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LIV O’DONOGHUE’S DANCE REINFORCED THE SURE-FOOTEDNESS AND SHARP ATTENTION TO DETAIL THAT GIVE HER WORK A SATISFYING SENSE OF COMPLETENESS. THE CHOREOGRAPHY ALWAYS OPERATES TO IT’S OWN INNER LOGIC SO THAT NO MOVEMENT FEELS OUT OF PLACE, AND HER CONCEPT AND ITS REALISATION ARE IN CONSTANT HARMONY.
IRISH TIMES
A BEGUILING DUET FULL OF FLOWING SEQUENCES AND STILLNESS. ✮✮✮✮
IRISH TIMES
THOUGHT PROVOKING, UNSETTLING AND ORIGINAL, COMBINING INTO A POWERFUL THEATRICAL EVENING THAT LINGERS IN THE MIND AFTERWARDS. SHOCKING AND UNFLINCHING, IT IS HONEST THEATRE THAT NEVER PULLS PUNCHES, NOR OVERDOES IT IN ANYWAY, LETTING IT SPEAK FOR ITSELF AND TO US. THIS MAKES AN EVENING OF ORIGINAL, SATISFYING, INTELLIGENT CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE, OR ANY THEATRE FOR THAT MATTER. IT IS GREAT TO SEE SUCH CREATIVE STAGING, LIGHTING AND STORYTELLING, COUPLED WITH A SKILLED DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER WHOSE NOT AFRAID TO MAKE BOLD CHOICES.
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IRELAND'S INDEPENDENT DANCE SCENE HAS RARELY BEEN HEALTHIER, WITH LOTS OF EXCITING CHOREOGRAPHERS AROUND. PICK OF THE BUNCH RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY LIV O'DONOGHUE.
IRISH TIMES
LIV O'DONOGHUE PROVED HERSELF WORTHY OF BEING IRELAND'S DANCER OF THE YEAR IN A STANDOUT PERFORMANCE.
SUNDAY TIMES
WITH LONG SLENDER LIMBS AND A ROUGH EDGE TO HER ELEGANT MOVES, SHE IS A JOY TO WATCH... SHE'S A CAPTIVATING PRESENCE.
SUNDAY TIMES
LIV O'DONOGHUE IS DOUBTLESSLY ONE TO WATCH... ONE OF ONLY THREE IRISH WORKS TO BE SELECTED TO BE PART OF THE MAIN FESTIVAL PROGRAMME, PROMPTED BREATHLESS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IS NEW AND EXCITING IRISH CHOREOGRAPHY.
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GENUINELY SPELLBINDING. LIV O’DONOGHUE’S THIS WOMAN I MET WAS AN EERIE, CAPTIVATING PLAY ON THE VALIUM-FUELED, MASOCHISTIC HOUSEWIFE. A SIMPLE TABLE, CHAIR AND LIGHTBULB SUFFICED TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE SUGGESTING POTENTIAL VIOLENCE, BOTH FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT. A SOUNDTRACK COMBINING A DRAWN OUT, REPETITIVE DIAL TONE AND LINES FROM A MISOGYNIST MALE COMIC CONTRASTED POIGNANTLY AGAINST O’DONOGHUE’S EROTIC LANGUOR AND TREACLE-LIKE STRETCH AND CONTROL. IT WAS SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR’S WOMAN DESTROYED.
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IRISH TIMES
A BEGUILING DUET FULL OF FLOWING SEQUENCES AND STILLNESS. ✮✮✮✮
IRISH TIMES
THOUGHT PROVOKING, UNSETTLING AND ORIGINAL, COMBINING INTO A POWERFUL THEATRICAL EVENING THAT LINGERS IN THE MIND AFTERWARDS. SHOCKING AND UNFLINCHING, IT IS HONEST THEATRE THAT NEVER PULLS PUNCHES, NOR OVERDOES IT IN ANYWAY, LETTING IT SPEAK FOR ITSELF AND TO US. THIS MAKES AN EVENING OF ORIGINAL, SATISFYING, INTELLIGENT CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE, OR ANY THEATRE FOR THAT MATTER. IT IS GREAT TO SEE SUCH CREATIVE STAGING, LIGHTING AND STORYTELLING, COUPLED WITH A SKILLED DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER WHOSE NOT AFRAID TO MAKE BOLD CHOICES.
THEREDCURTAINREVIEW.COM
IRELAND'S INDEPENDENT DANCE SCENE HAS RARELY BEEN HEALTHIER, WITH LOTS OF EXCITING CHOREOGRAPHERS AROUND. PICK OF THE BUNCH RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY LIV O'DONOGHUE.
IRISH TIMES
LIV O'DONOGHUE PROVED HERSELF WORTHY OF BEING IRELAND'S DANCER OF THE YEAR IN A STANDOUT PERFORMANCE.
SUNDAY TIMES
WITH LONG SLENDER LIMBS AND A ROUGH EDGE TO HER ELEGANT MOVES, SHE IS A JOY TO WATCH... SHE'S A CAPTIVATING PRESENCE.
SUNDAY TIMES
LIV O'DONOGHUE IS DOUBTLESSLY ONE TO WATCH... ONE OF ONLY THREE IRISH WORKS TO BE SELECTED TO BE PART OF THE MAIN FESTIVAL PROGRAMME, PROMPTED BREATHLESS WILL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IS NEW AND EXCITING IRISH CHOREOGRAPHY.
VULGO
GENUINELY SPELLBINDING. LIV O’DONOGHUE’S THIS WOMAN I MET WAS AN EERIE, CAPTIVATING PLAY ON THE VALIUM-FUELED, MASOCHISTIC HOUSEWIFE. A SIMPLE TABLE, CHAIR AND LIGHTBULB SUFFICED TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE SUGGESTING POTENTIAL VIOLENCE, BOTH FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT. A SOUNDTRACK COMBINING A DRAWN OUT, REPETITIVE DIAL TONE AND LINES FROM A MISOGYNIST MALE COMIC CONTRASTED POIGNANTLY AGAINST O’DONOGHUE’S EROTIC LANGUOR AND TREACLE-LIKE STRETCH AND CONTROL. IT WAS SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR’S WOMAN DESTROYED.
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