Dance
Interactive
Theatre

The Act of Existing

Croí Glan
Two dancers in a studio pose closely together, one holding the other’s face while looking upward.

CHOREOGRAPHED BY PHILIP CONNAUGHTON

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. 

Funded by: the Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Developed in partnership with Dance Cork Firkin Crane, Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, & Dance Ireland.

Image Credit: David Keegan

Information

PLEASE NOTE: contains depictions of violence, reference to mental health and depression. This event features smoke machines, strobe lighting and excessive loud noise/music.

Home Ground: This show is part of Dublin Fringe Festival’s Home Ground community takeover performances initiative, facilitating artists to co-create safe, celebratory audience spaces for the communities their work represents.

PERFORMANCES:
7 Sep, 18:15 (preview)
8 Sep, 18:15
9 Sep, 21:00
11 Sep, 13:00

Home Ground Performance: 
9 Sep, 21:00
For disabled and queer/LGBTQIA+ audiences.

Prices: €22 (full), €20 (conc.), €18 (preview)

Venue

Project Arts Centre - Space Upstairs

Duration

50mins