A Call To You

A Call To You - Catherine Young Dance. Photo Patricio Cassioni

I worked with Catherine and the team from conception to production to explore and make sense of events in the world through dance. We wanted to make people feel the piece in their bodies, feel hope and joy whilst still acknowledging that we need each other to turn things around and that that is not an easy road.

A Call To You is a new work by Catherine Young, emerging from the urgency of the incomprehensible times we live through. It is a call to come together; to explore the fragility and friction of community. The strength of the many.   

Featuring a cast of outstanding international performers and live music directed by Young’s long-time collaborator Martin Schärer, and inspired by Ukranian folk dance traditions, A Call To You is a passionate celebration of life, togetherness and dance. It offers an antidote to the imagery of war and the endless rhetoric of politics. As words fail, the body now speaks – untamed and unapologetic.

Photo: Patricio Cassioni

Credits:

Director & Choreographer Catherine Young

created in collaboration with:

Dramaturg Hanna Slattne

Dancers Adrien Delépine, Axel Hampusson, Anna Kaszuba, Valentin Lemaitre, Simone O’Toole, Carmen Palacios Sáenz

Music by Martin Schärer (music director/percussion) in collaboration with Seanán Brennan (guitar/mandola), Brian Hogan (bass), Vyvienne Long (cello), Jade O’Connor (voice - devising) and Jess Kavanagh (vocals - devising & performing)

Sound & Sound Design Alan Kelly

Lighting Design Sarah Jane Shiels

Line Producer Kristyn Fontanella

Chief Lighting June González Iriarte

Costume Design Cherie White

Production Manager Seán Dennehy

Qlab Programmer & Tech Manager Michael Stapleton

Stage Manager Mags Mulvey

Photographer / Videographer Luca Truffarelli

Marketing Emer Casey, DDF, Backstage Theatre

Line Producer Kristyn Fontanella

Co-Producer Catherine Young

Production Photos / Trailer Pato Cassioni

Special Thanks to Séamus Purcell