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ROOTS
- By: Eileen McClory, Off The Rails Dance Company and Black Mountain Shared Space
- Location: Black Mountain Shared Space
- When: Saturday 10 to Sunday 11 August, Wednesday 14 to Sunday 18 August
- Creative Me Profile: Nature Lover
Venue:
Black Mountain Shared Space Project, 280 Ballygomartin Road, Belfast BT13 3NG
Tickets: £13.00 (Full) / £10.00 (Concession)
Book Tickets by visiting the Belfast International Arts Festival website - (Link opens in new window)
or call Box Office at Visit Belfast 02890246609
Performance dates and times:
Saturday 10 August 7pm
Sunday 11 August 3pm and 7pm
Wednesday 14 August 7pm
Thursday 15 August 3pm and 7pm
Friday 16 August 7pm
Saturday 17 August 3pm and 7pm
Sunday 18 August 3pm and 7pm
Show duration: 1hr 15mins
Team:
- Lead Artist/Choreographer: Eileen McClory
- Executive Producer: Hannah Mullan
- Project Producer: Sandy Cuthbert
- Operations: Siobhan Barbour
- Garden Design: Andy McCormick/ Sow Grateful Flower Farm
- Dramaturgy: Hanna Slattne
- Poet: Maria McManus
- Sound Design: Isaac Gibson
- Costume Designer: Una Hickey
- Stage Manager: Caoimhe McGee
- Glass Artist: Kerrie Hanna
- PR: Anita Gibney/ AGPR
- Performers: Sarah Flavelle, Clara Kerr, Ed Mitchell, Rosie Mullan and Harry Wilson.
An ambitious and multi-dimensional new dance work and garden at Black Mountain Shared Space.
ROOTS will transform a shared but contested space at Belfast's 'million brick' peace wall dividing the Springmartin and Springfield communities, through an enriched and nature-inspired multi-sensory experience. This newly planted garden will burst to life with dance, poetry, storytelling, and active participation, sparking fresh conversations and narratives about our future. As citizens of Belfast and beyond are encouraged to watch, listen, move, touch, and connect in a captivating journey through the garden.
Home-grown choreographer Eileen McClory leads the ROOTS team with a dynamic collective of artists and expert gardeners to create an interactive community garden, creating space to grow, dance, and dream. Culminating in live performances amid the flourishing Garden in August, followed by an immersive audio trail installation through Autumn.
Creative partners include Black Mountain Shared Space and the surrounding communities, Sow Grateful Flower Farm, PLAYGROUND Productions, Queen's University, Belfast and The Eden Project, Cornwall.
Join us on the mountain, where a tapestry of art and nature is poised to rewrite the narrative of this public space, embrace inclusivity, collaboration, and the boundless potential of collective creativity.
For further details and participation opportunities, please visit Off The Rails' Facebook and Instagram - (Links open in new window)
or explore their website - (Link opens in new window)
This project is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players and is part of Our Future Heritage portfolio of projects which help us all enjoy and understand Belfast's heritage.
