Night Dances is a bold series of four dance vignettes created by acclaimed choreographer Emma Martin and her company United Fall, in collaboration with the performers and pounding music of Daniel Fox (Gilla Band).
The show played to rapturous response at Dublin Theatre Festival 2021, Edinburgh Fringe 2022 and Dublin Dance Festival 2024 - now it's touring nationwide.
We asked Emma for her choice cultural picks...
FILM
Last thing I loved was La Chimera, it was kind of meandering and slow and unshowy. The Substance was fun. The Apprentice was great. Loved Zone of Interest.
MUSIC
Really enjoying Daughter of a Drum's Pink Breath, Sour Blood’s Suas, and Macdara Yeates, Doechii and Andrew Hamilton.
We need your consent to load this Spotify contentWe use Spotify to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
BOOK
Leviathan, or the Whale by Philip Hoare - a vast immersion into the writer's obsession with whales, the ocean and our relationship to it. Also: anything written by Annie Ernaux.
THEATRE
Incantado by Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues, and May B by Maguy Marin - two dance pieces I’ll never forget.
TV
Succession is the last series I followed and loved. Watched the Chernobyl series twice. Also bit of a sucker for Love on the Spectrum.
GIG
Next gig, Tyler the Creator. The last gig I was at was Hilary Woods.
We need your consent to load this Spotify contentWe use Spotify to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences
ART
Power couple Bobby Fingers and Shirani Bolle.
RADIO/PODCAST
NTS radio, also anything deep sea related,.
TECH
Noise canceling headphones. The do not disturb option on my phone.
THE NEXT BIG THING...
The Irish dance scene, it’s hopping these days with loads of new exciting voices coming up.
That, and asteroid 2024 YR4 heading towards us around Christmas 2032, ye heard it here first, it’s gonna be a blast.
Night Dances is touring venues nationwide this March - find out more here
