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Bravo! And Thanks again…

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Thanks to New Ross Standard for the great coverage:

We want to extend our thanks to all our neighbours, participants and audience without which this couldn’t have happened:

Mick Sinnott, Bernie White (Foulksmills); Nora and Lisa of the Lisa Doyle Academy of Dance (Clongeen) and all their dedicated dancers – Josh, Ethan, Maggie, Lily-Rose, Mia, Grace, Elaine Pamela, Eilish, Rosemarie, Sisie, Susan, Shannon, Marty, and Courtney; Barbera and Úna Walsh, and Rachel Hussey (Taghmon); Megan Byrne and Michelle McDonald. The Clongeen Parish Hall Committee kindly allowed us to borrow seats and tables, and gracious assistance was provided by neighbours Nell Byrne, Barry Crosby, and Susan Crosby.

This free event was possible thanks to the generous support of the “Small Arts Festival & Experimental Events Grant Scheme” of the Art Department of Wexford County Council. 

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Thank you…

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… go raibh maith agaibh, tak, gracias!

To our neighbours, friends old and new, Kai and Erika from Odin Teatret, families, wonderful willing and open participants performing, the Clongeen Parish Committee for the chairs, and Wexford County Council Arts Department for their support.

Please enjoy the photo gallery below, showing preparation and performance (Please feel free to send us photos and videos too)

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Explanation

Irish, Danish and Mexican cultures interact in a unique rural environment

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Danish theatre director and musician Kai Bredholt from the world famous Odin Teatret (Denmark) will direct a dramatised concert with selected local participants in the village of Foulkesmills, Co. Wexford.

“Malartú Banquet of Poetry and Song” is a once-off event that will tell stories of the locality and the world through songs, poetry and music.

This unique multi-disciplinary performance will combine the practices of several amateur and professional musicians, singers, dancers and poets of the areas of Foulkesmills, Clongeen and beyond. Invited Artistic Director Kai Bredholt and his parter and wife Erika Bredholt will meet with selected participants in the days prior to the performance to learn more about their stories and exchange ideas.

Malartú (Irish for “Barter”) will reveal some of the ways in which we define what constitutes a community. It will mirror the DNA of this region of Wexford and perhaps invite reflection on our own place in our communities.

Kai Bredholt said: “ In my 24 years as an actor at the Odin one of my responsibilities has been to do the barters all around the world. A barter works on a very simple principle- if I sing a song for you then you sing for me or do something else that you are good at.

Every society has circles that never meet. I use the theatre of reciprocity and barter to make these circles collide. It is through this encounter that curiosity, understanding and acceptance of the other can come about. We gather people and concentrate on what the participants can do, this allows them to shine with dignity, whatever their background, age or culture. I use theatre as a means to make the encounter of cultures possible.”

“Malartú Banquet of Poetry and Song” is organised by Lon Dubh Productions, run by Mexican native Karla Sanchez-Zepeda and her Irish husband Oisín.

Commenting on the project Karla said: “We are in the middle of the countryside, socially and culturally, we want to promote local pride, ideas and opportunities. This will be a great opportunity for us to interact with our community and experience the arts in a non-traditional way. Hopefully the audience will really enjoy the mix of Irish, Danish and Mexican cultures in this unique context.

This event is possible thanks to the support of the “Small Arts Festival & Experimental Events Grant Scheme” of the Art Department of Wexford County Council.

“Malartú Banquet of Poetry and Song” will take place at Teach Lon Dubh, Haresmead, Foulkesmills, Co. Wexford on Saturday October 27th at 12 noon.

This is a FREE ticketed event.

Further details on this project at: https://malartu.blog

For information about the concert please contact Karla Sánchez (0877842503 karlasanchez@yahoo.com)

Free tickets available from: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/malartu-banquet-of-poetry-and-song-tickets-51138119492

Explanation

How you can help with “Malartú”

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“MALARTÚ at Foulkesmills”
Date: Saturday October 27th, 2018
Time: 12 noon
Duration: 2:00 hrs
Location: Teach Lon Dubh, Haresmead, Foulkesmills

We still need help from:

  • A choir
  • 1 younger boy/girl, 1 teenager, 1 woman/man (to read poetry)
  • dancers (girls, or boys, or elderly people)
  • volunteers (parking, tickets, seating, serving)
  • sound system with 2 wireless microphones
  • childrens’ art (on paper bags)

Tickets are free, and can be booked on Eventbrite.

You can also find us on Facebook.

Renowned musician and theatre director Kai Bredholt from the Odin Teatret (Denmark) will direct and choreograph a “dramatised concert” (multi-disciplinary performance) with willing participants interested in doing a cultural barter (exchange.)

We want to tell the story of our locality through songs and poetry. The event will involve a concert, open to the public (free), where selected participants would perform in a way they are comfortable with (i.e reading a poem, driving a tractor, playing an instrument, dancing, singing a song, showing their technical skills, other) to the background of a repertoire of Danish and Mexican music performed by visiting Artistic Directors and selected pieces performed by participating Irish musicians and singers. There would be food served to both participants and audience towards the end of the concert.

There would be two days of preparation and rehearsals (only a couple of hours each) before the actual event. On the first day the Artistic Director would select and make suggestions to local participants’ pieces and decide on the order of the performances. On the second day there would be a general rehearsal.

The aim is to foster local participation in the arts in a non-traditional way. Socially and culturally, we want to promote local pride, ideas and opportunities.

We are looking for a choir, musicians, and poets willing to take part in this barter. They would be performing 2 pieces from their already existing repertoire. If interested or for further information please contact:

Karla Sánchez on 087 7842503 or email us through our contact page.