“Which words do we choose when talking about memories and what is important to include or leave out?”
Tales of embodiment, will engage a group of women from New Lodge Estate. These women have been brought together through engagement with documentarian Alessandra Celesia.
The workshops will explore the narrative of the body and through the sessions, led by Doherty, they will practice unravelling the stories that matter most. An exercise in sharing and wearing our vulnerability as a strength, the celebration of the working class heroes of our city.
A number of workshops will gather stories, using this as a device in connecting people, to sit together and tune into the poetry of everyday life. Doherty uses tales as a performative tool and is interested in how Northern Irish culture has a shared sense of identity in place and the body. sifting through and collating in a work in progress presentation on 1st October in Catalyst Arts gallery.
JANIE DOHERTY is a freelance dance artist who is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Doherty enjoys moving in a poetic fashion in the places that you don't expect: supermarkets, post-offices and bakeries. She is fascinated by working-class choreography and the cultural joke with the jab that is specific to a place. Doherty believes that our softness is our strength. After graduating with a first-class honours degree in Dance, Doherty became a full-time ensemble member of Echo Echo Dance Theatre company in Derry. During this time she developed, performed and co-created performances to go on tour with the company including Without by Rosemary Lee (2013) and In Tall Grass by Alessandra Celesia (2016). Doherty has won numerous awards from the Arts Council, Creative industries and Acorn Legacy to develop her work and travel to Germany, New York and Massachusetts. Doherty is currently working developing her own work Politics of Comfort, a live multi-media performance inspired by the bun culture of Northern Ireland and working with Oona Doherty on her new show Lady Magma.
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