We know it's hard to decide which show is the one for you, so we thought we'd lend a hand. We've listed shows below with hints that will help you choose the prfect night out for you and yours.
These shows feature live music - equally enthralling to watch and listen to!
Great for the young and not so young!
Great shows for newcomers to dance
Particularly suitable for people with a hearing impairment
Download the 2012 Festival Programme here.
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Gala Performances
Trisha Brown Dance Company (Irish Premiere)
- Dublin Dance Festival, in association with the Abbey Theatre, presents
- Thursday May 17 – Saturday May 19
Opening Performances
Body and Forgetting (World Premiere) & The Wake
- Liz Roche Company & Sarah Dowling
- Friday May 11 & Saturday May 12
Family Spectacular
Festival Performances
Triple Bill: Black, Prompted Breathless & NOTHING for body
- Mette Edvardsen, Liv O'Donoghue & Howool Baek
- Tuesday May 15 & Wednesday May 16
Double Bill – Girls’ Dreams & I will try
- Dmitrijs Gaitjukevich / Alexander Andriyashkin
- Friday May 18 & Saturday May 19
The Falling Song (World Premiere)
- junk ensemble
- Friday May 18 & Saturday May 19 @ 8pm Sunday May 20 @ 6pm
The Burning House: An Elegy for Patrick Pearse
- Alan Gilsenan
- Saturday May 19 @ 5pm, Sunday May 20 @ 8pm
Cheap Lecture & The Cow Piece
- Dublin Dance Festival, in association with the Abbey Theatre, presents Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion
- Monday May 21 & Tuesday May 22
NowHere
- Dublin Dance Festival, in association with the Abbey Theatre, presents Divya Kasturi
- Thursday May 24 & Friday May 25
DDF : Off-Stage / On-Street
Encounter Indian Dance: Sacred Geometry
- Dublin Dance Festival and Temple Bar Cultural Trust present Divya Kasturi
- Saturday May 26
