Fearghus Ó Conchúir Residency

Don tréimhse chónaithe le DCFC, beidh Fearghus agus a chomhoibrithe ag déanamh forbairt ar Dúiche, tionscnamh a chuireann muinín i ngaois an rince le cúinne an ghiorria a chruthú don mbláthú is don gcaidreamh. Is beith ilchruthach í an giorria i miotaseolaíocht na hÉireann, agus is cúinne an ghiorria a thugtar ar an bpaiste talún a fágadh gan bhainte mar thearmann don bhfiadhúlra, don mbithéagsúlacht agus, in ár dtuiscint, don gclaochlú. Ag tarraingt ar chultúr na Gaeilge agus ar an gcultúr aiteach, tá sí mar aidhm ag an dtionscnamh cur le fás éiceolaíochtaí curaim a thugann deis dúinn ár n-idirspléachas a aithint, ar a chéile, ar ár dtimpeallacht agus ar an alltar a chothaíonn sinn go léir.

In this residency, Fearghus and his creative collaborators will be working on Dúiche, a project that uses the wisdom of dance to create a hare’s corner of flourishing and connection. The hare is a shapeshifter in Irish mythology and the hare’s corner describes the patch of ground left unmown as a refuge for wildlife, as a space of biodiversity and for us, as a space for transformation. Drawing together Irish language and queer culture, the project hopes to play its part in growing ecologies of care that help us to recognise our interdependence with one another, with the environment and with the more than human that sustains us all.

Fearghus Ó Conchúir is a choreographer, artistic director, performer and dance advocate. Frequently collaborating with experts from across and beyond the arts, he makes film and live performances that create frameworks for audiences and artists to build communities together. His multi-platform work, The Casement Project, was one of the Arts Council's National Projects for Ireland 2016, part of the Ireland 2016 International Programme and of the 14-18NOW WWI Centenary Art Commissions. In 2018, he gained his PhD from Maynooth University with the support of an inaugural IRC Employment-based scholarship. He’s currently co-leading a dance programme with Micro Rainbow International that he initiated as part of The Casement Project to support LGBTQI refugees and asylum seekers. From 2018-2020, he was Artistic Director of National Dance Company Wales. His work for the Company toured across Wales as well as being presented in Japan as part of Wales’ cultural programme for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. He was appointed to the Arts Council of Ireland in 2018 and was Deputy Chair from 2019 - 2023. He was Chair of the UK Dance Network (2020-2023) and curator of the Step Up Project for early-career dance professionals (2021-2025). In 2025 he became Trapdoor Artist in Residence at UCD. His current long-term research and performance projects include Tearmann Aiteach/ Queer Sanctuary in collaboration with Isabella Oberländer and Dúiche, a project that links Irish language and queer ecology. www.fearghus.net

AN FHOIREANN CHRUTHAITHEACH | CREATIVE TEAM
Choreographer and Artistic Director Fearghus Ó Conchúir
Dancers Oran Leong, Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín, Robert Bridger, Isabella Oberländer, Annie Hanauer
Actor and ISL advocate Lianne Quigley
Rehearsal Director Lucia Kickham
Sound Designer and Composer Alma Kelliher
Lighting Designer Sinéad Wallace
Video Designer Choy Ping Ní Cléirigh Ng
Costume Sarah Browne
Producer Cian O'Brien
Production Manager Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin
Research Advisors Liam Suipéil (dinnseanchas), Máiréad Costin (Garraí Mara organic produce), Ciarán Ó Gealbháin (amhránaí, academic researcher ), Áine Uí Fhoghlú (file), Michael Cronin (Professor of French and Researcher Senior in Translation at TCD), Éinne Ó Cathasaigh (zoologist ).

Is buíochas leis na maoinitheoirí a leanas gur féidir leis an bhforbairt seo a dhéanamh. Dúiche: Cúinne an Ghiorria is supported by An Chomhairle Ealaíon/ The Arts Council, The Arts Office, Waterford City & County Council, Ealaín na Gaeltachta, Dance Cork Firkin Crane, Cork Midsummer Festival, agus i gcomhphairtíocht le Chomhlucht Forbartha na nDéise.