18 January from 6pm at the Musgrave Theatre, all welcome.