VISUAL Carlow and Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise present Night Dances by United Fall at VISUAL.

Acclaimed choreographer and Carlow-based Emma Martin returns to VISUAL with Night Dances, an ode to the body and a visceral, sweaty love letter to dance in all its forms.

A ferociously exhilarating performance of pure dance and live music, a series of 4 bold dance vignettes created in collaboration with the performers to the pounding music of Daniel Fox (Gilla Band bassist). It is an ode to the body and a visceral, sweaty love letter to dance in all its guises.

Presented in a series of four vignettes, the work is a celebration of dance culture – from clubs to competitions to ceremonies. Performed to pounding beats by Daniel Fox and with atmospheric lighting by Stephen Dodd, it opens with a solo and accelerates as a young dance troupe launches into a ferocious routine of kicks, flips and cartwheels. A brief respite is offered up in a second solo that magnifies every movement, before surging to a close with unbridled fervor.

Through raucous choreography and rumbling bass that reverbs in your belly, Night Dances revels in fury, rebellion, hope and freedom. It unleashes the exhilaration of getting lost in your own rhythm where nothing else matters, just the sweat and the groove.

Originally co-produced by Dublin Theatre Festival

United Fall are Resident Dance Company at VISUAL 2024 -2026. The company is based in Ballon County Carlow. Dunamaise Arts Centre present United Fall as part of a NASC touring programme.

★★★★ "A thrilling hour of relentless dancing and music" – The Irish Times

★★★★ "All-consuming passion... A spiritual connection with the music" – The Scotsman

"Mesmerising dance sequences, which capture the power of getting lost in your own rhythms... Ferocious" – The Guardian

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