unsung

dance film
run time: 6 minutes

directed by morleigh steinberg
choreographer - liz roche
music director - micheal o suilleabhain
producer - mary mccarthy

contemporary dancer: liz roche
traditional dancer: nic gareiss
singer: roisin elsafty

a pub session, a heartbreaking song – and an unexpected guest.

within a traditional music session, traditional irish dance has always
enjoyed a symbiotic relationship in its kinetic and frenetic energy. all elements fuse together creating an order with clear structure. but what is the relationship of a contemporary irish dancer with the
formality of this relationship? what is she allowed dance to this music? in unsung we follow a girl, a contemporary dancer, into the heart of a traditional sean nos session. we watch as she is overcome
by the floating music of the “slow airs”, a music where there is no
evidence of any traditional dance relationship. we do not dance to
'slow airs'… until unsung. breaking this formality, and treating it as
a normal occurrence, speaks volumes.

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