Céilí Afro Dabke
NEXT EVENTS
Big Bang Festival of Rhythm
August 24, 2024, 2-3.30pm @Richmond Barracks Dublin 8
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Longford, Sept 6th 2024
Market Square @ 7.30pm
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Come join us for some African dance, Dabke, Ukrainian dance finishing up with the Irish céilí dances. The evening will kick off with a short performance with our Ukrainian friends who have been working with Catherine over the past few weeks.
FREE EVENT | ALL WELCOME
Céilí Afro Dabke is Ireland’s first world music céilí. It vibrantly mixes and merges African dance, traditional dabke dance from the Levant (Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon), old style Irish céilí dances and Ukrainian folk dance.
Established in 2018 as a way to bring people from all cultures together, Céilí Afro Dabke extends a warm invitation to everyone to meet and dance with your neighbours from around the world.
Céilí Afro Dabke is a core part of The Welcoming Project, a dance programme designed to foster cultural integration and social inclusion.
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PAST EVENTS
What Next Dance Festival Limerick (2024)
What Next Festival, Limerick (2020)
Culture Night (2019)
Féile Na Bealtaine, Dingle (2019)
KFest, Killorglin (2019)
Past events SUPPORTED BY
Kerry County Council, Creative Ireland, The Arts Council, Siamsa Tire, Backstage Theatre, Dance Limerick, Healthy Ireland, Presentation Primary Tralee, Respond, Mercy Mounthawk.
Director / Choreographer
Catherine Young
Music Director
Martin Schärer
Céilí Callers (2023)
DABKE Omar Qatamesh
AFRO BRAZILIAN Tatiana Santos
UKRAINIAN Daria Asieieva
IRISH Kristyn Fonanella
Dancers (2023)
Kristyn Fontanella, Ahmed Lulu, Tatiana Santos, Hannah Buckley and Róisín Ní Lúing and community casts from Ballybunnion and Tralee
Musicians (2023)
Ieva Breen, Greta Curtin, Pádraig Enright, Brian Fleming, Teresa Galvin, Ted Moynihan, Mícheál Ó’Dubhghaill, Pádraig Ó’Dubhghaill, Martin Schärer, Birgit Tol.
Special Guests
Yershov Sisters and our Ukrainian community
Film / Video
Johnny White and Michael Kelly
Photography
Rory Kirby and Michael Kelly
Supported by
Healthy Ireland, Kerry County Council, Arts Council, Creative Ireland, Respond, Presentation Primary, Mercy Mounthawk and NEWKD.
