The Act of Existing
The Act of Existing
Croí Glan Integfrated Dance Company
A performance shaped by others.
In this provocative new duet by Philip Connaughton for Croí Glan, performers navigate a world of shifting rules, unexpected choices and uncertain outcomes. Blurring the boundaries between observation and participation, the work invites audiences into a live encounter where influence is never straightforward and responsibility is never neutral.
Playful, unsettling and revealing, this striking new work explores what it means to simply be ourselves in relation to others. As expectations, choices and boundaries shift, The Act of Existing asks whether the simple act of being can become something profound.
Age 18+
Contains strobe lighting
Choreographer Philip Connaughton
Co-Artistic Directors Tara Brandel, Bobbi Byrne
Dancers Bobbi Byrne, Ben Sullivan
Producer / LD / PM Gearóid O’hAllmhurain
Designer Emily Ní Bhroin
Composer Luca Truffarelli, Federico Ortica
Supported by The Arts Council, Dance Cork Firkin Crane and Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre.
Led by Co-Artistic Directors Tara Brandel and Bobbi Byrne, Croí Glan is an award winning disabled led Contemporary Dance Company celebrating diverse bodies on stage, and a flagship company for EDI with a case study in the new AC EDI handbook.
Creating 22 works since 2006, Croí Glan has toured nationally and internationally: Croí Glan’s most recent productions include CHANGE (4 star review Irish Times ad highlight at Dublin Fringe 2025); Armour Off, a multi award winning film; and In Place, presented at IMMA in 2021.
CG is EDI Company in Residence at Uillinn Arts Centre 2022-28.
Philip Connaughton is a celebrated Dublin-based choreographer whose work fuses creativity, collaboration, and innovation. He is currently an associate artist at Project Arts Centre and a company artist with THISISPOPBABY.
Philip founded his company in 2014 with the award-winning large-scale piece Tardigrade. Since then, he has developed several touring projects
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