What We Hold

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Marking acclaimed choreographer Jean Butler’s return to working with traditional Irish dancers. What We Hold is a site-specific work which unfolds as a series of encounters with an intergenerational cast of contemporary and traditional performers set throughout the historic rooms of City Assembly House.

This world premiere, featuring Jean Butler, illuminates the personal and cultural histories contained within the Irish dancing body.

What We Hold invites the audience to engage with traditional and contemporary expressions of Irish dance side by side, up close, as never seen before;
to experience what the body holds and what happens when we let go.

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Special thanks to all at City Assembly House for supporting this project.

Funded by an Arts Council | An Chomhairle Ealaíon Dance Project Award. Supported by the Dance in Process Residency at Gibney, New York. Further support from the Irish Arts Center, Dance Cork Firkin Crane and Aer Lingus.

All performances are currently SOLD OUT If you would like to join the waiting list, please call 01 6778899.