Dance

Wildflowers – A Feminine Genesis

Colm Mac Con Iomaire joins dance artist Maureen Fleming in an exploration of femininity in this co-presentation with La MaMa

Details

$30 general / $25 student/senior / $24 IAC members / 10 x $10 tickets available (first-come, first-served)  
Date(s)

Oct 18, 2018 – Oct 21, 2018

Contact

Box Office

888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org

Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday

In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days


Location

La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 E 4th St.
New York, NY 10003

Overview

World Premiere

Choreographed by Maureen Fleming
Original music by Colm Mac Con Iomaire

Presented by La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and Irish Arts Center 

FEATURING
Maureen Fleming, choreographer, dance artist
Colm Mac Con Iomaire, composer, fiddle
James Mahon, uilleann pipes
Bruce Brubaker, piano
Christopher Odo, design and lighting



Inspired by the lush symbolism of Irish poet William Butler Yeats, internationally acclaimed dance artist Maureen Fleming invents surreal movement poetry, curving into shapes of shattering beauty. Fleming’s new interdisciplinary celebration of femininity combines dance and mesmerizing visual theater in a series of “vision poems.” Fleming juxtaposes her singular movement with geometric moving sculptures and brilliant lighting by longtime collaborator Christopher Odo

Featuring live music by renowned Irish composer and violinist Colm Mac Con Iomaire (founding member of the Frames) and uilleann piper James Mahon, with pianist Bruce Brubaker performing music of Philip Glass

Exploring the “immortal waters” of the mystical feminine, Wildflowers asks: “Is immortality an elusive paradigm or present in the here and now?”



“She seemed to transcend the material world and enter a realm of pure spirit...a wondrous choreographic metamorphosis.”The New York Times on Maureen Fleming

“A classically trained head, a transient folk soul and an indomitable traditional heart.”The Irish Times on Colm Mac Con Iomaire



IAC members, receive your membership discount by emailing Amanda@irishartscenter.org.

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Wildflowers is also supported by Áras Éanna Arts Centre, Ealaín na Gaeltachta, Galway County Council, Irish World Academy, NUI Galway, and Kaatsbaan International Dance Center.

Our Supporters

Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.

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