Floating On A Dead Sea
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Floating On A Dead Sea
Floating On A Dead Sea
Catherine Young Dance
Live Performance & Documentary Screening
Floating on a Dead Sea is inspired by Catherine Young’s experience visiting Palestine with her dance company in 2017 and again in 2019.
This is Young’s immersive and visceral reflection on life in the West Bank prior to the 2023/24 war, interweaving dance, film, live music and text.
Prior to the performance, there will be a screening of Floating on a Dead Sea (documentary), created in collaboration with Luca Truffarelli, an intensely powerful film offering a glimpse into life under occupation in Palestine in 2019. The film was created in 2020, when lock-down threatened the development of the live performance.
Floating on a Dead Sea was originally commissioned by the Dublin Dance Festival and premiered at DDF Winter Edition in 2021. Floating on a Dead Sea is presented in association with the Backstage Theatre and funded by the Arts Council Touring Award with the support of Town Hall Theatre Galway.
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Don’t worry if you or any of your party are unable to attend a performance. If you contact our Box Office team on 043 3347888 no later than 4pm two days before the show*, you can exchange your tickets for another performance or ask for a credit voucher (which does not expire).
*Must be two working days. Box Office hours: Mon-Fri (10am to 5pm)
Please note: No refunds/exchanges can be offered on the day of a performance or after a show has taken place.
If we need to cancel or postpone a show, our team will be in touch to let you know and offer you a refund or exchange.
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