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Atmospheric. Evocative. Haunting.

Body and Forgetting brings together the work of choreographer Liz Roche, film maker Alan Gilsenan and composer Denis Roche to create a powerful dance performance.

Inspired by the writings of Milan Kundera, Liz Roche Company’s remarkable dancers find their way through delicately woven circumstances of disappearance, loss, relationship and hope. Their attempts to hold fast to memories and objects of meaning is at the heart of this work.

Following the success of Body and Forgetting at the 2012 Dublin Dance Festival the Abbey Theatre is delighted to welcome this work by the Liz Roche Company to the Peacock stage, prior to the work’s national and U.K. tour:

DanceXchange Birmingham Hippodrome UK February Thursday 7th & Friday 8th February
Booking: + 44 (0) 844 338 5000 | dancexchange.org.uk/performance
Prices: £12 / £8 concession

Backstage Longford Wednesday 13th February, 8.30 pm
Booking: + 353 (0) 43 3347888 | http://www.backstage.ie/
Prices: €15 / €12 concession

The Model Sligo Saturday 16th February, 8pm
Booking: + 353 (0) 71 9141405 | http://themodel.ie/
Prices: €12 / €10 concession

Firkin Crane Cork Monday 18th February, 8pm
Booking: + 353 (0) 21 4507487 | http://www.firkincrane.ie/
Prices: €14 / €8 concession

Watergate Theatre Kilkenny Wednesday 20th February, 8pm
Booking: + 353 (0) 56 7761674 | http://watergatetheatre.com/
Prices: €12 / €10 concession

Liz Roche Company is one of Ireland’s leading contemporary dance companies. Based in Dublin the company produces an exciting programme of unique dance productions. To date Liz Roche Company has performed throughout Ireland and in the UK, France, Germany, Cyprus, USA and China.

‘An impressive multi-layered meditation on memory and identity’ – The Irish Times

Body and Forgetting was developed with the support of Modul-dance, a pan-European dance mobility project and Dance Ireland.

Body and Forgetting forms part of the Dance Ireland 21: Made in Dublin programme and was developed with the support of Modul-dance, a pan-European dance mobility project and Dance Ireland, with support of the Arts Council, Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin City Council, EU Culture programme and European Dancehouse Network.

Booking Details:

Dates: Monday 28 Jan – Saturday 2 Feb
Preview: Monday 28 Jan
Times: Monday – Saturday 8pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm

On the Peacock stage

Tickets: €22.50 / Conc. €18