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Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity

Deirdre Mulrooney


Synopsis

Imagine misunderstood artist Lucia Joyce at Full Capacity!

Inspired by research on Lucia Joyce's overlooked dance career at the heart of avant-garde 1920s Paris, (especially photographs by Berenice Abbott, George Antheil's music, and the work of WB Yeats and Ninette de Valois in their 1927 - 1933 Abbey Theatre Ballet), Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity imagine Lucia Joyce's dance at the First International Festival of Dance at Paris's Bal Bullier in 1929.

Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter), emulates Lucia's magical dance as captured by photographer Berenice Abbott in her iconic 1928 image of the promising young dancer posing in her transformative silver fish costume, inspired by a little-known link with WB Yeats.

Choreography by Megan Kennedy (www.junkensemble.com); Costume by Claire Garvey (www.clairegarvey.com); original score after George Antheil by Conor Linehan; Camera by Brian O’Leary; Stills photography by Mella Travers; Edited by Aoife Carey. Produced, directed, and concept by Deirdre Mulrooney.

 


Screenings

A live version of the dance was enacted at James Joyce Centre on St. Lucia’s day, on December 13th, 2022 The event was written and directed by Deirdre Mulrooney; and co-produced by Deirdre Mulrooney and the James Joyce Centre. The exhibition was the result of extensive original research by Deirdre Mulrooney, as published in her essay “Fail Better: Lucia Joyce and the Abbey Theatre Ballets” in Joyce Studies Annual 2021 – all part of an ongoing project of reclamation by Deirdre Mulrooney.

Link ot the documentation of this event belowevent/ ritual

http://www.deirdremulrooney.com/2022/12/25/come-and-see-me-im-a-crossword-puzzle-at-james-joyce-centre/
Details
Title

Lucia Joyce: Full Capacity

Year

2019

Form

Performance

Key phrases

essay

Language

English

Duration

00:07:16

Original formats

Digital HD

Aspect ratio

16:9

Colour

Black & White

Sound

Yes

Supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service, the Arts Council of Ireland and Visual Artists Ireland.
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