Céilí: Seán Curran Company and Darrah Carr Dance

Commissioned and produced by Irish Arts Center for our opening season, Céilí merged contemporary choreography with Irish tradition for a joyful new interpretation of Irish social dance. Seán Curran and Darrah Carr now bring their collaborative vision and ensemble back to IAC to close out the year with a reprise of this sold-out celebration. 

Score and live music by “top-notch fiddle-and-guitar duo” (New York Times) Dana Lyn & Kyle Sanna.

“A joyous reunion of companies, movement vocabularies, performers, and audiences”—Dance Enthusiast

Choreography: Darrah Carr & Seán Curran, in collaboration with the dancers

Music composed & arranged by: Dana Lyn (violin) & Kyle Sanna (guitar)

Seán Curran Company: Dwayne Brown, Evan Copeland, Gabriella Flanders, Benjamin Freedman, Israel Harris, Mariel Harris, Lauren Kravitz, Shane Larson

Understudies: Abigail Curran, Jacoby Pruitt

Darrah Carr Dance: Erin Green, Trent Kowalik, Julia Manwaring, Regan McDermott, Laura Neese, Melissa Padham-Maass, Jack Puluka, Sadi Weir, Alexandra Williamson

Lighting design: Amanda K. Ringger 

Set and visual design: Mark Randall

Costume design: Amanda Shafran 

Additional choreography: Box Tops (1985), body percussion duet choreographed & composed by Tigger Benford & Martha Partridge

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Creative Engagement, funded by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature and administered by LMCC.

Presented with generous support from the Arnhold Foundation.