Change by Croí Glan

Change is a hope filled reimagining of the world with diverse bodies from diverse lands including Yves Lorrhan (Brazil), Andrea Williams (Cape Verde), Oran Leong (Ireland/Malaysia), Tanya Turner (Czech Republic/Ireland), and Bobbi Byrne (Ireland/Spain).

A celebration of interconnectedness, Change brings us back to the things that we thought we’d lost. This is an invocation, we are weaving a call to climate action. The clock is ticking. Are you on board for change?

Made in collaboration with scientists from the Environmental Research Institute at UCC, and inspired by Rebecca Solnit’s Not Too Late, Change explores hope in the face of adversity. Building resilience through connection, diversity and community, Change reveals personal experiences and feelings precipitated by these unprecedented times.

Post show discussion on Friday 14 March | Are you ready for Change? A panel discussion reflecting on the power of performance for inspiring climate action

Join us for a 30-minute post-show discussion to reflect on the power of Change for igniting climate action. Take a moment to learn more about the artistic journey of Change including its inspiration from activists and scientists, and imagine how we can work together with policymakers to embrace the arts for climate risk communication, engagement and action across all-of-society.

Moderator: Lydia Cumiskey, EU Climate Pact Ambassador and Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, MaREI Centre, Environment Research Institute, University College Cork Panellists: Tara Brandel, Choreographer of Change and Artistic Director of Croí Glan | Bobbi Byrne, Associate Artist with Croí Glan and performer in Change and Lord Mayor of Cork City, Cllr. Dan Boyle.

Read more about the discussion and panelists here.

Credits

• Choreographer Tara Brandel with the dancers
  Dancers Yves Lorrhan, Oran Leong, Tanya Turner, Andrea Williams, Bobbi Byrne
  Additional dancers for research Alex Legrain, Rachel Paul, Yumi Lee, Rocio Dominguez, Justine Cooper, Anderson da Souza, plus Karina Buckely (Climate without Borders)
  Composer and Sound design Benji Bower
  Set and Costume Design Deirdre Dwyer
  Lighting design Alan Mooney
  Dramaturgy Lou Cope
  Script Tara Brandel, the dancers, and direct quotes from Rebecca Solnit, Christiana Figueres, Arundhati Roy, Marie Annaise Heglar
  Company & Production Manager / Producer Gearoid O'hAllumhráin
  Social Media Oran Leong
  Dancer Rachel Paul is unable to join the original cast due to injury.

As Uilinn Dance Company in Residence, Croí Glan is very generously supported by Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre. Funded by the Arts Council with additional funding by Luail - Ireland’s National Dance Company, through a contribution to Research and Development of Change in 2024, and by Community Foundation Ireland through their Climate Actions Work Engagement Fund. With further support from Dance Cork Firkin Crane, UCC Environmental Research Institute and UCC Theatre Department.

Croí Glan, led by Artistic Director Tara Brandel, is an award winning Contemporary Dance Company celebrating diverse bodies on stage, and a flagship company for EDI with a case study in the new Arts Council’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit. Creating 22 works since 2006, Croí Glan has toured nationally and internationally: highlights of the company’s body of work include Liz Roche's An Outside Understanding (Dublin Dance Festival 2013, nominated Best Performers Dublin Fringe), the multi award winning short film Armour Off! (in collaboration with Invisible Thread, Caroline Bowditch and Linda Fearon), Tara Brandel’s Sputnik for the Unlimited Festival/Cultural Olympiad London Southbank 2012, and David Bolger's On the Wall (performed in 25 locations including Miami, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Barcelona, Bern, and Turku). Croí Glan’s most recent productions include TILT, an integrated aerial dance show (Cork Midsummer Festival, Tipperary Dance Festival and Dancer from the Dance Festival); In Place a site specific performance made for IMMA; and Unseen a multidisciplinary duet looking at plankton and enduring love (Uillinn Dance Season, Dance Cork Firkin Crane, and Mermaid Arts Centre). Croí Glan is EDI Company in Residence at Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre 2022-25.