Winter 2005 Event Highlights

Country/City Date Company Event
Africa
Algeria December Cork Film Festival Cork Film Festival performing a showcase of Irish film and music and a workshop series at the Festival du Film Amazigh in Algeria.
Mali January Elizabeth Healy Elizabeth Healy: performances by traditional Irish musicians in the Festival au Desert in Mali, West Africa.
Tunisia November Colm O Snodaigh Colm i Snodaigh: grant towards cost of writing and performing an original Irish language component to the international production to be premiered at the WSIS Award Ceremony in Tunisia.
Asia
China November-December James Ryan James Ryan: participation in exhibition of Irish Art in China.
India November-December Eoghan McTigue Eoghan Mc Tigue exhibiting work in India as part of the programme "Colab and the City".
India January Helen O'Leary Helen O'Leary participating in the Multi Media event during the Annual Kite Festival in Ahnamebad, Gujarat, India.
India January Pádraigín Ní Uallachaín Pádraigín Ní Uallachaín: performances of Irish traditional sean-nos singing and participation in workshops in Indian Rasa singing in Madras.
Europe
UK January-February Rough Magic Theatre Company Rough Magic Theatre Company performing the Sugar Wife in London.
UK November Ballet Ireland Ballet Ireland touring in the United Kingdom performing Diaghilev and the Red Shoes.
North America
New York November Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland performing in New York and Boston.
Russia
Russia November All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature The Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature: grant for Irish participation in the Collective Memory in Ireland and Russia Conference in the State Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow.