John Scott’s Irish Modern Dance Theatre presents Everything Now In a world premiere this week at Dublin Fringe Festival Directed and Choreographed by John Scott Lighting Design by Niamh Cooke Music by Brian Hogan Costumes by Justine Doswell Danced by Kevin Coquelard, Maurice Ivy, Sebastiao Mpembele Kamalandua and Ryan O’Neill Everything Now | Smock Alley Theatre | 13-17 September 2017 | fringefest.com “Our final gesture before we’re thrown off a cliff” – John Scott (Dublin, Wednesday 13 September 2017) Irish Modern Dance Theatre’s (IMDT) compelling new work, Everything Now by John Scott, premieres at Dublin Fringe Festival this week in the historic Smock Alley Theatre. Everything Now is a rollercoaster ride danced by an all-male, ethnically diverse cast of renowned dancers - Kevin Coquelard (France/Ireland), Maurice Ivy (USA), Sebastiao Mpembele Kamalandua (Ireland/Angola) and Ryan O’Neill (Ireland). The dancers thrust us into a dynamic and vital physical exploration of how we respond to media and whether individuals can safeguard who they are when identity shifts, is reshaped, and shifts again in a time when nationhood is transformable, languages meld, and the news is incessant. Everything Now combines the formality and rigour of highly disciplined dance with elements of a 1960s happening to explore the pervasive, potentially damaging influences of Western society, of being consumed and consuming, while recognising that joy is still to be found. The piece is accompanied by powerful new music composed by Brian Hogan, bass player and co-writer/arranger with Kila, and leader of Preacher’s Son; and the support of a laughing/shouting/silent multicultural chorus. Everything Now will resonate with audiences long after the performance ends. Following its world premiere performance on Wednesday 13 September, Everything Now runs until Sunday 17 September with a 1pm matinee performance on Saturday 16 September and daily performances at 6.30pm in Smock Alley Theatre during Dublin Fringe Festival.
TICKETS Tickets for Everything Now are available now via fringefest.com: preview €11 | tickets €16/€14 concession. LISTINGS 13-17 September 2017 | Everything Now by John Scott’s Irish Modern Dance Theatre at Dublin Fringe Festival | Smock Alley Theatre | 6.30pm daily with a 1.00pm matinee on Saturday 16 September | Preview €11 | Tickets €16/€14 concession | fringefest.com ABOUT JOHN SCOTT’S IRISH MODERN DANCE THEATRE Irish Modern Dance Theatre was founded in 1991. A Dublin-born graduate of English Literature and Classics at University College Dublin, and dance at Irish National College of Dance, Scott’s work is pioneering, playful, and virtuosic. Performers are a rich ensemble ranging from Irish and international dancers to African torture survivors with whom Scott has created several unique works, the most famous being Fall and Recover. He has been awarded the African Refugee Network’s Culture Award for his work with Refugees and Survivors of Torture. John is also one of the subjects of Saddlers Wells’ 52 Portraits with Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargin and Hugo Glendinning. Recent works include Lear, with Valda Setterfield, performed at the Samuel Beckett Theatre Dublin, New York Live Arts, Kilkenny Arts Festival; Quad in collaboration with Pan Pan Theatre, shown at Dublin Dance Festival/Beckett Summer School; HYPERACTIVE, at La MaMa Moves Dance Festival/Galway Arts Festival, Dublin Dance Festival, New York; Feathers, Tiger Dublin Fringe, 2015; Actions, Fall and Recover and The White Piece and Merce Cunningham’s Totem Ancestor; and to celebrate the company's 25 year anniversary and as part of Project 50 in 2016, John Scott's Precious Metal and Merce Cunningham’s Night Wandering. FURTHER INFORMATION fringefest.com irishmoderndancetheatre.com Facebook @irishmoderndancetheatre Twitter @IMDTJohnScott MEDIA ENQUIRIES Including images, interviews and review tickets, please contact: Shirley Chance | t: +353 (0)87 414 8511 | e: shirleychance@gmail.com