Grants awarded in June 2009

Theatre and Dance

Name

Amount in Euros

Colin Dunne performing "Out of Time" at the da:ns Festival  in Esplanade Theatre, Singapore from the 27th - 28th October 2009 4 000
Iseli/ Chiodi Dance Company presenting a collaborative programme of duets with Rex Levitates Dance Company at International Dance Festival Maracaibo 2009, Venezuela and Festival Internacional De Danza Morelos Tierra De Encuentro, Mexico in November 2009 5 000
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre presenting Giselle as part of the World Stage 09:10 programme at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto from the 4th - 8th May 2010 30 000
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre presenting Giselle at the Sydney Festival from the 24th - 30th January 2010 60 000
Alan Stanford performing "In the Company of Oscar Wilde" in Munich, Germany on the 17th October 2009 300
Megan Riordan Making Strange Theatre Company performing "Luck" at the 2nd annual 1st Irish Theatre Festival at 59E59 Theatre Company from the 19th September - 4th October 2009 4 000
The Performance Corporation presenting two live performances at the Electronic Church, Berlin in the end of July 2009 and in Café Oto, London in December 2009 3 000
Irish Arts Center presenting production of "The Cambria" by Donal O'Kelly at the Irish Arts Center from the 16th September - 11th October 2009 8 000
Sean Tyrrell, a tour of a show based on life of John Boyle O'Reilly in  USA in September 2009 2 000
Brokentalkers performing "In Real Time" at the Noordezon Festival, Griningen, Holland from the 27th - 29th August 2009 3 000
Fishamble presenting production of "Forgotten" at the LOKALl International Theatre Festival, Reykjavik from the 3rd - 6th September 2009 3 500
Clowns without borders performing in Palestine from September - October 2009 8 000
The Abbey Theatre presenting production of  Mark O'Rowe's "Terminus" at the Merlyn Theatre during the Melbourne International Arts Festival 2009 from the 9th - 13th October 2009 23 500
Wexford Arts Centre presenting production of "Tales from Rainwater Pond" by Billy Roche at the 1st Irish Festival by Origin Theatre Company from the 5th - 26th September 2009 13 000
Origin Theatre Company organising 1st Irish 2009 at the Origin Theatre from the 1st September 2009 - 4th October 2009 8 000

Total

175,300

Film

Name

Amount in Euros

Alex Synge screening "Split Lip" at the Straight 8 Film Festival in London in August 2009 200
Moira Tierney presentation of her films and discussion on her work at the Versmidjan á Hjalteyri Arts Centre Iceland from the 20th - 27th August 2009 1 000
Cecilia McAllister screening of film "Féileacán" at the 13th Rhode Island International Film Festival from the 4th - 9th August 2009 1 000
Nessa King programme of regular screening of Irish films and associated events at the London Irish Centre in 2009 600
Solus Film Collective presenting film programmes at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt, El Teatro, Tunisia and La Maison Des Cineastes, Mauritania between September - November 2009 5 000
Roots Reel Films organising the 1st Irish Film Festival in conjunction with Metro Cinemas in Hyde Park, Johannesburg from the 26th - 30th August and V&A Waterfront Cape town from the 2nd - 6th September 2009 6 000

Total

13,800


Music

Name

Amount in Euros

Enda Bates attending the International Gaudeamus Music Week for performance of own composition String Quartet No 1in Amsterdam from the 7th - 13th September 2009 240
Fergal Dowing attending the International Society for Contemporary Music's World Music Days 2009, Gothenburg, Sweden for performance of own composition Manchester Material the 1st - 4th October 2009 290
David Flynn attendance at performance of own award winning composition "String Quartet No2 The Cranning" at Summergarden Festival in Museum of Modern Art, New York on the 19th July 2009 550
William Dowdall to perform recitals and conduct workshops based on contemporary Irish solo flute music, New Zealand, 24 July, 31 July, Australia, 14th - 15th August and 17th August 2009 700
Lorcán Mac Mathúna performing at the LIFEM 09 Festival, King's Place, London from the 4th - 7th November 2009 600
Mary Bergin, Liz and Yvonne Kane, Denis Liddy & Elvie Miller and John Hoban performing concerts in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  20th July - 12th September 2009 600
Conal O'Grada performing at the Musique Royale summer concert series in Nova Scotia 19th - 30th July 2009 1 000
Aylish E Kerrigan performing recital programme in the Bell Hall, Wuhan Conservatory of Music, China from the 16th November - 4th December 2009 1 200
Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop for Jennifer Walshe's to work with ensemble and attend performance of her composition, "Passenger" by the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop at the "Halle" of the Radialststem V, Berlin from the 20th - 22nd November 2009 1 000
Celebration of work of Kevin Volans to include concerts, film screening and discussion on his work at the Wigmore Hall London on the  31st October 2009 2 000
Cullen Pipe Band performing at"The Piping Live Festival 2009" at the National Piping Centre, Glasgow on the 14th August 2009 1 000
Finnish Irish society, Irish musicians participating in the 24th Finnish - Irish Festival from the 25th September - 4th October 2009 4 000
Karen Egan performing La Charlatanne at the Lainsuojattomat 10th International Theatre Festival, Finland from the 1st - 6th September 2009 2 500
Rattle the Boards touring in Western Canada from the 30th September - 12th October 2009 5 000
The Henry Girls performing at the LA Irish Film Festival from the 24th - 27th September 2009 6 000
Sonya Keogh for participation in the International Youth in Concert - Vilnius 2009 performing at Sv Kotrynos Baznycia, Lithuania on the 13th July 2009 800
Irish artists participating in the 23rd Tyneside Irish Festival, Newcastle from the 11th - 25th October 2009 2 500
Irish Arts Center, "Masters in Collaboration11: Andy Irvine meets John Doyle" from the 11th - 13th September 2009 5 000
Irish musicians, poets and filmmakers participating in the Irish Festival of Oulu from 1st - 4th October 2009 5 000
Thomas Moore Festival, concert at Washington Conservatory of Music on the 13th March 2009 and Carnegie Hall, New York on the 15th March 2009 5 000
Benjamin Dwyer, David Farrell, Izumi Kamura, Kenneth Edge, Tina Kinsella, Michael Dwyer and Brian Kavanagh performing at the Biennale of Riberao Preto, Brazil 23rd - 27th October 2009 11 000
Plankton Co LTD presenting Altan and Anuna in 11 Celtic Christmas concerts in various venues throughout Japan from the 27th November - 13th December 2009 10 000
Festival Interceltique Lorient, presenting traditional Irish musicians and dancers at Lorient 4 000
Cross Border Orchestra performing in 5 venues in New York and Washington from the 26th - 30th October 2009 20 000
Ioana Petcu Colan presenting  6  concerts involving collaboration between Irish and Spanish classical musicians in Iglesia de Sant Pere, Barcelona from September - December 2009 4 000

Total

93,980


Visual Arts

Name

Amount in Euros

Sheila McCarron exhibiting as part of a group show at the Turn - Berlin gallery, Germany from the 14th - 26th August 2009 500
Foundation Centre for Photography presenting photographic exhibition  "Bill Doyle's Ireland" at the 111FotoArtFestival 2009, Bielsko-Biala, Poland from the 9th - 25th October 2009 1 000
Wendy Dison presenting a solo exhibition at the Tricycle Theatre Co Gallery, London from the 7th September - 17th October 2009 and at the Brindley Theatre, Cheshire from the 14th November 2009 - 2nd January 2010 1 000
Sean Campbell presenting exhibition of work at Goggle Works, Pennsylvania from the 20th September - 8th November 2009 1 000
MYK Henry presenting a performance art piece at the 10th Open Performance Art Festival in Beijing from the 7th August - 27th September 2009 1 000
Rob Vance presenting a photographic exhibition at the Everyman Theatre and Bistro, Liverpool from the 20th - 25th November 2009 1 000
Garrett Phelan participating in a group exhibition "The End of the Line:Attitudes in Drawing" at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Liverpool from the 14th November 2009 - 10th January 2010 750
Kevin O'Dwyer exhibiting sculptures at the Goggle Works Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania in collaborating with Michael Brolly from the 20th September - 8th November 2009 1 000
Eddie Kennedy presenting an exhibition of new paintings at the John Cacciola Gallery, Chelsea, New York from the 2nd - 29th September 2009 1 000
Alena Egan and Michael John Whelan presenting exhibition"First Window Open" in a gallery in Berlin, Germany from the 25th September - 17th October 2009 350
The Molesworth Gallery participating at the Preview Art Fair Berlin from the 22nd - 27th September 2009 5 000
Oisin Byrne presenting an exhibition at the Lewis/ Frank Gehry Library, New jersey from the 5th October 2009 - January 2010 and at the Bridge Gallery from the 3rd October - November 2009 3 000
Graphic Studio Dublin presenting "Artists Proof" a fine art print exhibition at the Centrespace Gallery, UK from the 17th September - 18th October 2009 3 000
Linda Quinlan and Rob Canning exhibiting  "Automatic"  at the Auto - Italia Gallery, London from the 28th August - 20th September 2009 2 000
Maud Cotter presenting "Rumpus Room" at the Point B Gallery, New York in November 2009 6 000
Mothers Tankstation participating at the Artissima Art Fair,  Turin, 5 - 8 November and the Art Positions, Art Basel Miami Beach, 3 - 6 December 2009 15 000
Gerard Byrne presenting an exhibition at the Centre d'édition contemporaine, Geneva from the 9th October - 28th November 2009 3 000
 5 Irish Artists presenting their work at M.K. Ciurlionis National Museum of Arts as part of the Kaunas Biennale from October - November 2009 5 000
Kerlin Gallery participating at the Frieze Art Fair, London from the 15th - 18th October 2009 7 500
Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc participation by Irish artists in Samkura exhibition in Greece, Georgia, Armenia and Portugal from June 2009 - September 2011 20 000
Farcry Productions Ltd performing "James X" and presenting the exhibition "Safe Place" at 43A Vyner St, London, March/April 2010.

10,000

Total
88,100

Literature

Name

Amount in Euros

Ann Leahy performing lectures and readings at the Catawba College Salisbury, North Carolina in October 2009 1 000
Clare Muireann Murphy participating in Fest '09 (Federation of European Storytelling) and performing at festival in Lausanne, Switzerland from the 5th - 7th August 2009 800
Alan Jude Moore conducting series of readings at a number of locations/events in California  USA 1st - 19th September 2009 1 500
Gavin Warren performing at the International Society for the Study of Irish Literatures conference,  at the Wellington Church and at the Loft, Glasgow from the 27th - 28th July 2009 1 000
Joe Brennan engaging in storytelling in a number of venues in New Delhi, India from the 14th - 21st November 2009 1 000
Wigtown Festival Irish participation in the Wigtown Book Festival from the 25th September - 4th October 2009 3 000
Irish Arts Center participation of Irish poets in Poetry Fest 2009 at the Irish Arts Center on the 7th November 2009 2 500
Paddy Bushe performing at Kirchheimbolanden on the 17th October and Kaiserslauntern on the 23rd October 2009 3 000
Colum McCann performing at the International Literature Festival Berlin in September 2009 2 000
Poetry Ireland Michael and Enda Longley readings and lectures in St Petersburg and Moscow 5th - 8th October 2009 2 700
Glucksman Ireland House New York Public Events Series  September 09 - April 2010  to include readings and talks by Irish writers, playwrights and film artists 4 000
Ronan Sheehan presenting The Irish Catullus at the Edinburgh Bookshop on the 15th August 2009 2 000
Mary Grehan delivering talks on Irish practice on arts and health in Hong Kong, and Australia  from the 4th - 16th November 2009 1 000
Total
25,500