Irish moves : an illustrated history of dance and physical theatre in Ireland / Deirdre Mulrooney.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1 The Origins of Dance in Ireland - Did We Dance? / Dáithí Ó hÓgáin (Department of Folklore, UCD) ; Catherine Foley Ethnochoreologist and Irish Dancer) ; Barbara O'Connor Lecturer in Communications, DCU) ; Seosaimhín ní Bheaglaoich (Traditional Singer and Broadcaster) -- Chapter 2 The Neglected Chapter: Salvaging the Abbey School of Ballet / Ninette de Valois (Dancer and Founder of the Royal Ballet and Sadler's Wells) ; Noreen Doody (Yeats Scholar) ; Victoria O'Brien (Abbey School of Ballet Expert) ; Freda Freeman(Abbey School of Ballet Pupil) ; Doreen Cuthber (Abbey School of Ballet Dancer) -- Chapter 3 The Lost Chapter: Modern Dance in 1940s Dublin / Jacqueline Robinson (Modern Dancer, Founder of L'Atelier de la Danse, Paris) ; June Fryer (Ireland's First Modern Dancer) -- Chapter 4 The Evolution of Ireland's Contemporary Dance Landscape / Joan Davis (Founder, Dublin Contemporary Dance Theatre) ; Robert Connor, Loretta Yurick (Founders, Dance Theatre of Ireland) ; Mary Nunan (Founder, Daghdha Dance Company) ; John Scott (Founder, Irish Modern Dance Theatre) ; David Bolger (Founder, CoisCeim Dance Theatre) ; Liz Roche (Co-Founder, Rex Levitates Dance Company) ; Michael Keegan Dolan (Founder, Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre) ; Catherine Nunes (Director, International Dance Festival Ireland) -- Chapter 5 Physical Theatre / Tom Mac Intyre (Writer) ; Tom Hickey (Actor) ; Patrick Mason (Theatre Director) ; Conall Morrison (Theatre Director) ; Gina Moxley (Playwright and Actress) ; Raymond Keane (Co-Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Barabbas) ; Walter Asmus (Theatre Director, Specialist in Samuel Beckett's Plays) -- Chapter 6 Ballet/Contemporary Crossover / Joan Denise Moriary (Founder, Irish National Ballet) ; Joanna Banks (Founder and Artistic Director, The College of Dance, Dublin) ; Carolyn Swift (Former Irish Times Dance Critic) -- Chapter 7 Developments Out of Riverdance and Siamsa Tire / Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (Director, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Limerick) ; Colin Dunne (Dancer and Choreographer) ; Jean Dunne (Dancer) ; Breandán de Gallaí (Dancer and Choregrapher) ; Jonathan Kelliher (Siamsa Tire) -- Chapter 8 Wild Geese / Marguerite Donlon (Choreographer) ; Finola Cronin (Dancer) -- Appendix Performed Works 269.

"Showcases the stories of Ireland's unsung movers: actors, dancers, choreographers, playwrights, directors, and academics. This book provides a map of dance and physical theatre in Ireland. It is useful for the audience of dance and physical theatre, the Riverdance audience, the Abbey Theatre audience." -- WorldCat