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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Origins of Dance in Ireland - Did We Dance? -- Department of Folklore, UCD -- Ethnochoreologist and Irish Dancer -- Lecturer in Communications, DCU -- Traditional Singer and Broadcaster -- Chapter 2. The Neglected Chapter: Salvaging the Abbey School of Ballet -- Dancer and Founder of the Royal Ballet and Sadler's Wells -- Yeats Scholar -- Abbey School of Ballet Expert -- Abbey School of Ballet Pupil -- Abbey School of Ballet Dancer -- Chapter 3. The Lost Chapter: Modern Dance in 1940s Dublin -- Modern Dancer, Founder of L'Atelier de la Danse, Paris -- Ireland's First Modern Dancer -- Chapter 4. The Evolution of Ireland's Contemporary Dance Landscape -- Founder, Dublin Contemporary Dance Theatre -- Founders, Dance Theatre of Ireland -- Founder, Daghdha Dance Company -- Founder, Irish Modern Dance Theatre -- Founder, CoisCeim Dance Theatre -- Co-Founder, Rex Levitates Dance Company -- Founder, Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre -- Director, International Dance Festival Ireland -- Chapter 5. Physical Theatre -- Writer -- Actor -- Theatre Director -- Theatre Director -- Playwright and Actress -- Co-Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Barabbas -- Theatre Director, Specialist in Samuel Beckett's Plays -- Chapter 6. Ballet/Contemporary Crossover -- Founder, Irish National Ballet -- Founder and Artistic Director, The College of Dance, Dublin -- Former Irish Times Dance Critic -- Chapter 7. Developments Out of Riverdance and Siamsa Tire -- Director, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Limerick -- Dancer and Choreographer -- Dancer -- Dancer and Choregrapher -- Siamsa Tire -- Chapter 8. Wild Geese -- Choreographer -- Dancer -- Appendix. Performed Works -- Index.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.