"behindtheeyeliesbone"

Behindtheeyeliesbone Produced by Myriad Dance

The IRISH TIMES - REVIEW
Michael Seaver, dance reviewer for the Irish Times said of the work, “By counterpointing text and movement, choreographer Ella Clarke
creates a rich dialogue between the visual and aural senses. Alternating direct addresses to the audience with self absorbed weaving group sequences, the performers maintain a gentle performance energy that perfectly matches the choreography.”

Wexford Echo newspaper
Thurs, Oct 19 2006
"Behind The Eye Lies Bone" By David Looby

Behind The Eye Lies Bone, produced by Myriad Dance, performed to crowded audiences at the Project Arts Centre as part of the inaugural Magnet Entertainment Dublin Fringe Festival 2006 on September 18, 19 and 20.This magnificent trio e x p e r i m e n t a l contemporary dance piece was choreographed by Ella Clarke and performed by Aine Stapleton, Shelly Hering and Jessica Kennedy, who won the Fringe award for Best Female Performer 2006. Production credits included lighting design by renowned Irish designer, Paul Keogan and sound composition by European Short Film award winner 2005 for best soundtrack, Denis Clohessy.This is Ella’s second piece with the company as guest choreographer, her first work being the very successful Adaptation of a Meeting in 2005. The work draws from the inspiration of an email received by the choreographer from a colleague in Helsinki about the pituitary gland titled ‘Behind the eye lies a bone’.

Interlaced throughout the piece is the notion of playing with the greatest female role model, the Virgin Mary, an impossible act to follow. The work has strong references to Michelangelo’s the Pieta and to articles from ‘The Art of Walking Sideways’ by Alan Fletcher combined with a powerful sense of shared discovery.According to the choreographer Ella Clarke, “Behind the eye lies bone is a dance about love layering life, about the long physical lurch toward the metaphysical, a dance in the spaces between, starting with the end and wondering how we got here…there.”Behind the eye lies bone premiered at the annual DanCelebration Festival in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA on the 17th June 2006, as part of a special Gala event and recently completed a very successful 8-day national tour including its Dublin premiere at the Magnet Entertainment Dublin Fringe Festival 2006.

Choreographer & Costume Concept:
Ella Clarke
Dance Artists & Costume Design:
Shelly Hering, Aine Stapleton, Jessica Kennedy
Sound Artist: Denis Clohessy
Lighting Design: Paul Keogan

For Myriad Dance:
Artistic Director: Deirdre Grant
Company Manager: Lena O'Leary

TO SEE THE DETAIL IN THE WORLD IS NOT TO HAVE THE DETAIL IN THE HEAD. Seeing is an activity of the whole animal in an act of spontaneous editing whilst forgetting the name of the thing one sees, not the construction of a world-model in the brain, but love coming in through the eye being a machine for the little creature that sits behind in the brain to look through while the brain actively fills in the missing information believing something to make up for an absence. WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE, ME OR YOUR EYES? Behindtheeyeliesbone is a dance about love layering life, about the long physical lurch toward the metaphysical, a dance in the spaces between. Starting with the end and wondering how we got here...there.	The IRISH TIMES - REVIEW Michael Seaver, dance reviewer for the Irish Times said of the work, “By counterpointing text and movement, choreographer Ella Clarke creates a rich dialogue between the visual and aural senses. Alternating direct addresses to the audience with self absorbed weaving group sequences, the performers maintain a gentle performance energy that perfectly matches the choreography.”
Premiered June 17th 2006 at the annual DanCelebration festival in Flagstaff,Arizona. Photographs (5) © Pádraig Grant	Wexford Echo newspaper Thurs, Oct 19 2006 "Behind The Eye Lies Bone" By David Looby Behind The Eye Lies Bone, produced by Myriad Dance, performed to crowded audiences at the Project Arts Centre as part of the inaugural Magnet Entertainment Dublin Fringe Festival 2006 on September 18, 19 and 20.This magnificent trio e x p e r i m e n t a l contemporary dance piece was choreographed by Ella Clarke and performed by Aine Stapleton, Shelly Hering and Jessica Kennedy, who won the Fringe award for Best Female Performer 2006. Production credits included lighting design by renowned Irish designer, Paul Keogan and sound composition by European Short Film award winner 2005 for best soundtrack, Denis Clohessy.This is Ella’s second piece with the company as guest choreographer, her first work being the very successful Adaptation of a Meeting in 2005. The work draws from the inspiration of an email received by the choreographer from a colleague in Helsinki about the pituitary gland titled ‘Behind the eye lies a bone’. Interlaced throughout the piece is the notion of playing with the greatest female role model, the Virgin Mary, an impossible act to follow. The work has strong references to Michelangelo’s the Pieta and to articles from ‘The Art of Walking Sideways’ by Alan Fletcher combined with a powerful sense of shared discovery.According to the choreographer Ella Clarke, “Behind the eye lies bone is a dance about love layering life, about the long physical lurch toward the metaphysical, a dance in the spaces between, starting with the end and wondering how we got here…there.”Behind the eye lies bone premiered at the annual DanCelebration Festival in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA on the 17th June 2006, as part of a special Gala event and recently completed a very successful 8-day national tour including its Dublin premiere at the Magnet Entertainment Dublin Fringe Festival 2006.
Choreographer & Costume Concept: Ella Clarke Dance Artists & Costume Design: Shelly Hering, Aine Stapleton, Jessica Kennedy Sound Artist: Denis Clohessy Lighting Design: Paul Keogan For Myriad Dance: Artistic Director: Deirdre Grant Company Manager: Lena O'Leary